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| On the wall |
We left San Cristobal and took a 13-hour bus ride to Campeche. The
city of Campeche was built by the Spaniards in the 1500's. It is located on the Gulf of Mexico in the Yucatan Peninsula.
There is a wall around the city that was built in 1686-1704 to protect it from pirates. The pirates were after red dye made from logwood trees. The wall is shaped as a hexagon and is 8,400 feet around and 26 feet tall. There were also forts on the outside of the wall on hills that were looking over the ocean.
When we first got to Campeche we walked on the wall and saw the ocean. We also visited one of the forts. The fort had a moat around it with no water in it. There were also cannons.
Today the city is very colorful. The buildings are all the colors of the rainbow.
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| On the wall |
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| Colorful buildings |
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| Model of the walled city |
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| One of the forts |
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| A tower on a fort |
The fort looks very cool
ReplyDeletehi this is ember the fort looks interesting and very cool you must be having lots of fun and happy valentines
ReplyDeleteI like the model of the walled city. How neat is that? It seems like you've seen lots of colorful buildings during your travels.
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