Rain, rain go away

Day 4

We awoke on Monday to rain, rain and more rain as we set off on another long day on the bus. The only plan for today is to stop at La Venta, an outdoor museum in Villahermosa. The museum is located in the middle of the rainforest and if it were not for the miserable rain would have been truly beautiful. We were only able to see about 1/3 of the monuments in this park due to flooding conditions on the paths in the park. We were able to see the hallmark of the park, the giant Olmec heads. I confess I don't know the significance of these heads at all....but they were very impressive.

This is the hallmark piece in the park. Not much is known about their significance but as you can see they are huge (see the person walking next to it?)

Typical for me, I was more impressed with the nature around me. I had never been to a rain forest....and yes it was raining. The leaves on the plants were HUGE.

I also saw some monkeys in the trees and had a great picture if someone had not stepped right in front of my camera....grrrrrrr.

My favorite picture from this park is of the river that it is on. I don't know the name of the river but it certainly was beautiful!

We then proceeded to Palenque in hopes that the pouring down rain would end. This was definitely the low point of the trip after much bus riding, lots of rain, and no warm weather in sight. As a tribute to the rain gods, my brother bought an umbrella from the hotel gift store in hopes that we would never need to use it.