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Monday, February 11, 2013

Goodbye Puerto Aventuras, Panoramas, Puerto Aventuras, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Today we leave Villas del Mar and  Puerto Aventuras.  It's been a great month and we've enjoyed being here as well as the occasional side trips to other nearby places. For this final blog post, I thought I'd roll up all the panoramic images I've taken during the time here to keep them in one place. 

I still experience child-like glee from a panoramic photograph.  I just don't understand how I can move the camera through an arc of 180-degrees rotation and end up with a focused image. It must be magic. And at my age, it's challenging to smoothly rotate my upper body through 180-degrees while keeping the camera level with the horizon.  

(Click on any of the following images to view in full-width). (I think that email recipients may need to go to my blog website to enlarge the images: joesretirementblog.blogspot.com)

 View from the beach in front of Villas del Mar condos.

The Omni Hotel Beach Resort pool.

One of the residential marina areas in Puerto Aventuras.

View south from the Omni Hotel Beach Resort seaside bar.

South of Villas del Mar, the Quinta Maya condos (center) and Villas del Mar II condos (left).

View south from the protected beach area in front of Villas del Mar condos.

View north from Villas del Mar condos toward the Omni Hotel Beach Resort.

Omni Hotel Beach Resort pool.

Villas del Mar condos, swimming pools, and lawns.

View south from the north side of town near Quinta Luna and  Punta Roca condos.

An aerial photo of the whole town taken a few years back. More development has occurred since this image was made.

Not actually in Puerto Aventuras but, the following are within about a half hour by bus or car:

Playa del Carmen

Tulum - El Castillo at the archaeological site visible on the distant bluff at left.

Tulum archaeological site - El Castillo at right center.

Xcacel 

Akumal

Playacar


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