Going to Cancun? Wondering what the beaches there are like... especially since they were ravaged by a hurricane year before last?
Although Wilma (October, 2005) nearly devistated Cancun's beaches, recovery efforts have apparently been incredibly successful. Here's something about that very thing that I found in Wikipedia:
Recovery from Hurricane Wilma
When Hurricane Wilma finally passed, an almost 8-mile stretch of Cancun's beach was washed away, exposing a line of jagged rocks. Cancun's recovery from the storm, however, has been noteworthy, so much so that the United Nations World Tourism Organization has declared it a model to emulate in future disasters.
The Mexican government paid US$24-million to the Belgian firm Jan de Nul to vacuum up offshore sand roughly 20 miles off the coast of Cancún and pump it back to resort-front beaches. The result of the completed beach restoration is that Cancún's beach front is now roughly twice as wide as it was before the storm (going from roughly 70 feet wide to the present-day 140 feet). Beach erosion remains a serious problem despite the restoration. Some stretches have lost approximately 30 feet of sand. A few very problematical areas are now back to about 30 feet or less. The new sand is much coarser and somewhat darker than the powdery white original Cancun beaches.
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