Day 4

Yes, I went on a night dive last night and it was cool. No, I don't have pics yet. Maybe later today. On the night dive we saw a nurse sharks, tons of crabs and lobsters, and one fine octopus! it was at Ceder Point again. I still think night dives are mostly overrated but where else can you see an octopus?

This morning we went on 2 dives - Punta Sur and Punta Delila.  Punta Sur was very far south and at the point of descent we saw 3 black tipped sharks! Not very big ones but still super cool. The rest of the dive was pretty chill with some cool swim throughs.

Between dives, we stopped at a sandy area where we saw a small flounder and a cool starfish.

On the second dive we saw a little cute turtle and lots of arrow crabs. There were some cool swim throughs, one where the divemaster tried to go down a dead end and had to redirect.

Later today, I took the catamaran out, by myself, and brought it back by myself too!! No need for a rescue tow! I was pretty proud of me. That was super fun.

Oh and one of my rainy day activities yesterday was painting one of their pre-made pottery. Photos to follow. Came out pretty well I think!

Adding to list of favorite things: getting in hot tub after diving in the rain - fantastic!
Also, blogging on the beach!

Midday - on a rainy day

I just got back from 2 swims with a catamaran ride in between. Now, I'm chilling with my freshly made mojito. Nice!

The catamaran guy was nervous to let me take one out. Apparently just yesterday someone got stranded out there and he had to tug the guy back. Understandable. But he took me out and I showed him my great navigational skills and he's willing to let me go out by myself next time. Score!

Day 3 - day off (likely night dive though)

Last night dinner was at their "especiale" Mexican restaurant. It wasn't very special but I did have lime soup which I love. The weird thing was that there was a clown making balloon animals. I got a balloon bracelet.

I find that at least here everything's better with a little lime :)

Mimosas for breakfast - ah - the life!

Diving - day 2

2 morning dive - fantastic!!
First dive - Santa Rosa Wall. There were some great swimthroughs. We saw a spendid toadfish - the kind that's only found in Cozumel. We saw a turtle also. I kept having issues with my mask so was annoyed during this dive.

The second dive was absolutely amazing!! We went to Ceder Point. There were large schools of fish just hanging out. We did an awesome swim through - the best one by far. The we saw nurse sharks (3 sightings, unclear how many different ones), a turtle, 2 yellow stingrays, and incredible large lobsters that made us all hungry!!

Now for some chillaxing on the beach! Maybe a night dive tomorrow?

Diving - day 1

We went on our first dives today. We couldn't go on the deep one so we had to do our dives in the afternoon - quite novel
Our first dive was at Palancar Gardens where we traversed some nice shallow caves and saw a turtle and a huge crab.  Our second dive was at La Francesa which where we saw 2! turtles. All the turtles were quite small. Actually, on the beach this morning a little baby turtle got lost and almost came ashore. That was super cool.

After dinner today, we went to the night's entertainment - show de fuego, yup, actually what it was called. It was by the same group we saw in town last night but tonight they brought their A game, or at least their paying audience show.  It was quite impressive. Watching a fire show on the beach seemed like the perfect way to end the day and a perfect venue for fire.

Sunny Mexico!!

Yay for Mexico!! Did nothing but nap on the beach this afternoon - it was glorious!
I went for a little swim in the ocean - the water was great!
I am now in the downtown area enjoying some authentic Mexican food - tacos of tongue, cheek and pork, yum!

Oh also see picture of an adorable chihuahua we saw along the road.
Fyi - my hotel doesn't have free wifi so my blogging will be intermittent at best. Sorry. I'll do my best but the updates may have to come at the end of the trip.

Made it!

Yay, made it on plane for Cozumel!! With time to spare for shopping duty free!

Flying to Mexico - will I make it?

Yay for vacation!!

Unfortunately, I have a super tight connection and I'm on the only flight of the day to Cozumel.  Fingers crossed!