Posted by Daniel H on June 21, 2015, 9:04 pm, in reply to "Re: Tamarindo" 187.148.142.94
"With this investment in the area, and a new airport, look for the Costalegre to become an exciting new vacation location for Mexico, particularly for the vacationer seeking luxury accommodations".
I wish it said "particularly for the vacationer seeking a unique experience"
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Re: Tamarindo
Posted by Ron Smith on June 21, 2015, 11:44 pm, in reply to "Re: Tamarindo" 24.113.7.124
The West Coast Cancun may be a bad thing!
Cancun is infamous for its never-ending strip of hotels, interrupted only by bars and clubs. It has one purpose, and that is the fulfillment of every rich tourist's desire. It is intentionally divided into several parts, and is always expanding to fit the number of settlers coming here to find jobs.
Most tourists never leave the Zona Hotelera, the long row of expensive shops, hotels, restaurants, and bars. It is designed so that no American will feel far from home, with McDonalds, KFC, Hard Rock Cafe and Margaritaville right around the corner. And for the more exotic tastes there is always the Rainforest Cafe. Through the middle of all of this runs the "street of opportunity," where one is able to acquire drugs of one's choosing.
Going down Avenue Kukulkan, a long strip of golf courses and polluted lagoons, you come along Km. 0, the point at which the scenery begins to change. Still there are the multinationals like Pizza Hut and OfficeMax. The hotels are gone, as well as the beach and most of the gringos. Here are the markets and smaller "quainter" restaurants. Here is where the tourists would come to experience some "culture." Beyond this is unknown to them.
Not far away are the barrios that are overflowing with those without work. The myth has spread like wildfire. People have surged here in the hope of attaining success by the power of the dollar. Now, all of the positions are filled, and even with knowledge of English there is little hope of ever finding work.
Here, in these neighborhoods, there is often no fresh water or electricity, and no sewage treatment plants. The groundwater is contaminated from sewage runoff, so self-sufficiency is hopeless. Education is often ignored in the face of poverty, and drugs have become a useful response to the boredom that goes along with it.
The lagoons are becoming polluted by leakage from the hotels. The very attractions which support the infrastructure of Cancun, the beaches and the sea, are perishing under the weight of capitalism. This means that Cancun is dying, and with it goes the whole population of Cancun. Those who have built Cancun will surely go down with it, while only those who profit will escape, unharmed.
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Re: Tamarindo
Posted by Ron Smith on June 21, 2015, 11:47 pm, in reply to "Re: Tamarindo"