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Hmmm. Just exactly how did I come to be here, staring up at the Milky Way Galactic Disk in awe, seeing it for the first time in my life? Well, it’s a long story. But first let me explain what the Galactic Disk is for anyone who hasn’t seen it. On a clear night down here on the Costa Maya, looking up at the sky is even better than going to the planetarium back home. All the usual constellations are in evidence: Big Dipper, Little Dipper, Hercules, Orion… and one thing I’ve never seen before. A local pointed it out to me.
When the Big Dipper is to the north, with the ladle pointing down into the Caribbean Sea, look just to the left. Starting at the horizon there is a band of pale light, like moonlight dancing off a calm pond. It stretches from one horizon in the north to the other side of the world, like a rainbow. It’s caused by trillions of stars in our galaxy amassed into a swirling disk, the light of each bending and intertwining as it travels across space and time and enters our atmosphere. So anyway, getting back to how I arrived here… I first heard of the Costa Maya about 2 years ago. I read about it in International Living Magazine. Then I read about it in the New York Times. Then I heard about it on a popular talk-radio show. That piqued my interest enough to go back to the original article in International Living. It specifically named Trans Caribbean Trust Company as the most reputable and knowledgeable people to deal with. After an hour-long phone conversation with Trans Caribbean, my partner and I were booking plane tickets to Cancun. We were met at Cancun airport by Daniel Bershad, Senior Vice President of TCT. On the way down to the Costa Maya, we got to meet more members of the Trans Caribbean family. Then we headed on down to the Costa Maya and spent that first night at the Explorean Hotel on the beach. You have to see this place for yourself to believe the beauty of it. In the morning, we started looking at property. Within hours I knew that not only would I be buying land here, but I would be coming back to live here forever. I spent the summer between high school and college living in Ocean City, Maryland, and I had promised myself that someday I would come back to live at the beach for good. I knew this was going to be it. My only regret was that I hadn’t acted a year earlier, when I first heard about the Costa Maya. Of course, now, a year later, I’ve lost track of how many people have said to me “I only wish I’d been here a year earlier”. And next year, the newly-arrived will be saying that to those who are saying it now… In the last year I’ve watched the government-funded infrastructure come to Costa Maya from 60 kilometers away, then spread up and down an access road that runs the length of the 52 mile coast. The access road is set back from the beach road and ties into the beach road with lateral connecting roads. This year the beach road (which runs adjacent to the back of all the lots) will be paved and electrified in my area. Talk about riding a price surge! Oh yeah, then there’s the word-of-mouth publicity generated by the hundreds of thousands of people who are seeing Costa Maya for the first time when their cruise ships dock at the brand new Puerto Costa Maya. Life here is good. We eat fresh lobster a few times a week… catch some rays… go diving or fishing or boating… stare up at that awesome sky and the Galactic Disk at night… What are you waiting for? Come on down and see for yourself. Ted Myers, Vice President – Costa Maya Office ENJOY COSTA MAYA! |
