Blogs from Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico, North America - page 11

Cruise #1: Carnival Inspiration from Tampa to Cozumel First of all, let me start out by saying I had little interest in going on a cruise. I thought it would be boring to just spend time doing nothing but eating and stuck in a confined space with total strangers. Not only I had no interest, in fact I was concerned somewhat of being forced into a rigid schedule. However, a family friend of ours convinced we do a cruise together and we thought to give it a try. Another family joined us (amazingly the timing was perfect for all 3 families), so we cruised together as a party of 8 adults and 6 kids (ages 7-13yrs). Things went so well, the experience definitely exceeded my expectations. Here is some useful info if you plan on taking ... read more

10/5/09 = A day at the local beach Great sleep, ready for breakfast. Breakfast involved trek to supermarket today, so up, changed and off we tramped. Few blocks up and stocked in on the usual ingredients = fruit, muesli and yoghurt - still waiting for this whole bananas repelling mosquitoes thing to kick in, but 2 weeks in, I’d say it’s not looking good! Ate in the nice, but dirty kitchen back at hostel, then went and did a few hours work on the blog - ever dedicated to the cause! 2 hours later, with cameras fully charged, headed off for our Cozumel beach day. Posh beach in Cozumel = to the left of the pier, but several miles away; local beach = left and only 10mins away…not hard to guess which one we went for. ... read more

9th MAY 2009 - SNORKELLING IN COZUMEL....I SAW A SEA TURTLE...TOTALLY AWESOME DUDE!!!!! Got up at around 7am...the early bird catches the worm and all (or at least the best pick of the breakfast offerings)!! After stocking up on breakfast so that we wouldn’t be hungry until at least lunch time, we browsed the net for directions to a couple of hostels in Cozumel and then set off to the bus station at around 9.30am!! The buses ran every 10 minutes and so we managed to jump on one straight away for the hour long journey to Playa De Carmen. So nice to be on a bus sometimes - cool air and snooze fest!! We arrived in Playa De Carmen at around 11am and had 40 minutes to kill there before the ferry ride across to ... read more

Today we’re back in Cozumel and I was so excited because we had a crew tour on offer! Cozumel is such a great port but as a crew member it’s usually spent either taking advantage of the places with wireless internet or partying. For far too long I didn’t see anything beyond the shops and bars in Cozumel. I tend to feel pretty proud of myself when I actually get out and do something in this port. Then when it’s something offered with fellow crew, it’s especially exciting because you get the sight-seeing plus the social aspect! Near the island of Cozumel is another small island called Isla Pasion. There are a few different excursions on offer to go and enjoy the island for the day. Our tour took us there by Twister! Twister is an ... read more

Went with Timmy, Kane, Jodie, Mariam, Arscott, Mats, Morris, and Har Har. How was it? Relaxing & Ridiculous. We stayed in a private Villa about 10min outside of down town on the southwest side of the island. Had our own pool, dock, and (very key) hammock. Spent a lot of time in the Villa, but also went into town to eat and drink, but Cozumel is mainly a Scuba diving and Cruise line town so it was pretty dead at night. Really safe place, especially for mexico. Managed to get 3 dives in. First 2 were boat dives with Tim and Kane, saw loads of sea turtles, barracuda, giant crabs and groupers, and an 8 foot nurse shark! Very cool diving. 3 dive was two days later, we did a discover scuba dive with almost the ... read more