04/13 3 hours of riding around and I finally found a place to stay. Maybe I was getting a little picky but it seemed like everything was over-priced or just a little bit scary. None of the places I looked at were even in the central historic district. At 3pm I tracked a place down near the edge of the city and took my first bus ride back into the touristy area.
Campeche is a very cool place. It was founded back in 1540 and its the oldest Spanish city on the Yucatan peninsula. With no natural land or sea defenses it was an easy target for pirates so a wall, 26 feet tall and a mile and a half long, was built. The wall ended up getting torn down to make way for the growing city but the original gates and bastions still stand.
There are several very large supermarkets here and I went a little crazy buying things. One thing I picked up from a hardware store was a 5″ pair of vice grips. Since I break bolts all the time now maybe I handle some field repair work.
I’m going to change my route to try to get to Cancun a little faster. My sister is still in a coma but she’s stable so I’m going to push on and try to get there in a week. From there I can fly up to Calgary and know that all my belongings are in a safe place.
GPX Track
| Mood: | Bad | | Weather: | Cloudy/Warm |
| Wind: | Light | | Wind Direction: | Headwind |
| Avg Speed: | 9 mph (14.5 km/h) | | Top Speed: | 27.5 mph (44.3 km/h) |
| Total Ascent: | 849 ft (258.8 m) | | Max Elevation: | 194 ft (59.1 m) |
| Distance: | 35.06 mi (56.4 km) | | Total Distance: | 12741 mi (20504.7 km) |
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Very cool photos but almost creepy how there are no people hardly. Like a ghost town or a Twilight Zone…lol.
I love all of the colors too…you’re getting really good at photographing buildings.
What are those masks for?
haha. I guess I didn’t notice that people were missing in all the pictures. The town was under constant attack from pirates so there are lots of pirate related things around like those masks.