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I really enjoyed talking with him when he was involved in the day-to-day operation of Especias. We also ran into him one night a few years ago waiting tables at Casa Denis; I believe his dad is one of the owners.He does several tours - there are things he can do when the port is closed. I am working with him to put together non-diving day optionsThey will be on my website as well.
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Looks like everyone will get their chance to try these options Monday.
I am happy to report I finally got in the water 4 months after being certified! 6 dives down... 4 tomorrow and if the gods can be appeased for Monday 4 more (but not looking good).
I am happy to report I finally got in the water 4 months after being certified! 6 dives down... 4 tomorrow and if the gods can be appeased for Monday 4 more (but not looking good).
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Tomorrow doesn't look so bad, but Tuesday is a definite blow out if the forecast doesn't change.
Status is current on my site with dive report and outlook for the next couple of days
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Visit el Museo de Cozumel (their web site says it's closed for renovations
Actually, the museum is still open, but it will close very soon for big-time renovations.
This is a quaint Cozumel legend that has several variations. All versions contain similar claims that certain Maya buildings had shells (sometimes giant ones, sometimes groups of small ones) on their roofs that made sounds that could predict the weather. Makes a good story, and Cozumelenos love a good story.
The small ruin in Adrian's image is of one of the two small oratorios on the arrecife islet in Rio de la Plata. It is the islet that has a sacbe running through the lagoon from the south shore of the lagoon to it and another leading from it to the north shore of the lagoon. There were several other small ruins that were similar to this one in the northern lagoons, but now they are just piles of rocks where people have torn them down looking for loot. One still has the front wall standing, but is on its way to oblivion as well...
Above: Arrecife
There were three similar ruins at Punta Sur: Celarain I, Celarain II, and an unnamed one at the entrance to Laguna Columbia. The first two were destroyed in the late 70s. The one at Laguna Columbia is still there. There is also a small complex of shrines called Tumba de Caracol (or El Caracol) on the south side of the dirt road leading to the lighthouse, right by the observation tower near the entrance to the park. The largest building in this complex (the others are now buried under the sand dune) has a truncated cone on the roof with several conch shells inserted in the mortar as decoration. A local legend says that the cone once supported a super-large conch that would whistle when a hurricane was brewing. In reality, the tip of the mortar cone was broken off by local treasure hunters in the 1960s and never sported a super-large shell of any sort.
Above: El Caracol
Port is closed as of 7pm tonight. Christi, please update your website
We have done just that last week. When December was so crappy I had my staff and I do a few exploration shore dives on the east side. We now have a few spots to take our divers when port is closed. The depth is about 30-40 feet with nice coral heads and even got some eagle rays in last week.
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