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Yeah, it was all fine with me too. Tasty. And we did not have pizza. My home town is 70% latino, mostly Mexican, so I'm very used to that at home. I'm always amazed how far that particular cuisine travels. Taco day on the Truk Odyssey was the furthest I believe. Now that I'm back on the...

If you want to call that stuff hot sauce, Lorenzoid. I splashed al lot of every one of the bottles on my morning eggs, barely gave my tougue a tingle. Honest, I was expecting/hoping for something Honduran, but it seems that the ethnic food of choice there was purely Mexican. Our ocean front...

I was there the week after you, first time. I was pleasantly surprised by the food quality and the room. Unpleasantly surprised by the quality of the diving, I was expecting better but it's been a while since I've dove the Caribbean. Schooling squid, that was cool. Two mating octopus at...

Sorry to disappoint but it's been a few years since I've been back to Coz. Trying to plan a trip soon even if it's a short one.

Actually it was Jeremy's frogfish, of Living Underwater, and Jeremy's finger too. When he called me over to shoot it, I could have sworn he wanted me to shoot a piece of algae. Not sure if he was the original finder or someone else had clued him in - of course he'd never tell :) First and...

IMO too!

Exactly. Vacationing tastes are extremely subjective. Heck, my own schizophrenic subjectivity keeps me trying new things even when I'm perfectly satisfied with the old. What galls me a bit are folks that go once, repeat the exact same experience the next eight or so times, and declare that...

Swimming pools? Maybe if you count the Paul Gauguin as a liveaboard, but that's a stretch. Any others I don't know about?

Besides, what makes Casa Mexicana more "authentic Mexican" than the Occidental Grand? Surely they both have similar offerings at the breakfast buffet. Surely they both have "authentic Mexican" crappy mattresses on the beds.

The "eat where you want" part reminds me of posts complaining about divers who dare to eat Italian, hamburgers, or, god forbid, even sushi on the island. How dare they?

Yes. This is one of the rare times I agree with one of your posts. Cozumel is known as a diving mecca, why not just go there to dive and ignore the rest of it? All over the diving world, there are dedicated dive resorts where people fly in and fly out. There are liveaboards which you access...

You really think the Mexican culture, as portrayed in Cozumel, is so exotic? I've never stayed at an AI beach resort in the states, but I've perceived a definite influence of Mexican culture at the AIs I've stayed at in Cozumel. Mexican dancing, Mexican food, Mexican handicrafts, classes in...

My mileage certainly varies. Many "cruise ship divers" may be infrequent divers and/or inexperienced. That's not a reflection of them traveling on a cruise ship. I'd guess that the vast majority of these people book their dives as cruise excursions and are put on a typical cattleboat...

It definitely depends on the op. If you prepay with some sort of package and you're on the boat following different DMs every day, it may be better to pay a daily cash tip so you know, or at least you hopefully assume, that your particular boat crew will get the money. On the other hand...

If you'd re-read my question, I asked if you knew the difference besides bigger tanks. Have you tried the real prime steaks on the island to know the difference? From what I can tell, you've only experienced Tres Pelicanos and Aqua Safari, i.e. only eaten at Black Angus and Sizzler. What...

Speaking of prime steak, do you know the difference between Tres Pelicanos and say, Aldora or Living Underwater? (besides bigger tanks) Actually, the breakfast buffet at the Cozumel Palace blows away the one at Casa Mexicana. There may be others better as well.

I recall that Dive Paradise offered an add-on one-tank afternoon dive for only $10 when I did a group trip with them back before Hotel Cozumel was called Hotel Cozumel. Good enough deal to almost be a no-brainer, though the boat only did shallow near-town sites. The southern resorts' on-site...

Just curious, but where else have you stayed in Cozumel to know that Casa Mexicana is the best?