Originally I intended to leave Campeche on this day, but instread I decided to stay, moving from my AirBnb to an air conditioned hotel just the other side of the city centre.
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The walled botanical garden - Jardin Botanico Xmuch'haltun
A sculptural artwork installation in Plaza del Patrimonial Mundial of two boys playing a game
Plaza de la Indepencia viewed through the arches of Campeche Library and The Palace Cultural Centre
This building on Plaza de la Indepencia, once Campeche Library, now The Palace Cultural Centre
Puerto de Mar - the sea facing gate of Campeche's walled city
Outside the walls of Campeche's old city, a sculpture of a donkey drawn cart carrying a barrel
A macaw inspired ceramic from the Becan Mayan site estimated to be over 1600 years old at the museum of Fuerte De San Miguel
Steps within the walls of Fuerte De San Miguel, situated on a hill to the west of Campeche
A funeral mask from the Mayan site at Calakmul as exhibited at Fuerte De San Miguel
A funeral mask from the Mayan site at Calakmul as exhibited at Fuerte De San Miguel
A funeral mask from the Mayan site at Calakmul as exhibited at Fuerte De San Miguel
A sea facing cannon on the walls of Fuerte De San Miguel
The fortification of Fuerte De San Miguel
Cannons over the Gulf of Mexico 0n the ramparts of the fortification of Fuerte De San Miguel, Campeche
The entrance gate to Fuerte De San Miguel
From Fuerte de San Miguel I took a local bus ride back into Campeche
At the local bus station near Campeche market
Salon Rincon Colonial: In Mexico it's either law (or once was) that you cannot see easily into bars.
The interior of Salon Rincon Colonial: a location for Original Sin, a 2001 movie with Antonio Banderas and Angelina Jolie.
On Calle 8 looking into Plaza de la Independencia at night
Buskers amidst the bars and restaurants on Calle 59
Eating out on Calle 59
Policing in Campeche was on a very different scale to that seen in other places in Mexico!
