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Avoiding Wilma and other adventures

PJ and I were in Mexico from Oct 8 to Oct 19. While there we were watching Hurricane Wilma work her way towards us. We were lucky. We got out on the 19th. Others weren't so lucky. Our resort appears to have faired pretty well. The villas, each having 36 rooms are built to withstand hurricane winds. The resort also has housing for their help on the oppostite side of the road from the hotel, away from the Carribean. They use some large rooms over there to safely house guests that couldn't leave during the actual strike of the storm. The people that stayed had to spend 2 days in the temporary quarters. But the morning after the storm finally made its way off the Yucatan, the people were back in normal rooms, with full power, air conditioning, hot meals, running water.

Reports from those guests that stayed were impressive. The resort's staff had the place spruced up again in two days. There was some damage to the thatched roofs of one of the lobbys and a lot of severe damage to the jungle that the resort is built in. The resort is working on that too. They actually have a nursery on the grounds where they grow most of the native plants and trees so they can replace them in case of severe storm damage. After Hurricane Emily in July, they ordered 2000 palm trees to replace damaged trees and to add more to a new section of the beach being opened up for use.

All in all, the resort has it's act together. They take care of their guests and their facilities, including the jungle.

Now their only problem is the airport and the airlines. The resort is ready for a full load of guests that can't get there.

Check out pictures at WWW.GROUPS.MSN/PALLADIUMADDICT

If you are looking for a great place to go on the Mayan Riviera, you couldn't do any better.