Del Mar Campeche

... view of the church. But is was quite empty and I was sill sick so I did't get to really go out and have fun. I just stayed around the center and visited the seafrond, the maya museum (very small, like 3 rooms), and enjoyed observing the architecture and the colorful houses.<br>

... be the place to shop if you lived anywhere near the center. Having said that I can&#8217;t help but wonder how the existence of this store just outside the walls of the historical center would not have the effect of causing many a small merchant to close their doors. Furthermore if this store didn&#8217;t do it, the many big box stores on the outside of the city certainly would have accomplished that task.<br><br>From Sam&#8217;s Club to many others like ...

... br>Heading back into the city I finally found some signs of life in the charming main square in front of the cathedral. <br><br>After grabbing a coffee the trick was to find my way back to the hotel in this city bereft of major landmarks. Streets running north-south are identified by odd numbers and streets running east-west are even numbered. I find this mundane and bereft of any imagination. This is hardly becoming of such a charming place like the historical center ...

... were to be seen, just green rolling flat countryside and cows!!! So reminiscent of home came to mind... Towns on route were pretty scarce, we passed one small village consisting of a few straw huts and that was about it, poverty was quite apparent here. Then on turning a corner, the ocean of the Gulf of Mexico was ahead and it was beautiful, so good to see the coast again! There was a fine line of turquoise colour in the distance with wooden boats and small piers ...

... the heart and has been created by two people with incredible vision and lots of heart. When their website is up, we will send you the link. No Photos because our camera only began to work on the morning we were leaving. On our way north now. Next stop will be near Veracruz. We should be in Texas by early May. The temperatures here are rising fast and the humidity is high as well. And yes you are correct. We decided to save Guatemala for the next trip down.

... moment. We circled the roads, but could´t find the launderette we thought we had seen, so eventually using my best Spanish and the visual aid of the laundry bag i get directions back up the street.. Unfortunately that`s against the one way traffic so off we go on a big loop right to the top of the parallel road to come back. Half way back to our starting point a Mexican man starts shouting and pointing down the road to us. He must have overheard the ...

... to do it all. There are ranks of portals/windows in the 5 levels of the main temple, and each of those can be lit. Then each of the 5 levels of the temple can be lit. And then the flanking side structures can be lit, and the pedestal itself. It went all red...then all blue...then a wavering rose color that fluctuated...then all dark but for brilliant red in the windows ...

... de San Pedro, which has roof top views of the Cathedral and the Iglesia de San Juan to the west and the central market to the east. Inside there was a small museum documenting the native Indians of the surrounding lands and their handicrafts which include hammocks, Panama hats, and elaborately embroidered dresses, shirts and other hand made clothing. There was also a section of the museum displaying black coral jewellery that we both took time to have a look at. The ...

... to a yellow house. Apparently, the houses are impossible to miss. Well guess what....we missed them. We did get a bit turned around on our drive and believe that we may have traveled part of the way on Mexico Highway 261. Somewhere along the way, we still missed the houses. Next time, we intend to take down some formal directions and actually stop in to see our new friends...hopefully they will be at their vacation home when we come ...

... locker. We had assigned 'watches' throughout the night so that our stuff remained safe. And when we arrived in Campeche we discovered that in the middle of the night, some dude had broken into our combintion lock, taken both cameras, discman, ipod etc, put a full bottle of fanta *to compensate weight* in the bag and RELOCKED the backpack. GRR Anyway we were so angry, but had ...