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Subsequently, he went by small plane with Franz Blom to Palenque with some other Americans who were staying at the Blom's house, Na Balam, in San Cristobal, Chiapas. Jim remembers Franz Blom as a nice, old grandfatherly figure, fond of story-telling.

Palenque from the air, 1960. The structures at the top left comprise the Group of the Cross, the most prominent in this view being the Temple of the Sun on the right, its roofcomb silhouetted against the forest. Continuing clockwise, we see the expanse of the Palace and the imposing Temple of the Inscriptions. The road leading toward the foreground passes the Temple of the Count and the North Group on its way to the old archaeological encampment.