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Victor is from Puerto Morelos - has lived their most of his life. Laura is originally from Chicago. The host building is one of the oldest stuctures in Puerto Morelos - ground breaking began in 1978 and was lovingly constrructed by the family (very few contractors available at that time).

Victor's family lived on this property since 1966. Contrary to popular "history", Puerto Morelos was actually not a "fishing vallage" but was first and formost an active port, supporting growing tourism in Cozumel. The Casa Azcorra property was the towns only warehouse. Victor's family managed the warehouse and were permitted to live there. Around 1975 the federal dock was built and the new ferry boat ended the need for the original dock and warehouse. When the property no longer served the original purpose it was available for sale. In 1978, Victor and Laura's families pooled resources, purchased the property and built the duplex. Laura's parents still live on the other half of the duplex.

Casa Azcorra is one of the oldest structures in puerto Morelos - built in 1978, it survived two direct hits from two of the most powerful hurricanes in Atlantic ocean history. In 1988, Hurricane Gilbert made landfall just south of puerto Morelos. Storm surge from guilbert is estimated at 18 feet. Without exageration, most of the port side was under water!!!! Only about ocean front buildings survived the surge - our's was one of them. Then, in 2005, Hurricane Wilma hit just north of puerto morelos. Storm surge was not nearly as high but the devestation was massive as Hurricane Wilma decided it like cancun so much it stayed around for 3 to 4 days.