1996 photos

[karona]

Here is a picture of the beach in Playa from back in 1996. As you can see El Faro was already there.

Here is the beach looking North where Porte Real will be in a couple of years..

This is North beach.... No Mamitas yet..

We drove up the coast and found a beach called Excacel

You could camp there for $3.00 us a night

You take this path to get to the cenote there.

Here is the cenote at Excacel. There were hundreds of tiny black fish..

This is the beach looking North.

We also took a trip to Uxmal. Fabulous ruins..




Things have changed alot, but I still love it!!!!!!

Sorry about the quality of the pictures. They are digital photos taken from an old photo album.

[FrankRN]

Thanks ... brings back memories.

[absoluteAL]

Gee, how things have changed for the better???/worse??? in Playa. Thanks for sharing the photos.

[Sukidog]

Really cool, but it kinda reminds me of the book "The Ruins". Ooooo creapy, sorry man

[Snow Blind]

Who else can enlighten us newbies on the older Playa with pics?

[pulque]

You should have seen Quintana Roo, Chiapas and Tabasco circa 1968....

[Daddy B]

Originally Posted by pulque

You should have seen Quintana Roo, Chiapas and Tabasco circa 1968....

My parents wouldn't have let me out to play on my own then.

[pulque]

Too bad; you have to settle for second best!

[Daddy B]

Originally Posted by pulque

Too bad; you have to settle for second best!

O tempora, o mores!

[pulque]

Que lastima!

[FrankRN]

Originally Posted by pulque

You should have seen Quintana Roo, Chiapas and Tabasco circa 1968....

Wasn't Quinta Roo mostly jungle and a few small villages back then? They did not even begin to develop Kan Kun (Cancun) until the early 70's.

My first trip to PDC was in 1989 and there was very little to speak of even then. 5th ave ended around what is now Calle 18 ... after that it was jungle. ANd it was kind of scary to venture too far from 5th Ave. Not too long ago there was no 1st Ave ... just jungle along the beach.

Seems to me that in 1968 it would have been a good place to play Lewis and Clark, but my bedtime was around 7 pm back then.

[karona]

Originally Posted by Sukidog

Really cool, but it kinda reminds me of the book "The Ruins". Ooooo creapy, sorry man

Hmmmmm. I think I will have to find that book "The Ruins". THat trip was anything but creapy. Adventurous, fun, exciting, but definately not creapy,,,,,, I did have a creapy experience in the ruins of Pelenque early one morning.. I was alone on top of one of the piramids, I couldn't see any other people around and the howler monkeys started there cries. They have a very creapy howl!!! Kind of what I would imagine a big foot might sound like....

[pulque]

There was no Cancun. It was almost a trail to Tulum. I asked a friend of mine who was on one of these trips if she remembered PDC. Neither of us remember amything about it. We stayed with the lighthouse keeper at Tulum and from what I understand the lighthouse is gone. I's exciting to return after all these years, but from what I have seen, it may be the last time.

As to Palenque, when I first visited there was no one there. We did what hippie's did down in the tomb...

It doesn't seem that long ago; but I guess it was. I was lucky!

[u2girlie]

Originally Posted by pulque

There was no Cancun. It was almost a trail to Tulum. I asked a friend of mine who was on one of these trips if she remembered PDC. Neither of us remember amything about it. We stayed with the lighthouse keeper at Tulum and from what I understand the lighthouse is gone. I's exciting to return after all these years, but from what I have seen, it may be the last time.

As to Palenque, when I first visited there was no one there. We did what hippie's did down in the tomb...

It doesn't seem that long ago; but I guess it was. I was lucky!

You were very lucky! I wish I could say that I was in Quintana Roo pre-Senor Frogs!

[Daddy B]

Originally Posted by u2girlie

You were very lucky! I wish I could say that I was in Quintana Roo pre-Senor Frogs!

What?! And miss out on dancing the conga?!