After a few days of early morning bus catching, we were hoping to sleep in but the traffic over the cobbled streets outside put a stop to that.

After breakfast we had a walk around the centro area and went to the Mayan archeological museum at the end of the park. It’s built inside what was the main barracks with the city walls so it was interesting to go on the roof and see the barricades and pillboxes.

Also from up there was access along the top of the fortification walls as well as an access ramp to get the cannons up and down! Campeche was the most attacked of all the Spanish colonial cities due to it’s isolation. As well as the city walls there are two hilltop forts to the north and south along the coast to bombard pirate ships before they made it to port.


In the evening were heard some festive noise out in the street and watched the most bizarre street procession we have ever seen. Giant insects and a spider walking down the street blowing smoke and fire to techno music. No idea what it was for but they were very impressive creations with realistic movement. The ants were running back and forth along the street chomping at onlookers and the Preying Mantis was higher than we were on the second story balcony!