bruce-r

Who are you diving with in Cozumel? You have a huge choice of operators there to choose from.

 

In Princess cays you only have the choice of the princess excursion due to it being a private island.

 

I can't comment as to the quality of the dive there as Princess didn't offer a dive excursion when we were there a few years ago. I'd probably dive there as, like you, opportunities to dive in warm water are few and far between for me.

I really don't understand the part about me being the best judge.

I was just thinking that only you know what you are comfortable doing. Only you know your physical abilities and skills. Seems fitting that you should be the one to decide what is best for you, not unknown people on the internet. That's what I was thinking.

I really think you would be the only person to answer that question.

 

I agree. That and take some swimming lessons.

This was in Aruba this past May:

 

http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2545123930027101998MyVUQx?vhost=travel

 

Enjoying all the photos!

 

How did they keep that balanced on top of the bus? ;)

Loved this one as we cruised into Cape Liberty on a foggy morning in early June.

I'd sure like to see that in a larger size.

One more, Grand Princess in Cozumel, before wilma destroyed Puerta Maya.

 

 

Sister Vista class ships in Tortola, Noordam and Zuiderdam

 

 

 

Queen Mary 2 in Ft. Lauderdale:

 

 

 

Grand Princess at Princess Cays

 

 

 

Volendam and Zuiderdam at Halfmoon Cay

 

 

Ken, you were right, http://www.cancummap.com

Yes! Call Roger ahead of time and he'll drive you anywhere you want to go for $20/hr. He was great and spoke English VERY well!!

 

That's not a bad price at all.

Century docked almost in the middle of the town in Stavanger, Norway - May 2007.

The "gammle" section of town with the small wooden houses next to the ship.

(I hope this works....)

It did indeed work quite well. That is a nice photo. Pleasant departure from the usually Caribbean themed photos, not that there is anything wrong with Caribbean photos.

I like these:

 

 

I like this one:

 

 

Holland America's Halfmoon Cay, my kids.

AMARILLOCRUISECAT & CRUISE FOREVER, can you see the picture now? There are 3 pictures of it there now.

 

I think the problem is that Yahoo does not permit direct linking to photos in their galleries.

Sorry, the page you requested was not found

I had to go to properties, copy the link to view and then the appeared and stayed in the post.

Or if you are on a Mac like I am, you can control click on the image and choose "open image in a new window" from the popup menu. Once the new window opens and you get the "can't access this image" message, click in the address bar then hit return. That will make the image load.

I was stung in Florida once and it was an experience I never wish to repeat.

Ditto, except it happened in the Puget Sound right across the upper lip. Aldolphs meat tenderizer is supposed to help with the sting. Wearing a full wetsuit will definitely help to minimize the chance of being stung.

The problem with depending on free photo storage sites is that much of their operating revenue is derived from advertisements. The usually don't let you link directly to the images because then you don't have to go to their site and you miss seeing the ads.

I have one or two:

 

Costa Magica doing a very tight 3-point turn in La Goulette, Tunisia.

Mount Vesuvius - coming into Port onboard Ocean Village 1

You cannot directly link to photos on Yahoo.

several of my dive buddies have mustaches and do as scubaran suggests. Just trim a bit under the nose and get a good quality, properly fitting mask and he should be fine. Also, be sure to properly clean the glass on the mask before the first use. Just take a bit of toothpaste and rub it into the glass like you were polishing the glass, which you are doing. That will remove the silicon residue from the manufacturing process.

Not all the stores in Cozumel will "haggle". Some, like Los Cinco Soles have fixed prices.

 

I always thought that St. Thomas was the place for jewelry shopping. Cozumel is for diving and buying vanilla or tequila.

If you do rent a car, you don't have to stay at any one beach club. Driving south from town, the first club you will reach is Uvas. Stop there and see if it is to your liking. They don't have the water toys that attract families with kids. If you don't find that it fits your needs, continue south until you reach

 

PB wasn't crowded any of the times I was there last week. but if they are too many people, continue on south to Playa Palancar.

You can take a snorkel trip from here. Near shore snorkeling won't be very good for a while, so a boat snorkeling trip will give you better results.

 

If you continue around to the other side, which is worth the drive, stop at Coconuts.

IAnother place is San Fransisco Beach Club, sorry don't know if its adult or family oriented

San Francisco beach club does have water toys and it is directly next to PB.

Bruce, thanks for those pics.. and to others, your info is great. My question is there any news from the other side - chen rio, etc?? And no 2, where exactly is uvas beach club??

 

Be traveling soon. Thanks in advance. LRSkier

Oh, did you want east side photos? Here they are:

 

East side photos

 

Chen Rio is open, Coconuts is open, Mexcalitos and Senior Iguana are both open, but their beach has suffered some erosion. The road around the island is open all the way.

 

Uvas is just a little bit south of the Fiesta Americana but before you get to Chankanaab. It doesn't have much of a sandy beach, it that is important.

Just to let you know, Playa Palancar is definitely open.

 

Playa Palancar beach club photos from last week.