Reef Coco Beach Playa del Carmen

... summarise, loads of gods, sun god, moon god, fertility god, cheesy dip god, 300 odd gods, lots of gods. Lots of crazy priests, hey we need rain, rain god needs a sacrifice, lets tie up our children and chuck them into the blessed holy ponds, as they drown their tears will create rain for us. Right oh, good logic there. (Everybody on the tour suddenly clicks why there is no swimming in the rather inviting natural pools - don´t ...

... a deco stop and I believe only bothered with a safety stop as Myk and I both did one. Next dive was shallow (around 12-15 metres) and while our DM didn’t bother with a safety stop, we kept under the surface for well over the three minutes since they decided not t bother with their SMB despite surfacing in a horrendously busy boat channel?? I would hate to think of nervous or inexperienced divers using this company as safety is about ...

... but we feel safe in her hands and she has the most eagle eyes ever for spotting cool stuff. We do two sea dives, both have very strong currents, in fact it&#8217;s the first day in four that the boats have been allowed to go out due to sea conditions. Despite the currrent, and the bad visability, we see many eels, two lionfish, huge lobster and a damn big crab I woudn&#8217;t like to surprise.<br><br>The next day, still ...

... the caves but we had torches, and the water was the clearest I have ever seen, we could see just as well as if we were not in the water. This was the most beautiful dive I have ever done, there were hardly any fishes, and the caves were lifeless, like we were on the moon, but then up in the distance we could see shards of light shooting down from another rock pool and cutting blue and green rays through the grey and black. We would surface at the rock pools and ...

... crowd. It's a good starting point for most of the activities (trips to Mayan ruins, water parks like Xcaret &amp; Xel-ha, Cozumel), we stayed there 6 days.<br><br>http://picasaweb.google.co m/tommnow/PlayaDelCarmen?feat=directlin k

... that night since buses stopped running in the late afternoon. But it turned out to be a forunate accident since we found ourselves in a ¨real¨ Mexican city with far fewer tourists and some interesting people watching to do. In Chetumal we also discovered the joys of cold drinks and air conditioned internet cafes. Another highlight was attempting to speak Spanish and order more mystery food in Spanish. We because used to asking what ...

Day 12 4th January 2008 Cozumel, Mexico Yipeeee....we're anchored off Cozumel....albeit 20 degrees and overcast and still windy. After breakfast we congregated in the Marquee to await the instructions about getting onto land. We were delayed as the strong winds and current made the anchor fail! For our tour, the local ferry came direct to the ship and headed towards mainland Mexico...so we didn't even ...

... day to download all of my photos onto my laptop and give my new Olympus 770SW the plunge. It is waterproof rated to 33 ft. deep and it worked! Pshew! We also prepared for ...

... was amazing. There were so many beautiful fish and huge ones too. I evidently put my hand on a rock too close to one fish and he bit me. It didn't hurt but sure did startle me to the point I screamed underwater. When we got closer to the ocean there was some coral and I did brush up accidentally against it and got stung on the diereiare. Chad got stung on the knee. By that time we had been in about three hours so we were ready ...

... about a buzz-kill! So we scamper, hop, and (I) cuss our way across the highway to wait for a southbound ride. Once again, it is about a 5 second wait. Now I know what your thinking, "Hey Dan, what about that stop in the Cyber Café?" Yeah, that thought crossed my mind too as we're tooling south on 307. Oh well, there are a number of internet café's in Tulum pueblo which we saw the other day. So as soon as we hop off the ...