One of the places I've always wanted to go is Palenque, some ruins located in the state of Chiapas in Mexico. I was close once, about three hundred and fifty miles, while a friend and I were in Mérida, Mexico. We couldn't convince the rental car guy to let us drive that far. It's a long story. Suffice it to say, it wasn't meant to be that time around. :)
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Mexico would be good as well I think, I've never been before, that would take me a step closer to going to all the 7 wonders of the world. Any plans to write up about your story? Sounds l ike it would make an intresting read.
Hey, @livinguktaiwan. I actually do have a post where I mention the reasons why the rental guy wouldn't give us the car to go to Palenque.
This was back in the early part of 1996, so over 22 years ago. I don't know for sure, but supposedly the roads between Mérida and Palenque were not good in some spots. We were told that we would be getting into the mountains, so if something happened, we might be going off into a ravine or something. Plus, the weather was supposed to be bad the day we were wanting to go. Then, there was the chance we'd have trouble if we ran into the rebel army that had been fighting in those areas against the federal government. We could be kidnapped or worse, the guy said.
We decided just to stick around the area for another day and use the car there. Funny how he didn't lead with the rebel thing. That probably would have saved us another ten minutes of saying we'd be careful. :)
Mexico is mostly a very nice place to visit. I haven't been to all of it, obviously, but the places I have been were very nice. And since my wife has family down there, it makes it a little easier to have a base of operations to go out and do things from.
Times have changed since the last time I was down there, which was probably 5 years ago, now. I guess it's like anywhere. You just need to be careful.