The ruins of Palenque: Put it on your bucket list

The ruins of Palenque: Put it on your bucket list

As a huge nature lover, I’d been looking forward to visiting the Pueblo Mágico of Palenque, Chiapas, for the first time. That wasn’t just to take it off my scratch map of Magical Towns: I’d long heard of Palenque’s natural beauty, and I wasn’t disappointed. Vibrant, green mountains, lush tropical rainforest, trees laden with bromeliads and huge exotic flowers were everywhere.  My friend and I got into town at night, and I was a little disappoint…