Campeche, Cancun and Chiquila.

We had planned a rather haphazard route to get to the Caribbean. We were just sort of picking places on the map, finding a bus, and checking them out. Which was an awesome way to travel....but now all we wanted was the coastline. And not an ugly grey coastline like Veracruz, but rather the Mexico of our dreams, and of friends facebook photo albums.

So Campeche for us, wasn't what we were chasing. Thats not to say that Campeche isn't a beautiful city- it is. Check out these two photos:

We stayed at a great little hostel (Hostel Pirata), it was deserted, and the room was three by three metre square. But one side of that had a sliding door, and inside the sliding door (which didnt reach all the way to the celing) was the toilet and shower. So yes, while one of us was attending to our daily ablutions the other one was only a metre away. Such a beautiful system.

The real problem with Campeche was that even though we had a good hostel with an ok kitchen, there really wasnt an abundance of food shopping, or cheap food nearby. In fact the historical town centre was a little bit dull at night time, however it was beautiful, and there were lots of people buzzing around the zocalo. At the end of the day though, we just wanted to get to the beautiful ocean, so we were basically biding our time in Campeche.

Next it was a bus (ADO) to Cancun. 6.5 hours and about 400 pesos. Not cheap but it beats sitting in a second class bus for up to 8 hours.

One night in Cancun.

Our dreams of Cancun was to go for a swim in the beautiful ocean and check out all the shops. However we were greeted by a torrential down pour. Torrential. So we got on a local bus for 10 pesos and saw the sights of cancun from the safety of our bus seat.

We did stay in an awesome hotel in Cancun called Terracribe. Would normally be out of our price range but found a great deal for $30 a night on a hotel discount website (www.trivago.co.uk). It was downtown and cheap but beautiful and clean. Super convenient and awesome water pressure. For one night it was great.

 

Bus to Chiquila to get to Isla Holbox.

Super simple, we just checked the times when we first got in to the ADO terminal and caught a second class (Oriente) bus up to Chiquila the next day. From there we walked straight onto a ferry to Isla Holbox.

Bus to Chiquila took 3 hours and cost 80 pesos p/p. Ferry was about an hour and 250 pesos p/p return. Don't lose that ticket stub. Two ferries companies available so we just took the one sitting at the dock when we arrived.

 Next update ISLA HOLBOX,