A ruinous journey


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March 25th 2018
Published: March 25th 2018
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The second part of our whirlwind Mexican adventure has gone a little like this, ruin, colonial city, colonial city, ruin, colonial city, ruin, ruin. That’s a lot of ruins! And colonial city’s! Welcome to the Yucatan, where Maya ruins and pastel coloured colonial cities seem to vie for your attention. Or you can go to the beach and ignore it all. In fact I suspect that is what a big group of to... Read Full Entry



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Recreation of the inside of a high class colonial family home
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Campeche police car
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Taking a ride in the tourist toy train through Campeche
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Various streets scenes
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Red church
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Windows
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Templo de San Jose, which has a lighthouse on one of its spires
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The name says it all
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Plaza Grande with a view towards the Palacio Municipal
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Casa Montejo, belonging to the Montejo family all the way up to the 70's, whose ancestors were the conquistadores who conquered Yucatan.
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Some period furnishing inside, but not from the Montejo family itself
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Modern art
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Palacio de Gobierno
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Inside the Palacio de Gobierno
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Murals by local artist Fernando Castro Pacheco
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Halls
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Painting depicting the Caste Wars
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La Belle Epoque...



26th March 2018

Ruinous business
I enjoyed following your adventures through the cities and ruins... we missed out on Campeche last time, but your photos have made me want to add it to the 'next time' list (although the temperature seems a bit brutal!). Where to next? :)
27th March 2018

Thanks
Yeah, the temperatures were not pleasant, in the summer it apparently gets into the high 40's! Next it is back to Peru, but that is for another blog
26th March 2018

What an amazing country, i love the colours & the spectacular ruins!
27th March 2018

It is a very beautiful country indeed
But so is Switzerland!

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