1996....5th Ave...Remember?

**tommy** · 11-26-2004

I found this picture of 5th Ave in 1996 and it brought back some memories of one of my first trips there....Should have bought the property back then!! Damit!!!!

5Th Ave..1996

jeevers · 11-26-2004

where is that shot taken? is it across from pez-vela looking towards the pier /

**tommy** · 11-26-2004

Its hard to tell...8 years of growth......But your signature is what I was talking about in regards to the property!!!!

jeevers · 11-26-2004

i remember 15 -20 years ago when taxis parked at the park near juarez and the ferry
i had run out of gas and a cab driver sucked gas out of his tank and i paid him enough to get back to puerto morales the closest pemex station it was way different then
the whole area around the park was mostly vacant lots with a shop here or there dirt roads dogs running amuck more like a typical mexican town
that was the time to buy
im in real estate and still kickin myself in the ass
the millions i could have had

SarahB · 11-26-2004

Tommy, your picture makes me want to go back and dig up old photos of Playa too! That would be a good thread "post a random picture of old Playa!" Well, since it was before I had a digital camera, it would take me having to scan them in...and that might be a pain. Spoiled these days with digital I guess! I'll see what I can find though.

Nerak936 · 11-27-2004

First time I saw Playa was via a bus from Cancun on our way to Cozumel. I only recall the busses parking in a dirt lot round about where the new mall area is now and our walking down the street to the ferry pier. Just a couple of small stores there. That was in 1990.

Then about 5 years ago when someone at work mentioned her son staying at a resort in Playa del Carmen, I argued with her, "No way. There's nothing there. You must have it confused with Cancun." In 2000 David and I stayed at an AI on Cozumel and took the ferry over to do a Tulum/Xel-Ha excursion. When I first saw the PDC coastline from the ferry, my jaw dropped open. I couldn't believe what I was seeing..... Then as we stopped along 307 to pick up more passengers at all the resorts... Blew me away.

StephenB · 11-27-2004

I've been visiting probably since about 85. I'm going to look for pixs. For all of us kicking ourselves about buying property back then, Here's a few things to consider. Lots of PDC was still in ejido (cooperative) back then and the legal problems of getting clear title to anything were far worse than now. Mexico didn't liberalize its property ownership laws until recently. Lots of the PDC area is still in ejido which remains a fairly formidable obstacle. However the main reason I didn't buy property years ago was...I had no MONEY!!!

**james** · 11-27-2004

that shot was taken from in front of Sabor restaurant, more or less.

looking South from between 2nd and 4th.

I have alot of shots from that era.

**tommy** · 11-27-2004

Juarez looking torward the ferry dock...you can see the taxi stand..

this one is of 5th Ave....
these are from 1993......

**tommy** · 11-27-2004

307 to Tulum

**sctx** · 11-27-2004

yeah, 307 used to be alot of fun

SarahB · 12-01-2004

I dug up some pictures from 1997.

Here is the kids play area in the town square:

The pier by Senor Frogs:

Capitan Tutix:

Continental (wow the beach has changed!):

Kim from Michigan · 12-02-2004

I love looking at these younger pictures of Playa. Keep them coming. I have only heard stories from my sister who started visiting Playa back in the early 90's. She took me for my first time in '99 and I have not missed a year since.

hal · 12-02-2004

Fifteen years from now, we will all be looking back at our 2004 photos and saying that we can't believe how small Playa del Carmen was back then.

jx2 · 12-02-2004

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Originally Posted by hal

Fifteen years from now, we will all be looking back at our 2004 photos and saying that we can't believe how small Playa del Carmen was back then.

I hope your prediction proves to be false, but im afraid it wont.

11-26-2004	#1 (permalink)
tommy Rastamon Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Austin Tx Posts: 12,217	1996....5th Ave...Remember? I found this picture of 5th Ave in 1996 and it brought back some memories of one of my first trips there....Should have bought the property back then!! Damit!!!! 5Th Ave..1996

11-27-2004	#8 (permalink)
james beach geek admin Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: 10 year Playa resident lost in Kullavik, Sweden Posts: 9,770	that shot was taken from in front of Sabor restaurant, more or less. looking South from between 2nd and 4th. I have alot of shots from that era. __________________ My lovely house is for sale Get your own signature countdown image!

