Blogs from Campeche, Campeche, Mexico, North America - page 4

Well prepared for the rough and tumble of slugging the tourist routes through South and Central America, we were remarking on just how relaxed we were getting as travellers - arriving fresh off the bus to a new city, with no map, no idea of where to stay, or even which direction the central district was. And it looked like it was about to bite us in the backside. Arriving at the bus terminal, we asked a departing tourist (Italian) about accommodation. Apparently it was all full as there was a large concert on. Rather than get an overnight bus out and miss the city of Campeche, we pulled a phone number from the Italian lonely planet of this tourist, called a hostel, and got a reservation easily. The reason for the drain on accommodation was ... read more

Opoustime Chiapas, Zapatisty a na chvilku i dzungli a jedeme na Yucatan. Jednim z yucatanskych statu, ktery az tolik neprekypuje turisty je Campeche s hlavnim mestem stejneho nazvu. Pri prekracovani hranic nekterych Mexickych statu musite projit kontrolou na prevoz ovoce. Mexicke urady tak predchazeji prenosu nekterych nemoci, ktere by pak mohly zasahnout zemedelskou produkci. Jako turosi v turos autobuse opet projizdime bez zastaveni, ale ostatnim tu ovocna policie dukladne kontroluje vozidla. Pochopitelne, ze na takovem stanovisti nechybi ani hnizdo kulometcika ci obrneny vuz znacky Hummer. Po nekonecnych rovinach, kdy musim udrzovat naseho ridice Manuela, aby neusnul pote, co predchazejici noc spravoval do rannich hodin klimatizaci, se neda jet nonstop a proto oddychujeme na jednom z bezva odpocivadel, kde vam udelaji cerstvy pomerancovy dzus nebo fantasticke quesadillas. Fakt, ze... read more

The Yucatan Peninsula. 22nd July - 29th July After 13 hours on a bus that seemed to make more stops than was really necessary, we arrived in Campeche bus station glad to be able to stretch our legs again. We took one of the local minibuses into town to get to the Hostal Pirata (Pirate Hostel i.e. a hostel with loads of pirate related ornaments and artifacts), which was on a quiet street within the towns old walls. We took a stroll around town and to the seafront before going back to the Hostel for a much needed siesta. In the evening we went out for a couple of drinks before taking some beers back to the Hostel where we sat on the rooftop terrace and met Brian and Jessica from New Zealand and chatted to ... read more

So, I´m finally done with all of my work! Yay! So now I have time to tell you about my weekend in Campeche. Campeche is the capital of Campeche, which is the state next to Yucatan. The bus ride is about two hours, and during it we sat and talked and slept. Once we got to the city, we took a bus to the centro, arriving in the market, which Annie wanted to see, but since it was pretty much exactly like the market in Merida only smaller, we left to go find the hostal. The first thing I noticed about Campeche was how clean and adorable it is. It´s a UNESCO world heritage site, so they have to keep it in good condition, or at least appear in good condition, because I saw from the ... read more

Merida was a really interesting place to visit. I lucked out again with the hostel I chose to stay at. It was quite large and the cliental included children under 10 (two different families) ,the usual 19-35 crowd. married 40's from France ,Sweden, and Belgum and 3 women my age.What a mix! One night lying in bed hearing other voices outside my window I thought it was a bit like a summer camp. A pleasant experience . Each evening at 7 there were salsa classes and twice @8:30 a man entertained us by singing and playing a guitar. He had an amazing voice. Sitting in the courtyard was magical. This left us with enough time to get to the designated Plaza for a cultural performance or dance whatever the case might be. It was fun. During ... read more