on February 14, 2015, 2:34 pm, in reply to "Re: Hotel Ruins and graffiti"201.133.153.237
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Good guess on the Grafitti. In 95 when I took the photos there was a care taker named Sepian (sp) Sara Henze went to meet him at that Hotel in 93 when she first came to La Manzanilla and they stayed there a while. The earth quake of 95 knocked the spiral staircase down shortly after those photos were taken and the care taking stopped. After that it got stripped of everything of value, window frames, plumbing, electrical wire, leaving it close to the condition it is in today. At certain times of the year you can find a lot of flat beach glass, all of which came from the broken windows of the hotel. In early 2000 I used to ride the horses to there, get naked, ride and bathe the horses, paradise. My understanding is that one family owns all the property from the trailer park to the South side of the old hotel Sometime in early 2000 one of the family members tried to sell it without the permission of the rest of the family and the property entered the court system. Someone put a chain link fence around the entire property which turned to rust after a couple of years and literally dissappered into the sand. Another time early 2000 someone took a tractor and totally cleared the Mangrove between the road and the hotel. Finally someone came and told them to stop. You can see how the mangrove used to look a couple hundred yards to the North. Most recently someone cleared the property just South of the Hotel and there is a for sale sign on it. supposedly it is titled land and they have made 70 lots which are for sale. I would be very careful if considering buying there. |
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