12-02-2004	#14 (permalink)
hal life=playa Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Minnesota Posts: 577	pictures Fifteen years from now, we will all be looking back at our 2004 photos and saying that we can't believe how small Playa del Carmen was back then.

11-26-2004	#2 (permalink)
jeevers beachaholic Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 409	where is that shot taken? is it across from pez-vela looking towards the pier /

11-26-2004	#3 (permalink)
tommy Rastamon Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Austin Tx Posts: 12,217	Its hard to tell...8 years of growth......But your signature is what I was talking about in regards to the property!!!!

11-26-2004	#4 (permalink)
jeevers beachaholic Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 409	i remember 15 -20 years ago when taxis parked at the park near juarez and the ferry i had run out of gas and a cab driver sucked gas out of his tank and i paid him enough to get back to puerto morales the closest pemex station it was way different then the whole area around the park was mostly vacant lots with a shop here or there dirt roads dogs running amuck more like a typical mexican town that was the time to buy im in real estate and still kickin myself in the ass the millions i could have had

11-26-2004	#5 (permalink)
SarahB añejo Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Playa...now Iowa Posts: 2,897	Tommy, your picture makes me want to go back and dig up old photos of Playa too! That would be a good thread "post a random picture of old Playa!" Well, since it was before I had a digital camera, it would take me having to scan them in...and that might be a pain. Spoiled these days with digital I guess! I'll see what I can find though.

11-27-2004	#6 (permalink)
Nerak936 añejo Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 18,645	First time I saw Playa was via a bus from Cancun on our way to Cozumel. I only recall the busses parking in a dirt lot round about where the new mall area is now and our walking down the street to the ferry pier. Just a couple of small stores there. That was in 1990. Then about 5 years ago when someone at work mentioned her son staying at a resort in Playa del Carmen, I argued with her, "No way. There's nothing there. You must have it confused with Cancun." In 2000 David and I stayed at an AI on Cozumel and took the ferry over to do a Tulum/Xel-Ha excursion. When I first saw the PDC coastline from the ferry, my jaw dropped open. I couldn't believe what I was seeing..... Then as we stopped along 307 to pick up more passengers at all the resorts... Blew me away.

11-27-2004	#7 (permalink)
StephenB añejo Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: New York State Posts: 2,183	I've been visiting probably since about 85. I'm going to look for pixs. For all of us kicking ourselves about buying property back then, Here's a few things to consider. Lots of PDC was still in ejido (cooperative) back then and the legal problems of getting clear title to anything were far worse than now. Mexico didn't liberalize its property ownership laws until recently. Lots of the PDC area is still in ejido which remains a fairly formidable obstacle. However the main reason I didn't buy property years ago was...I had no MONEY!!!

11-27-2004	#9 (permalink)
tommy Rastamon Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Austin Tx Posts: 12,217	Juarez looking torward the ferry dock...you can see the taxi stand.. this one is of 5th Ave.... these are from 1993......

11-27-2004	#10 (permalink)
tommy Rastamon Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Austin Tx Posts: 12,217	307 to Tulum

11-27-2004	#11 (permalink)
sctx political anarchist Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Body in San Marcos Tx....Tankah in my mind Posts: 27,818	yeah, 307 used to be alot of fun

12-01-2004	#12 (permalink)
SarahB añejo Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Playa...now Iowa Posts: 2,897	I dug up some pictures from 1997. Here is the kids play area in the town square: The pier by Senor Frogs: Capitan Tutix: Continental (wow the beach has changed!):

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12-02-2004	#13 (permalink)
Kim from Michigan beachaholic Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: East Lansing, Michigan Posts: 444	I love looking at these younger pictures of Playa. Keep them coming. I have only heard stories from my sister who started visiting Playa back in the early 90's. She took me for my first time in '99 and I have not missed a year since.