The seafront at Campeche in the Yucatan peninsula of southern Mexico has been the subject of some innovative redevelopment as a remarkable public space. Landscaped walking, running, and cycling tracks run along a sitting-height sea wall for over five kilometers along the Gulf shore. Even the palm trees give the impression of high design, with the white-painted bases (to deter bugs from climbing) and the banded strips where the annual leaf growth has been removed.