Beach
Punta Maroma
White-sand bay on the Mesoamerican reef, once a coconut plantation reached mostly by boat.
Location
About this audio guide
This audio guide to Punta Maroma, north of Playa del Carmen, starts with a coconut in the sand and the oil that once made this shore pay. It follows the architect Jose Luis Moreno, who flew over the bay in nineteen seventy-six while Cancún was booming next door, and Sally Shaw, the Illinois writer who joined him here. Hurricane Gilbert and a family of Maya masons both turn up along the way. Best heard barefoot at the waterline, looking back at the palms.
This audio guide was created using AI.