This morning we thought we would get an early start but not to early. We left the hotel at 9am went and got breakfast and made it to the bus station by 9:45 fully expecting a 7 hour bus trip to Palenque. Turns out the bus left at 8:30am and there wasn´t another one until 9pm. What to do? We were not going to spend another day in Merida so We got a ticket to Campeche.

Campeche, on the East coast bordering the Gulf of Mexico, was beuatiful. It is what you think of when you picture small Mexican cities with very colourful Stone buildings. It has a population of 300,000 and a bloody history with pirates. At one time because of the constant looting by pirates the city erected walls to defend the city.

They have since been torn down but the Stone was still used for buildings and other walls that flank the city centre. The city is also a Unesco world heritage site. Both Em and I were happy we went to Campeche.

We didn´t stay overnight though. we though it would be best to get to Palenque that night so we didn´t miss a day. We got the first bus at 10pm and arrived in Palenque at 4am.