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By Albert Webb
November 23rd 2008

Campeche

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Leila; Campeche
at Xtampak

Campeche, June of 2008: First decide what you want to do, then determine how to do it! We know we want to travel Mexico. It was a Wednesday in June of 2008 and Chuck received an email notification of roundtrip airfare to Cancun for $120. This we could do! We decided we would rent a car in Cancun and drive to Campeche. The drive from Cancun to Campeche can be done in about 6 hours. We have friends in Merida, which is along the way, so we stopped there for a couple of nights before going to Campeche. While in Merida [View Full Entry]

By gromit
November 7th 2008

Campeche

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Majska zena.

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 [View Full Entry]

By Snoop
September 5th 2008

Really Cool Town

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Church
Catedral de la Concepcion Inmaculada

Ahh, Campeche. Very cool town. The old part of the city (where I stayed) is still surrounded by massive walls that were built back in the day to protect the city from pirates. As time passed and the threat of pirate invasions no longer endangered the city, parts of the walls were torn down. However, a lot of it is still standing and it looks awesome. The buildings located in the old city share a similar 17th century architecture. The roads are all stone. At the Parque Principal is where all the locals hang out. They get their shoe's shined or [View Full Entry]

By Rick and Steph
August 24th 2008

The Yucatan Peninsula

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Pirate hostel
Holaaaaaaaargh

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 [View Full Entry]

By looking for my zihuatanejo
July 14th 2008

Hot and Bothered in Colonial Campeche

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Plaxa Principal at Night (View from Hostel)

Day 12: Friday 11 July - Hot and Bothered in Campeche Arrive at 3am in Campeche, on the Yucatan peninsula. My hostel is in a prime spot overlooking the main plaza. Not so lucky with the room, its like sleeping in a sauna! Awake hot and bothered after a poor nights sleep. Have to do laundry in the morning (hope that answers your question Kev??!!). Leave hostel in late morning and wander Campeche's colonial streets to find a tour agency. I really want to see the Mayan ruins of Calakmul and Uxmal, particularly Calakmul whilst I'm here. My feet are killing [View Full Entry]

By Mamakass
May 4th 2008

Campin´in Campeche

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Xpujil (pronounces Shpuheel) is the name of a town, not exactly that I was in the whole weekend (not exactly weekend, as it´s over and it´s only Saturday night. Yes, we came back way early, I´ll get to that), I stayed there last night, but mostly we were there to see Calakmul. That´s just not a choice on the list. Why not? I have no idea, cause it´s one of the four most important Classic Mayan sites. Probably because it´s in the middle of a nature reserve and 60 miles from the closest highway. Ridiculous. Taxi drivers in Xpujil are probably [View Full Entry]

By Beren
April 26th 2008

Rio Bec - Archéologie expérimentale

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Tulum
Pas fous les Mayas

Photos souvenirs d'une semaine archéologique au Mexique. Après une courte visite de Tulum (site maya postclassique sur le bord de la mer des Caraïbes), j'ai eu la chance de travailler pour le projet Rio Bec, ruines mayas d'un énorme complexe résidentiel de noble. Il fallait reproduire des outils en silex qui ont pu servir à extraire et mettre en forme les blocs de calcaires ayant servi à construire les monuments. Mes outils seront ensuite utilisés et les traces d'utilisations comparées aux vrais artéfacts pour tenter de valider leur fonction. Jungle, singes, scorpions, tarentules.. ce fut trè [View Full Entry]