The From our Pemex gas station campsite near Veracruz, it was onward to Maya Bell and Palenque.
The day was gorgeous and driving at 24 degrees, very comfortable.
When we neared Villa Hermosa, I could not help thinking of the 2007 ride I made with Charlie, en route to Brienne's wedding on the Mexican riviera.
The major river through the area had breeched its banks. Charlie and I drove for several hours through flood lands that actually covered the highway. Over 1,000,000 people were affected in the state of Tabasco and more specifically the city of Villa Hermosa (
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Tabasco_flood ) while we edged our way along a road covered with water and resembling a lake. Only telephone poles on the side of the road and the tail lights of the vehicle ahead of us kept us on the dark roadway.
We eventually made it to the high point of an enormous bridge.
Here, we spent hours pondering our fate in the cocoon of our little volkswagen van. It was also the place of last resort for many cars and hundreds of people who had lost nearly everything.
That same bridge sure looked quiet and orderly on this day.
Two hours beyond Villa Hermosa we arrived at the Maya Bella campsite ( https://www.google.ca/search?site=webhp&tbm=isch&source=hp&ei=SXCRWLJno8SPBIauvKgO&q=maya+bell&oq=maya+bell&gs_l=mobile-gws-img.3..0l2j0i30k1j0i8i30k1l2.2484.10873.0.15076.12.12.0.0.0.0.2158.14786.2-2j0j1j0j2j2j2j3.12.0....0...1c.1.64.mobile-gws-img..1.9.9639.0..0i10k1.Hp4hqOo51w0 ) only a kilometre from the famous ruins of Palenque.
Setting up the camp to the welcoming of howler monkeys in the jungle beside us was a real treat.
After a dinner and evening of live entertainment at the bar in Maya Bell it was time to shut down another day on the road.
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