Tabasco and Chiapas

This past weekend, my friend who invited us to her cousin's wedding invited us to her house in Tabasco (8 1/2 hours from Puebla). Her house was enormous and right in front was a huge fountain like in downtown Philadelphia. Her family completely took us in and fed us well. One day we spent the day at a Safari type place. The next day her aunt and uncle (an accounting lawyer) took us to Chiapas, the next state over for the day. We went to Palenque, which is the Mayan ruins and to Agua Azul. The water is like the Caribbean because of the minerals. It is ridiculously hot in the South where Tabasco and Chiapas is so it was nice to cool off in the water. There is a nice amount of people from her state who study in Puebla so the next day they took us to the beach about 40 minutes away. One of the kids had a house there so we hung out there all day. The ocean water was like a bathtub because of the heat but still refreshing. My friend's house thankfully had air conditioning, not too common in Mexico. In November, the state had a problem where it wouldn't stop raining and the rivers were overflowing. I saw the water marks on the houses, about 6 feet high. My friend's family is definitely very wealthy. They own all the property around her house for a couple blocks and her dad is a doctor. It was definitely nice to see a different part of Mexico. I will be home June 10 everyone!! Get ready!!!