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Campeche- A Mixed Bag

Campeche, Mexico


Ok. This is back Nov 22ndish??? I´ve been pretty behind on blogging (sorry!!) so I´ll have to remember all that has happened since this date. (It´s now Dec 11th)- Campeche is a beautiful city on the gulf of Mexico and I believe it´s real claim to fame was that is once had a huge pirate problem (back in the day) Apparently, the problem with pirates was so bad that the peoples of Campeche decided to build a Stone wall around the city to protect it from the pirates. Today, a piece of the wall still stands and is now labeled a UNESCO site.
This is all good and interesting. Nice city. Pirate wall. Supposedly good shrimp.However, perhaps the most interesting thing that occurred in our short stay was that Josh got his credit card taken. BOLLUCKS. We had already purchased our bus tickets to Palenque and we were really really looking forward to getting there. Immediately, Josh called his bank and they assured him that they would be sending his card within 24 hours to Mexico. With sound mind that the card would eventually make it Mexico-we moved on from Campeche. More to come...


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