Campeche and Palenque - Doubling Back
Trip Start
Aug 16, 2003
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Trip End
Apr 21, 2004
Campeche and Palenque,
Mexico
Saturday, February 21, 2004
After a five hour journey on two buses from Piste via Merida we were glad to arrive in Campeche around mid-afternoon. It felt quite comforting to be arriving in a place that we were already acquainted with and we jumped in a taxi which took us straight to our chosen hotel. We used the remainder of the afternoon to catch up with our laundry (thanks to the girl at the Monkey Youth Hostel in the main square who was really helpful) and to update the travelogue.
As Campeche is one of the few places we've visited in Mexico on the sea front we decided to have a wander along the promenade, however, we were quite disappointed to discover that there really wasn't much too see, so we headed back to the main square which tends to be the hub of the town
A Twilight View of the Church
. We ate in the same restaurant as we had done about a week previously, although the whole feel of the place was much more sedate now that there was no live entertainment in the plaza. Despite the quieter atmosphere, we enjoyed another good meal overlooking the square and the stunning church, which looks especially pretty when lit up at night.Our journey back to Palenque the following day took six hours and we didn't pull into the bus station until 5pm. Wasting no time, we headed straight for one of the travel agents to book ourselves onto the trip to Flores, Guatemala for the following morning. We had been advised that although possible to make this journey independently, it was a lot less hassle to enlist the help of an agency to get you safely across the border.
Relieved that we had secured tickets, but slightly less enthusiastic about the 6am pick up time, we stocked up on food for the journey and spent a fairly relaxed last night in Mexico.
Andrea and Dan
