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The following pictures were taken October 27th, 6 days after hurricane Wilma hit the northeast Yucatan peninsula. The vacation destinations hardest hit were Cozumel, Puerto Morelos and Cancun. I do not have photos of those places here but I do have pictures of Playa del Carmen's north beach area and main beach. I can also tell you that the people are highly motivated and are quickly rebuilding and reinforcing their oceanfront assets. Heavy equipment is busy scooping and pushing sand back onto the beach in locations where it has been displaced. 5th Avenue and most Playa del Carmen businesses are open and plenty of tourists are there. Playa is recovering rapidly from the storm. All these pictures were taken Oct 27, 2005.

Sand by Shangri La Caribe resort that will be moved back out onto the beach

Near Shangri La and Las Palapas resorts. Front-end loaders moving sand.



between Mamitas/Tukan beach clubs and Las Palapas


Mamitas and Tukan beach clubs need some work and they are being worked on

Playa del Carmen main beach near Blue Beach hotel looking north

Playa del Carmen main beach near El Faro looking north

These 2 kids were sand sleding on boogie boards

Farther south on the beach near hotel Mimi del Mar

Down by the ferry dock and main zocalo looking north

looking east down the length of the ferry dock from 5th Av and Paseo del Carmen

Walking north up 5th avenue from the corner of 5th and Paseo del Carmen

In front of La Parrilla Mexican grill, business as usual in most 5th avenue restaurants and stores

Upper 5th avenue around the Glass Bar and Calle Corazon by Caravan

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