The town center of Puerto Morlos is a five minute walk from Villas Shanti. We were there in late February and the town was still recovering from a bad hurricane from the previouse November.

View down side street with the leaning lighthouse at the end

Walking down the street towards town center

View of the street from Villas Shanti

View of the street from Villas Shanti

Sun and moon gates to a home

House with thatch roof

Colorful houses

Town Center

Town Center

The old leaning lighthouse on the beach. This is a Porta Morlos landmark.

Colorful boats parked on the beach

The beach

and more beach

and more beach

Beach seen from the water

On the beach

Going for a walk on the beach

and in the water

Having drinks at the beach bar

Going snorkling on the reef

Snorkling

View of the city while snorkling

We have to swim back to the boat?

And more beach, yeah, we spent a lot of time at the beach

We have to swim back to the boat?

One of our favorite resturants, Pelicanos, being rebuilt after a hurricane the month before destroyed it.

Picking up laundry

The Puerto Morlos pier was also destroyed by the hurricane.

House destroyed by the hurrican leaving pool and leaning palm trees.

Houses on the beach

Reconstruction after the hurricane

Destroyed houses from the hurricane

Destroyed houses from the hurricane

Ferry to the island of Cozumel.

Old ferry sunck by the hurricane.

House on the beach.

Beach washed away from the hurricane.

Reconstruction

Reconstruction

Beach erosion

Debris on the beach

Reconstruction

Even with all the distruction and reconstuction, people were on the beach

New seawall being built

New seawall being built

Seaweed on the beach

View of the new lighthouse from the beach

New condos being built

Street view of the condos, made completed from concrete

Damaged houses on the beach

New seawall

Remains of house foundation

More destruction

Damaged seawall

Dinner in town with performing dancers

The Ladies

Native craft fare we went to go shoping

Women from our group

I was done shopping

Returning from the beach

That sand gets into everything

Iguana on the fence

Sunrise

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