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I asked Cha Cha Cha, which is near my hotel. They did not have a tool and couldn't help, but highly recommended a place on Calle 2 and Calle 20 that would change it for $5. The owner did not want to look at my phone's map or tell me the name of the place. I walked around that area, but...

Feels wrong to me. What is the etiquette of this? Can I just walk into to a dive shop and ask them to help me for free, but tell them I am not interested in diving with them because I just spent a lot of money with their competition?

Just heard back from my dive guide, who is still on a boat diving and is more confident than me we can fix it in the morning. He will bring a spare wrist computer just in case. Still happy to buy anyone a beer, but don't want to try to force it with a screw driver or other tool since I will...

My computer, a Sherwood Vision, failed to turn on this morning on the boat. I am hoping it is just a dead battery (although this is unusual as I'd expect a low battery warning first). I am having trouble with the cover. I have successfully changed batteries on boats before using a flat ended...

I've never been in anything near a real emergency (1 drowning, but it wasn't me, and it was swimming without scuba gear). I have panicked - several times, all while removing my mask on purpose. I am training myself to get better. I have been lost due to low visibility and did not panic, and...

My open water was also 20 years ago. I actually took 2 courses (PADI and SSI but only did the PADI dive portion). A lot of the advice was to prevent drowning. The SSI course was much more explicit, serious and worrying; PADI was cheerful and upbeat - but the same lessons are there. Drilling...

This is a dangerous story. It is a nice story, romantic even. Husband and wife together a long time, love scuba diving, enjoy one last dive together and holding hands at their safety stop when an evil current comes and drags him to Davey Jones locker. The problem with this story is thousands...

Not making light of the situation, but there is no way someone next to a wall got dragged down quickly without realizing it, not unless they are blind. 80% of a wall dive, you are looking towards the wall, and certainly would turn that direction if disoriented. Secondly, I am not afraid of...

I am with Chili and at the Safari Inn Jan 22 and leaving early on Jan 28

PNC charges an outrageous fee to take anything out in Mexico anywhere. Anyone have a US bank recommendation that is either free or cheap? I changed cash in Playa last year, and got a very good rate.

I'll be there 22nd - 28th. Still picking an op, a hotel. Hotel will most likely be something cheap and convenient relative to the op, probably staying near centro.

Different operators leave at different locations. If we visit Palancar caves, for example, it is shorter from the Fonatur Marina than the Aqua Safari Pier. Barracuda, San Juan and Cantarel from Fonatur are going to be a drive south to Fonatur and then a boat ride back north, and a shorter...

Is this really a trend? Or is 2022 just a statistical outlier? That's the problem with this statistic on a relatively small population- one event that happens once a decade can throw the number really high for a year. Next year may only have 5 murders.

My point was, on a whole, most people in the United States would feel safer about planning a trip to St. Louis than Cozumel.

Cozumel's population today is higher than it was in 2020, and whatever the number of tourists are, it isn't zero. But even 15 homicides in 88,626 is a rate of just over 16.9 per 100,000 people, although an overestimate, is very safe compared to cities of all sizes. For example, in Ohio (where...

Yikes, if this trend continues, it will be almost half the murder rate of Akron and Cleveland where I am traveling from. My two week vacation is almost as dangerous as one week working to earn the money to come here.

Surprised to see the Queens listed as "near threatened", they are all over, big, beautiful and really mean. I've never heard of them as a food fish. I've seen a lot of greys in Cozumel as well, lots of people fish for lions, so if it isn't illegal, it would be awfully tempting to spear a...

I am not looking for anything specific. When I picture Latin America (not from first hand experience) I imagine high energy dance clubs with DJ's until sunrise and live musicians playing to small crowds. I don't need that if I am diving in the morning, but if I am not (for whatever reason) I'd...

It isn't about budget or how nice or bad a hotel is - I wanted to clarify I am asking about locations and not amenities. I've paid twice what I did for Quinta for a dumpy room half the size - not in Cozumel, but other places. I am not looking for better amenities or a lower price. If I keep...

I probably should have asked for a "hotel location" and not a "hotel", I'm not looking for recommendations on nicer hotels. Quinta was within budget, but really much too nice for me. The food near the cruise piers is good, but I found that the further you move away, the better and more...