[Aztlan] Trip to Mexico

[Lalo]

Good advice.  Definitely, Agua Azul is Agua Cafe during the rainy season - 
and very powerful and dangerous, certainly for swimming.  It is impressive 
at either time.  Misol Ha is the same in the rainy season, wildly 
out-of-control and frightening.

Parque La Venta and the Carlos Pellicar Museum, yes!  Try to include 
Villahermosa for those two important places.

The rainy season versus the dry season is central to understanding Mexico. 
Either you go twice, or you stay until the seasons change.  Look at the 
stark contrast between Teotihuacan in September 
http://www.dallas.net/~lalo/teotihua.html contrasted with Teotihuacan in 
March http://www.dallas.net/~lalo/masteo3.html .  If you go to Parque La 
Venta in October, as I did , you will find people selling mosquito repellant 
at the entrance.  Buy it, and be prepared to slip around in red mud.  What 
you see will be more than worth the effort!

Ed
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Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 4:38 PM
Subject: [Aztlan] Trip to Mexico


>I do not know the dates of the trip, but you may want to reconsider  Agua
> Azul if you going to be there in the rainy season. At times it can  be 
> more
> accurately described as Agua Cafe, and though the flooded  torrents can be
> impressive, they may not be good for swimming.
>
> If you have your own transportation, you might want to consider day trips
> east of Palenque to Balankan and Pomona, or a little further to El Tigre 
> on the
> Rio Candelaria. If you are arriving or departing through Villahermosa, La
> Venta  Park Museum (Parque La Venta) and the Carlos Pellicar Museum in the 
> CICOM
> cultural complex, directly on the banks of the Grijalva River are great. A
> little further west is the site and museum at Comalcalco.
>
> It will be difficult for you not to have a great time whatever you  do.
>
> Enjoy.
>
> Travis
>
>
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