And if model homes aren't enough for you, some guy is building an ark on the banks of the Papaloapan River. The City of Alvarado is across the river and the Gulf of Mexico is less than half a mile to the right. We don't know why this ark is being built. I paid a security guard 10 pesos (about 78 cents) to let me sneak close enough to take this picture. I would make fun of the builder, but I know what happened to the last group of people who mocked an ark-builder. . . Click on the picture to zoom in.