Flamingo's at Celestun

Chilling on the beach

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September 13th 2007
Campeche Our overnight journey to Campeche was interrupted several times by army patrols boarding and marching swiftly up and down the bus while we all blinked blearily in the unexpected bright lights - not sure what they were checking for but fortunately no one on our bus was it! Arriving safely in Campeche (quite an affluent and stylish town), we headed straight for the sea front an ... read more

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The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst... ... read more