Cozumel, Mexico - I return at last

I was first introduced to the wonderful world of diving and certified in 2004 in Cozumel, Mexico at the Coral Princess, a couple resorts down from where I am staying now. Cozumel is as I remembered it - beautiful waters, yummy guacamole and nachos, and promise of underwater adventures.

We arrived yesterday afternoon after layover in Atlanta Georgia. Everything was a bit slow, especially the immigration line, but I guess this is just Mexico.

The first dive was at punta sur in a site named Devil’s throat. It’s a complex of caves starting at 80ft and going as deep as 116ft with an initially wide mouthed opening but with many tight turns and passes. I was rewarded with many incredible vistas of the beautiful blue through the dark caves. Didn’t get any pics of this as the passage was challenging enough.

The second dive was at San Francisco – a shallow reef site where I saw really beautiful coral and way too many queen angelfish which I love. Our dive master found a little turtle and lay with it for a while. It was an excellent dive.

This dive company likes to take 2hr long surface intervals which provide them the excuse of delivering dive groups to a resortlike beachy area with food, lounge chairs and water trampolines but also allows us to take really long second dives, in the 1hr+ range which is pretty cool. Though getting back to the hotel around 2 without having had breakfast is a bit of a chore.

The rest of the day was spent lying about in the pool and by the ocean.

We had dinner at the fancy little restaurant which is by reservation only. It’s fancier than the buffet dinner but still included in the all inclusive deal. There was a Mexican dance night in the buffet dinner site which we were able to watch during our fancy dinner. A shame I didn’t have a camera to capture the funny outfits they wore.