Mexico - Casita Carolina, Bacalar 2007
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As the clean-up begins in Mexico after hurricane Dean’s unwelcome visit, Casita Carolina, a picturesque little hotel on the edge of laguna Bacalar is counting the cost.

Although downgraded to category 1 by the time it came inland, Hurricane Dean managed to wreak havoc along the Yucatan coast earlier this week, affecting many of the places that we enjoyed as we travelled though in May this year.

Following is an excerpt from an email sent just after the event, forwarded to me by a friend that I met at CasitaCarolina when we used the hotel as a base for our visit to the famous Cenote Azul.

Quote:
“We have no electricty or water. Many of the roads are still being cleared.
Franks house is flooded. The skylight blew open and must be close to to two feet of water in there. The front doors also blew out.

The Rustico Palapa has two palm trees on top of it. Most of the trees are down. The one tall palm by the dock is still standing.
The palapas roof was torn away. Lots of rain damage. The casa chica was somewhat flooded and the porch roof is patchy.
The small kayak palapa is gone……The dock stood up mind you leaning to the left a bit.

The internet place is running on generator so only have two hours a day.
Across the road was hit extremly hard.They are saying over two thousand houses are gone. Pedro is telling me they have little food or water but the army is arriving with supplies so should get better.”