The coastal colonial town of Campeche was raided so many times by British and Dutch pirates that the Spanish built a giant wall around it for protection. The city is on the Gulf side of the Yucatan peninsula and is a UNESCO Heritage site. Parts of the wall are still there, and you can walk along them and look down into the well preserved city centre. It is a very cool town. Incidentally, my favourite book about pirates is Cup of Gold by John Steinbeck - check it out if you want to learn about Welshman Captain Henry Morgan's antics in the Caribbean. In Campeche we camped at the home of a lovely old lady named Anita, who refused to accept payment for our stay. More of that amazing Mexican hospitality.
Campeche town
Coastal Campeche
We were also treated to a bizarre and very Mexican sound & light show in the zocalo (town square) - here is just a few minutes of it (the whole thing was about 40 minutes long, which covered the history of the region, and then into these dancing skeletons):
Dancing skeletons....why not?! :) You look so tanned, Kellie!
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