PLACER/San Jose - Photos of Hurricane DEAN

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE TO THE FUND TO REBUILD PLACER, YOU CAN DO SO VIA PAYPAL.
If you would like to send a check, please contact us for an address in the US.

The response from caring individuals has been heartwarming. Very few residences had insurance and as of Oct. 5th, no one from the Mexican government has come to take a look at Placer so as a community we are on our own to rebuild. As you can see below, the damage is extensive.

• For every donation made to Placer as a community, Mayan Beach Garden will credit 25% of the donation towards a future Mayan Beach Garden reservation.
• Those wanting to donate directly to rebuilding Mayan Beach Garden will receive 100% of their donation to a future visit.
• Those wanting to donate directly to Wayne Kelly and Karla Nelson can do so as well. They are offering to credit 100% of any donations to future dive trips. The good news is that they are not giving up and have every intention of hanging in there.
• Those wanting to donate directly to any of the home-owners listed below may do so by mentioning their names when you donate. All funds will be distributed 100% as per your request.

Please specify your desire in a separate email to info@mayanbeachgarden.com when you donate. If no message, we will assume you are donating to El Placer community. The funds will be used rebuild, restore the beautiy of the area and to feed and house laborors who in many cases lost higher paying jobs in the tourist industry and are now working hard labor for less than their normal wages. In a situation like this, everyone suffers. They will also be used to clean the garbage out of the mangroves which is extensive.

Images of PLACER (the hardest hit)

Left: El Placer del Mar Hotel (previously Tom Steddum's hotel) Right: Van in the Mangroves - Paradise Lodge

Left: Villa Garcia / Right: El Placer del Mar Hotel

Left: Las Brisas(Beau and Kitty Speed's house) / Right: Las Brisas (Beau and Kitty Speed's house)

Left: Paradise Lodge / Right: Mayan Beach Garden Pump House turned upside down

Left: Captain's quarters / Right Harald Eder's House

Left: Casa Porto Vino. Structurally sound, but missing windows and trees / Right: eroded beaches

Left: MBG cabanas 4 &5 destroyed and Karla and Wayne's house. Right Villa Garcia with Harald Eder's house in the distance.

Left: Anne and Neil Guerin's house / Right: Mayan Beach Garden and Wayne and Karla's house

Left: junk in the mangroves/ Right: Lock, but no door

Left: broken windows and debris in the Bathroom / Right Cabana at Mayan Beach Garden

Left: Mayan Beach Garden Restaurant and Office complex/ Right: Lazy Waves

Left: Captain's quarters / Right Karla and Wayne's house - interior looking out.

Left: Interior of Karla and Wayn'es living room Right: Karla and Wayn'es garage and little house of El Placer del Mar Hotel.

Left: David and Jacki Jacquith's house / Right: Professor Martin's village. Founded in 1916 by an old Mexican family - now just a pile of rubble.

Left: Sand and Ski / Right: Sand and Ski (Steve Uhl's little resort)

Left: Piles of dead sponges, black and fan corals in front of Jacquith's house /Right: Care taker camping out on lot of ruined house.

Left: Cebanlo in front of ruined captain's quarters Right: Manuel and Heidi's hide-away - 3 km south of MBG