Costa Maya and Hurricane Dean discussion (merged)

[agrigar]

Originally Posted by woodofpine

ela8 - well, we're both optimists (go figure why...) but if it's taken Cozumel 2 years to repair their piers, and they've got considerably more economic clout then our optimism is probably misplaced...

I enjoyed Costa Maya. I spent little time in Mahajual - nice as it was though, and less time at the pier. Having visited Chacchoben Village (apart from the Mayan ruins 7 miles away) I've got mixed feelings about the whole state of affairs in that area. The locals do too. The carpet-bagging pier with its wall... condos... god know the world needs more condos right... progress...

The Mayans are a hardy bunch. They had nothing (materially) 10 years ago and now next to nothing to be taken. Much of the local populace sleep in hammocks with dirt floors many with no doors (with nothing to take, why block the breeze). Amazing to think year 2000, no electricity, no running water (still no running water!). The locals are suffering, but its the bankers and insurers in Mexico City that are really crying...

Heck with the credit and real estate slump, don't completely discount the idea of the pier owner/developers simply taking the insurance money and saying to heck with it. Unlikely I know, but with the beach badly stripped of sand, it is probably as likely as a native Mayan becoming a condo developer...

Let's hope that when they rebuild they won't put the cement wall back up.
I hope to see some coverage on Costa Maya soon. This is sad that the only coverage i can find if by doing some major searching & the translating from the spanish newspapers that some of you have posted.

[cruzn4me]

I agree completely. It's weird to describe, but I felt so "at home" in Majahual. And when I think of the trouble the people there are going through, it literally breaks my heart. I believe the people there are so strong and they'll be fine.

But the thoughts of development make me sick! Esp. the more I find out about the problems, the big $$ from mexico City, etc.

[jetskier]

Aerial photo of Costa Maya. This is the first photo I have seen of the port buildings.

[agrigar]

I feel the same way. I wish I had seen the thread on the hole in the fence before I had gone there in July.
I know that the next time I return & it isn't a if I return it is a when I return, I will venture out to the fishing village, I will see more that I didn't see this time & I will feel honored to see what everyone says is so wonderful about these people here.

When we were there, my best friend & her son did a tour that my daughter & I did not do. She couldn't believe that we just hung out at the pier. Told me that the people were so friendly there, would go out of their way, seemed to appreciate everyone being there, loved telling their stories to people who would listen etc. I so wish I would have gone with her. She felt like they enjoyed the ships coming there, they didn't expect anything but appreciated anyone showing interest in anything they wanted to share.

[agrigar]

Originally Posted by jetskier

Aerial photo of Costa Maya. This is the first photo I have seen of the port buildings.

OMG, I'm literally in tears right now. Where did you find this? Is that the swimming pool or the pool we played volleyball in?

[cruzn4me]

WOW! That picture! ((faint))

[cruzegirl]

Originally Posted by jetskier

Aerial photo of Costa Maya. This is the first photo I have seen of the port buildings.

Oh my god..... This photo brought me to tears..... I'm a little disoriented as to where that is but that building to the right, looks part of the buildings once off the pier.... Where did you find this? What website?

[vacruizer]

Originally Posted by jetskier

Aerial photo of Costa Maya. This is the first photo I have seen of the port buildings.

Last September....

costa maya 2.jpg

That square pad looks to be where the pier attached. Click on my small pic and you can compare the two side-by-side.

[flvol77]

Originally Posted by jetskier

Aerial photo of Costa Maya. This is the first photo I have seen of the port buildings.

I will be honest I thought it would look worse then this....I still have never seen anything like the damage from hurricane Camille - http://www.geocities.com/hurricanene...anecamille.htm

Andrew was rough also - My wife was a kid and went down to Miami with her dad to help and she said that it was horrible - she said when she got out of her dad's truck she smelled something horrible - Someone later said it was the smell of death in the air. I thought maybe because she was a kid and over reacted but I know at least two dozen people that said the same thing when they went down there to help...(we only live two and a half hours away so I know a lot of people that saw what it did) I have seen some crazy pictures - If that storm would have hit downtown Miami I can't even imagine the death toll.

[jetskier]

Originally Posted by cruzegirl

Oh my god..... This photo brought me to tears..... I'm a little disoriented as to where that is but that building to the right, looks part of the buildings once off the pier.... Where did you find this? What website?

I have been using the search engine on Yahoo News and limited the search to photos only. The orange building to the right is the welcome entrance.
Dave

[Loucat]

Originally Posted by jetskier

Aerial photo of Costa Maya. This is the first photo I have seen of the port buildings.

I have been searching for information. Where did you find this?

[Retired not Expired]

Originally Posted by vacruizer

Last September....

Attachment 54872

That square pad looks to be where the pier attached. Click on my small pic and you can compare the two side-by-side.

The pier comes straight into that red building on the right. It would be to the right of that photo.

[agrigar]

Originally Posted by vacruizer

Last September....

Attachment 54872

That square pad looks to be where the pier attached. Click on my small pic and you can compare the two side-by-side.

I may be wrong, but it seems as though the pier would be more to the right based on your picture. There was a smaller pool next to the water that was a volleyball pool that we were in, it seems like that may be where that is. I don't have a pic of the pool I'm talking about but it was on the back side of the pier entrance next to the water.

[jetskier]

Originally Posted by vacruizer

Last September....

Attachment 54872

That square pad looks to be where the pier attached. Click on my small pic and you can compare the two side-by-side.

The square pad is the swimming pool. The pier came in directly to the orange building. If you look behind the swimming pool, you can see the curvature of the main pool. In the after photo, you can see it in it also. The picture below I took on my Oct 30th, 2006 cruise.
Dave

[flvol77]

It doesn't look like there was a lot of beach erosion, I think a lot will depend on the pier - too bad they didn't take a couple pics of that.

[agrigar]

Here are some of my pictures from our July 23 cruise on Fantasy.

[jetskier]

Originally Posted by flvol77

It doesn't look like there was a lot of beach erosion, I think a lot will depend on the pier - too bad they didn't take a couple pics of that.

This was a photo I had posted earlier. It has been the only one I have seen of the pier.

[Starz723]

What a horror..My main concern is for the little resort to the right of pier. That was locally owned and called Chac-Chi. As you have probably seen, it has a thread unto itself.. They are the locals that didnt sell out to the pier owner.

Are there anymore pics of the pier area that include the area off to the right of the dock if you are facing the pier. I know its blown away, it was all Palapas and small cabanas. The dining area was one big open air palapas. Which was for me so beautiful. It was quiet, non commercialized and very ecologically sound.

There are alot of us who have been to Chac-Chi and are waiting to hear and see.

Marge
Starz723

[jetskier]

Originally Posted by Starz723

What a horror..My main concern is for the little resort to the right of pier. That was locally owned and called Chac-Chi. As you have probably seen, it has a thread unto itself.. They are the locals that didnt sell out to the pier owner.

Marge
Starz723

I have been scouring the web trying to find a photo of Chac Chi but have not had any luck yet.
Dave

[cruzegirl]

Jetskier,

That's a great shot of Mahahual/Costa Maya..... And puts your other photo into perspective. I found so many photos out there........ Here's a few of them......