Curiously, the Catch of the Day boat survived intact on its elevated perch while all around it, devastation reined.
From Ak'Bol to Caribbean Villas, Ambergris Caye coast nearly stripped of piers
This morning I found the owners of Ak'Bol Yoga Retreat down shore, retrieving canvas curtains and polls from their lovely palapa studio. Which no longer exists. Later some friends told me that the top to the gazebo that once crowned our own dock was down shore and intact on a beach.
"It still has its light fixture."
A dive shop owner told me he was able to find his compressors underwater and about half of his 60 air tanks.
Everywhere you looked today, people were off in search of their docks, their gear, some remnant of their life that blew away in the Category 1 hurricane Earl last night.
The winds blew from north to south, stripping the shore of almost everything. What is left is badly damaged.
Among the casualties are Ak'Bol which the owners will rebuild after the hurricane season ends in November; the Palapa Bar on Boca del Rio; Fido's dock which was home berth for the YOLO excursion boat; Dos Amigos; both water taxi piers were badly damaged or destroyed; Ramon's Resort dock; Ecologic Tours; the pier leading out to the Tackle Box restaurant; the water slide El Diablo at Caribbean Villas and so much more. Add the gas station dock to the list.
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