My Coco view experience.
1.) Be very careful, the bread pudding will make you slap your Momma, it is damn near deadly good. Rebecca got a pan made just for me the day before I left, so I had to share with my dive group. Next time I will try to get one sooner so I will have more time to eat it and won't have to share.
2.) Did I mention that I liked the bread pudding? I'm really not a bread pudding freak, it's just that they make it better than I have ever had in my 41 years.
3.) Had an over the water Cabana. Not near the water, not on the water, but OVER the water. The room is about like a motel room, only it has wood floors, they are not real fancy. Also there is an empty area in the back so there is plenty of room for whatever. We took some parachute cord with us to use as a clothes line, and there was plenty of room for that and our gear and everything else. This is the good part; there is a little back porch with a couple of wooden lounge chairs, a small table, and a hammock. Out beyond the back porch is the reef, that's right, you lie down in a really comfortable hammock and listen to the surf. I never in my life had a more relaxing place to stay, no traffic, no TV, no phone, no hassles.
4.) The diving would have been better if we hadn't gone during the rainy season (next to last week of Jan. this year). I only got seventeen dives due to not feeling like going out a few times, equipment issues, or experience/buoyancy problems (I stirred up so much silt at the Prince Albert on a night dive, I felt that I should leave before someone swam over and cut my air hose.). Next time, we'll go during the spring or fall and do some real diving. (Somewhere I heard that someone had the record with seven dives a day for two or three weeks, or something like that)
5.) Plenty of room on the boat, and during one particularly choppy exit, we all came up through the center of the boat. Marcos, Nester, and Gringo made a great dive team. We got neither nagged, nor orphaned. Hopefully we'll get the Yellow boat again.
6.) Critters for Elly May (the wife)- Pancho the dog and Backstrap the deer, the humming-bats, the parrots, the Moray eels that come out to eat ham and fish. (come to think of it, they might have had another name for the deer, but that's the one that stuck with me) She did pet the deer and the dog, but I couldn't convince her that the eels liked a good chin rub, go figure!?
7.) This place may be too laid back for some people. The folks that ran the place and the folks that stayed there were all very friendly. I never heard a cross word, or a voice raised in anger. Not even any back-stabbing or self-aggrandizement from the staff. Our dive group was the icing on the cake, I'm not exactly what you would call a Social Butterfly, but I found some new family members while I was there, they were the best and I felt more at home than I do at home.
8.) After you pass through customs upon entering, the Coco view staff is RIGHT THERE to make sure there are no fumbles or screw-ups, or even people wasting your time trying to sell you a time-share something-or-the-other. This is repeated when you leave. It's like when you were a kid and an adult held your hand as you crossed the street.
9.) The food was good, I ate better there than I do at home, and we also took the Gio's trip and had the sweetest lobster I have ever tasted, a monster crab, and a Jalapeno steak for <$50.00 including drinks and tips.
10.) However...Coco view is not a fancy place, but if you are a redneck or a hillbilly, you probably never had it so good, and probably won't again until you go back. (Cajuns don't count because they can get better food)
11.) $1415.00 for Air Continental from Houston IAH, All inclusive lodging/diving, Unlimited Nitrox. Our only other expense was exit tax, soda waters, and tips. (Last year, around May, Roatan Charter sold "Endless Summer Specials" for around 1150, including air from IAH with TACA, we'll be watching and hoping for a repeat.)
12.) Patty runs the dive Op. and we got expert help with all of our gear issues from her and everyone that we encountered at the dive shop. We owe Patty a few DPs too.