New York City
At a run down resort on the wild, jungle covered west coast of Mexico an unlikely group of travelers arrive, all running from something. The group is lead by a defrocked minister named Shannon, now guiding tourists south of the border to make ends meet. Shannon is leading a busload of school teachers from Texas, showing the unwilling and unhappy ladies the seamy side of Mexico. At the same time a broke and grieving painter, the sad, repressed Hannah and her aged poet grandfather arrive, desperate for shelter. Shannon is at the end of his rope physically and spiritually and has come to the seedy resort to dry out. The place is run by the sexy widow Maxine who would like keep him there forever. Shannon ends up in a steamy love triangle with the women as he fights to regain his own soul during a tropical storm that lashes the resort.