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It all
started in 1993. At that time I came out of a relationship and I was
looking at making some changes in my life. I decided to buy a piece
of land in a remote location that would be my peaceful retreat, away
from the rushes of modern civilization. Puerto Morelos appeared at
that time to be the perfect location: a small fishing village with
many expatriates, foreigners, artists, ecologically oriented
residents; only minutes away from Cancun.
Back in
1996, I found a quarter of an acre of land on the far West side of
Puerto Morelos. This was then the last unpaved "street" (more like a
trail). No water supplied, no electricity, and of course no phone
line would get so far west in Puerto Morelos. Water was provided
through out 2 wells on the property. Electricity came a year later.
Today, Casitas Kinsol is in the heart of Puerto Morelos.
Buildings: there was only one hut where locals
used to live. This building is still standing: this is now room #8.
It still has the amazing hard wood structure hold together with ties
(no nail, no screw!!!). It is almost a landmark in Puerto Morelos.
It has gone through many hurricanes and tropical storms with no
major damage. Only the roofing cover material has been redone few
times. Year after year, improvments
were added to this building and buildings were added to the
property. The main goal was to have enough rooms to host my mom, my
brother and friends.
As it happens to all of us,
life takes changes that we never expect; I ended up renting some of
the rooms on long terms to locals in need of a place to stay in
between major moves in their life. Then a second step was to offer
the rooms in the concept of a
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