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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
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