Colonial Hotel Campeche

Leider ging unser Flug nach Las Vegas von Laredo, Texas aus und nicht von Monterrey...
Deshalb hieß es gleich nach der Präsentation in Intercultural ab ins Taxi und geradeaus zum Busbahnhof. Von dort aus dann mit dem Bus über die Grenze, eine Nacht in nem Motel pennen und dann endlich mit dem Flieger nach Las Vegas.

... doctors, opticians and especially drugs. The street was full of little shops and items of souveneirs, full of people, both tourists and Mexicans, walking from one place to another. The sweltering heat (40 C), almost impossible to go very long without going into shops to cool off, some only with fans.
After lunch in a typical Mexican restaurant in the area and buy some souveneirs, walking back to USA on Rio Grande.

We left Larado at 10:00 a.m. We went to the flying j and then we went to get doughnuts but they did not have any so mamaw ran across the street to pilot we got cappachinos and papaw got a coffee.We had no internet so I could not write on the coumputer so i had to write it on a piece of paper. We stopped in Langtry and learned about judge roy bean and how he made the laws of the west. We went ...

Monday the 13. We had to get up early in the morning to pack. We brought stuff from the house to the motor home. We stopped doing that at 1:30. When we left, we got on highway 83.w. We had a blowout on highway 83n. We heard a lot of noise and the rv started to shake. We waited 3 to 4 hours on the side of the road and the temp was 110*. Papaw brought out chairs and we sat in the shade of ...

... the “centro historico”.

Our first venture outside the walls brought us in contact with a modern hospital, a super store and a beautiful park. That was a good start.

The hospital, Hospital General Dr. Alvero Vidal Vera, was the largest and most modern we had seen in Mexico.

Nearby was a huge church - La Iglesia de Jesucristo de Los Santos de los Ultimos Dias (Church of the Latter Day Saints or Mormons), striking for its ...

... old Campeche is also preserved by by-laws that prohibit any protruding commercial signs. It all makes for a classy place.

Since I greatly appreciate architecture it was a pleasure to walk around and enjoy the look of Old Spain as I had never seen it before. Since the theme of this trip was “23 Destinations to Spend the Winter Months” it was easy to project myself living in this “Disneyworld-like” theme park. It was astonishing and perhaps a ...

... very expensive so we´re having to budget hard. You get your money´s worth - they´re more comfortable than a first class train in UK, always on time, and I reckon we´ll get as good night sleep on one of the buses as in a hostel dorm, but they are a bit excessive for our needs. We´ve been cooking for ourselves to save money, which I enjoy really, so it´s not too bad. Fajitas tonight :)

... etc are now managing the resort on a day to day basis and staffing the restaurant. They have a chef from Cancun coming to teach them every 3 months and an English teacher for 2 week stints. They love it and it is wonderful to see them pitch in and help a guest who needs to be lifted or turned or just cleaned. Bill and Thelma have also trained 10 women from the village as nurses aides. They stay with the guest for the full visit (usually a month minimum ...

We stayed here last night but there was no internet so we moved to Marida. Iam at a internet cafe so I can not post any pics today.. Trying to talk to the persn here to see if I can bring my laptop and get on line. That is hard, trying to talk to the person as I talk no spanish and they talk no english. But I will find out somehow. ok going to post this and then check my email. Bonnie and Bill

Its 6:15 PM, and our bus is about to depart for Queretaro, where we will connect to another bus or taxi onto San Miguel de Allende. I was surprised at how easy it was to get across the border. Karen and I went to the Mexican Consulate in Laredo to get our permisos. After eating lunch with my folks, we went to International Bridge #1 where we walked across with our luggage. Once across, we went into the immigration office to pay the fees for the permiso and then walked a few ...