13 November Villahermosa to Isla Aguada

9:15 we departed the RV Park, a quick stop a few minutes later for fuel and we continued on south and east. Another two hours and we crossed into the state of Campeche--a new state for us! Here we were subject to an inspection--pork and chicken are not permitted to cross into the Yucatan. The area is clear of various swine and poultry diseases and the are trying to keep it that way.

We were taking the scenic coast road, part of it along a sandy spit and narrow islands joined by a couple of toll bridges. Many of the villages here were just a foot or two above the high tide level. Easy to visualise hurricane devastation.







Along this route we came across several anachronistic vistas such as this one. Concrete/brick house, three satellite dishes!






This turned out to be a short and easy driving day, arriving at the RV park just before 2:00PM.

A beautiful and scenic location, we enjoyed the afternoon, though there was no way we would be able to tune in the Starchoice satellite signal!

In the bar we chatted with a man from Brazil who was visiting with his wife and toddler; this is a kid who has a real head start in languages: Father is Brazilian (Portugese) mother is Mexican (Spanish) mother-in-law is Chinese (Mandarin) and both parents speak English. The little one is being raised with all four languages!

We also enjoyed an excellent meal here.

Later a family from Germany arrived. We met them in the morning and had a good chat. Their oldest son was quite interested in the hook-up procedure and was very quick in understanding what was involved.

Their RV was something to behold: the pic tells it all except that it was also a 4WD! Note that they sleep in tents on the roof!

They have traveled the Americas from Honduras to Alaska.