Surf's up in Cancún

For those that didn't run to the airport, there were some unusually good surfing conditions this week in the northern Yucatán.

Although Dean struck near Chetumal at Category 5 strength no deaths have yet been reported in Mexico, and around the town itself the damage seems to have been limited to broken trees and windows. A low-lying part of the city did however experience 2m-high flood waters.

When I passed through Chetumal last December I was impressed by how much it had grown since I first went there in '88. From the bus I spotted a fairly typical trucker's puti-cantina on the road in called Bar La Bella Mentira!

Anyway, there are a few eye-catching Dean images turning up on Flickr. Here's a selection:

The Hurricane Dean survival kit

Hated structure survives

Dean's gone, come n eat

Aqui te espero

According to the Miami Herald, Dean 'ravaged' a bunch of Mennonites on its second visit to Mexico yesterday.