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Dia de los Muertos

Posted by emily in MERIDA - MEXICO 6-13 NOVEMBER, 2009 on November 3, 2009

November 2: We are in Palenque on Dia de los Muertos. It seemed both a somber and celebrative evening last night as people bought flowers and filed into the cemetery that is right downtown.

Today we are headed to the jungle in search of howler monkeys and to learn more about the Lacandon Maya. We are leaving most of our gear in Palenque and going on stripped down motos about 100 miles south, along the Guatemala border. It is raining again.