Titletowndiver
Contributor
Trip Report July 24 - 31
I'm finally caught up with real life enough to post a trip report. Nothing to interesting to report. I'm not gonna go into too much detail as most of you have been there and done that. Good weather, tons of fun, and lots of interesting people. Overall another great trip to Cozumel. If anyone has an specific questions feel free to email me. Took a few
photos (click here) but most didn't turn out very well due to my lack of skills.
FLIGHTS
Flew out of Chicago Midway on ATA. Flights were on time, no problems other than all of the crying, unruly kids. Apparently it's ok to let your children run up and down the aisle, scream, cry, and kick the seats in front of them.
Note to parents travelling with children: Not everyone thinks its cute or amusing when your children have temper tantrums on planes. What are the odds that I end up next to "Damien" on both flights?!?!?
HOTEL
We decided to stay at the PLG one last time before it gets renovated. It seems that the new management has already taken over. The bottled beer and dinner menu that were previously offered on the AIC plan is now gone. The food varied from awful to some meals being very good. We typically ate dinner in town at the usual haunts but I like
the convenience of breakfast and lunch at the hotel.
OP
Dove fast boats all week with Dive Paradise. DP was booked solid all week so we had a few problems getting our preferred DM's. In the past we've never had any problems with DP but this time we did end up doing a few "go down to 80 for 30 and up" dives which I wasn't to thrilled about considering we had all experienced divers on the boat. Overall I have no major complaints with DP but next trip (Oct hopefully) I may try out a new OP. To anyone diving with DP in the future I highly recommend requesting Victor, Porfurio <sp> or Nacho. They all do a great job and are a ton of fun to spend your morning and afternoon with.
DIVING
I'm always amazed by how much different things are between summer and winter in Coz. This trip we saw sharks almost every day while last Jan we were lucky to see just a few. Water temperature was ridiculously warm, I only wore a 3mm on the 1st day. Currents were mild compared to previous trips. We did a total of 16 dives over 6 days. This trip Tormentos, Palancar Bricks, Cedral Wall, and Columbia Deep really stood out. sighs. I can't wait to go back...
I'm finally caught up with real life enough to post a trip report. Nothing to interesting to report. I'm not gonna go into too much detail as most of you have been there and done that. Good weather, tons of fun, and lots of interesting people. Overall another great trip to Cozumel. If anyone has an specific questions feel free to email me. Took a few
photos (click here) but most didn't turn out very well due to my lack of skills.
FLIGHTS
Flew out of Chicago Midway on ATA. Flights were on time, no problems other than all of the crying, unruly kids. Apparently it's ok to let your children run up and down the aisle, scream, cry, and kick the seats in front of them.
Note to parents travelling with children: Not everyone thinks its cute or amusing when your children have temper tantrums on planes. What are the odds that I end up next to "Damien" on both flights?!?!?
HOTEL
We decided to stay at the PLG one last time before it gets renovated. It seems that the new management has already taken over. The bottled beer and dinner menu that were previously offered on the AIC plan is now gone. The food varied from awful to some meals being very good. We typically ate dinner in town at the usual haunts but I like
the convenience of breakfast and lunch at the hotel.
OP
Dove fast boats all week with Dive Paradise. DP was booked solid all week so we had a few problems getting our preferred DM's. In the past we've never had any problems with DP but this time we did end up doing a few "go down to 80 for 30 and up" dives which I wasn't to thrilled about considering we had all experienced divers on the boat. Overall I have no major complaints with DP but next trip (Oct hopefully) I may try out a new OP. To anyone diving with DP in the future I highly recommend requesting Victor, Porfurio <sp> or Nacho. They all do a great job and are a ton of fun to spend your morning and afternoon with.
DIVING
I'm always amazed by how much different things are between summer and winter in Coz. This trip we saw sharks almost every day while last Jan we were lucky to see just a few. Water temperature was ridiculously warm, I only wore a 3mm on the 1st day. Currents were mild compared to previous trips. We did a total of 16 dives over 6 days. This trip Tormentos, Palancar Bricks, Cedral Wall, and Columbia Deep really stood out. sighs. I can't wait to go back...