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| STORY & PHOTOS BY MARIBETH MELLIN |

                                      repidation took hold as I pointed my rental Chevy down
                                      the dirt road to Punta Allen. Last time I attempted the jour-
                                      ney, I gave up midway, defeated by tire-swallowing pot-
                                      holes and ruts. This time, I was determined to cover all 40
                                      miles from busy Tulum to the peaceful village at the end
                                      of this skinny peninsula. Overwhelmed by the rapid devel-
                                      opment along the Riviera Maya south of Cancun, I needed
              Tan escape to the Mexican Caribbean of my memories.


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