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[wnissen]

Where do they take the sargassum after gathering it up? I know there is a program to make building materials out of it, but that can’t be far enough along to take the stuff directly to factories, can it? Do they burn it? (I can’t imagine that would be good either). No solutions here - just questions.

If quantities are small it's just buried in trenches directly on the beach. For truckloads I don't know but my guess is dumped inland.

 

[ggunn]

Where do they take the sargassum after gathering it up? I know there is a program to make building materials out of it, but that can’t be far enough along to take the stuff directly to factories, can it? Do they burn it? (I can’t imagine that would be good either). No solutions here - just questions.

I have watched crews bury relatively small amounts of sargassum back from the water line on the Presidente webcam Playa Hotel Presidente Cozumel en vivo, Cozumel - Webcams de México

BTW, I wave at this webcam whenever we pass in front of it on a dive boat.

 

[gopbroek]

Where do they take the sargassum after gathering it up? I know there is a program to make building materials out of it, but that can’t be far enough along to take the stuff directly to factories, can it? Do they burn it? (I can’t imagine that would be good either). No solutions here - just questions.

Not sure but I did the bag drag yesterday and in playa from 15th to the sea the stench of rotting sargassum was pretty ripe.

Forecast of 37,600 tons has Mexico determined to use sargassum waste 'in a very different way' - Riviera Maya News

Riviera Maya, Q.R. -- The Secretaría de Marina says an estimated 37,600 tons of sargassum will arrive along the Quintana Roo coast this year.

riviera-maya-news.com

 

[ggunn]

Not sure but I did the bag drag yesterday and in playa from 15th to the sea the stench of rotting sargassum was pretty ripe.

Forecast of 37,600 tons has Mexico determined to use sargassum waste 'in a very different way' - Riviera Maya News

Riviera Maya, Q.R. -- The Secretaría de Marina says an estimated 37,600 tons of sargassum will arrive along the Quintana Roo coast this year.

riviera-maya-news.com

Yeah, we were on Cozumel this time last year and the smell of it was pretty strong over on the wild side. Southern California is having the worst algal bloom anyone over there has ever seen right now, which is poisoning seals and dolphins in large numbers. Sign of the times, I guess.

 

[Kimela]

I saw this story about the seven hotels on the Maya Train route are only booked at 32% capacity - and they can't figure out why. So I looked at all the locations on the map and not ONE is on the ocean. One is sort of near the ocean. Did they really believe that the tourists honestly book their vacations to Mexico to see the archeological sites? From my estimation it's the beach, drinking, and for us, scuba. I'd never book a summer trip that was land-locked - especially in Mexico.

Maya Train Hotels Operated by Defense Department Report Low Occupancy Rates

Quintana Roo, Mexico — Despite their strategic locations near major archaeological sites in southern Mexico, the hotels associated with the Maya Train

www.rivieramayanews.mx

 

[ggunn]

I saw this story about the seven hotels on the Maya Train route are only booked at 32% capacity - and they can't figure out why. So I looked at all the locations on the map and not ONE is on the ocean. One is sort of near the ocean. Did they really believe that the tourists honestly book their vacations to Mexico to see the archeological sites? From my estimation it's the beach, drinking, and for us, scuba. I'd never book a summer trip that was land-locked - especially in Mexico.

Maya Train Hotels Operated by Defense Department Report Low Occupancy Rates

Quintana Roo, Mexico — Despite their strategic locations near major archaeological sites in southern Mexico, the hotels associated with the Maya Train

www.rivieramayanews.mx

This time of year locations on the Yucatan away from the water are very hot and humid, rainy, or both. It's not for me.

 

[cozcharlie]

I saw this story about the seven hotels on the Maya Train route are only booked at 32% capacity - and they can't figure out why. So I looked at all the locations on the map and not ONE is on the ocean. One is sort of near the ocean. Did they really believe that the tourists honestly book their vacations to Mexico to see the archeological sites? From my estimation it's the beach, drinking, and for us, scuba. I'd never book a summer trip that was land-locked - especially in Mexico.

Maya Train Hotels Operated by Defense Department Report Low Occupancy Rates

Quintana Roo, Mexico — Despite their strategic locations near major archaeological sites in southern Mexico, the hotels associated with the Maya Train

www.rivieramayanews.mx

The bigger problem is ridership on the train itself . It’s far, far below projections (and the cost of building Maya Tren went way, way over budget ). Everyone spins the numbers, but some press puts the cost overruns well north of $10 billion USD. I am fairly certain the original plan was to have it run closer to the coast/city centers (especially in Playa del Carmen ) but local business interests fought it.

The numbers get even worse the further you look into them because the people riding tend to be Mexicans paying cheap fares as opposed to foreign tourists paying high fares . It’s a project that sounds logical from a high level (building trains to connect poorer states and archeological sites to bring in/spread tourist revenue currently concentrated on coasts ), but the numbers really didn’t make sense from the get go and got worse and worse over time . I have no problem with trains and will likely take the Maya Tren myself some day , but México isn’t a rich country and they almost certainly would have been better off spending the money on schools, hospitals or roads in the poorer areas.

 

[BRT]

I saw this story about the seven hotels on the Maya Train route are only booked at 32% capacity - and they can't figure out why. So I looked at all the locations on the map and not ONE is on the ocean. One is sort of near the ocean. Did they really believe that the tourists honestly book their vacations to Mexico to see the archeological sites? From my estimation it's the beach, drinking, and for us, scuba. I'd never book a summer trip that was land-locked - especially in Mexico.

Maya Train Hotels Operated by Defense Department Report Low Occupancy Rates

Quintana Roo, Mexico — Despite their strategic locations near major archaeological sites in southern Mexico, the hotels associated with the Maya Train

www.rivieramayanews.mx

You know me. I just go there to sweat and be eaten by bugs in the jungle. You notice they now admit that the train won't work by carrying passengers. So now they are going to carry freight. More track, more trains, etc. Hauling freight to and from industries in Q. Roo should be a big moneymaker.

 

[sefuchs]

I saw this story about the seven hotels on the Maya Train route are only booked at 32% capacity - and they can't figure out why. So I looked at all the locations on the map and not ONE is on the ocean. One is sort of near the ocean. Did they really believe that the tourists honestly book their vacations to Mexico to see the archeological sites? From my estimation it's the beach, drinking, and for us, scuba. I'd never book a summer trip that was land-locked - especially in Mexico.

I believe (but hold me to it) that this is part of a project to connect the Gulf with the Pacific to compete with the Panama Canal - Mexico’s Tehuantepec Isthmus Corridor to Rival Panama Canal - TACNA

 

[ReefHound]

I believe (but hold me to it) that this is part of a project to connect the Gulf with the Pacific to compete with the Panama Canal - Mexico’s Tehuantepec Isthmus Corridor to Rival Panama Canal - TACNA

There's no way Tren Maya has anything to do with that project. Look at the route on a map.