Scuba Diving in Cancun

Sorry folks but I strongly disagree. Xel-ha and Xcaret are two of the
biggest tourist traps in the Yucatan Peninsula. How they get away with
charging $50 for admission for what they offer is beyond me. I don't know
about you guys but I have snorkeled fantatastic locations in the Caribbean,
Hawaii, among others and Xel-ha is definitely not on my short list.

"chilly" <slarson@shaw.canada> wrote in message
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> "Daniel J. Matz" <dmatz@portereng.com> wrote in message
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> > Xel-ha is great for snorkeling as well.
>
> I'll second that.
>
>
>

I am sure that there are even better places in the world that you have never
been to, but take a close look at the subject of the thread, see the word
"Cancun"?

"punk" <punk@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Sorry folks but I strongly disagree. Xel-ha and Xcaret are two of the
> biggest tourist traps in the Yucatan Peninsula. How they get away with
> charging $50 for admission for what they offer is beyond me. I don't know
> about you guys but I have snorkeled fantatastic locations in the
> Caribbean,
> Hawaii, among others and Xel-ha is definitely not on my short list.
>
> "chilly" <slarson@shaw.canada> wrote in message
> news:6Ro2d.446664$gE.15786@pd7tw3no...
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>> "Daniel J. Matz" <dmatz@portereng.com> wrote in message
>> news:10kk5qnhdba6j4e@corp.supernews.com...
>> > Xel-ha is great for snorkeling as well.
>>
>> I'll second that.
>>
>>
>>
>
>

Correction accepted. However, I still stand by my statement that Xel-ha and
Xcaret are two of the biggest tourist traps in the Yucatan peninsula. Did
you really think that the $50 admission price you paid was worth it? Just
curious.

"Daniel J. Matz" <dmatz@portereng.com> wrote in message
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> I am sure that there are even better places in the world that you have
never
> been to, but take a close look at the subject of the thread, see the word
> "Cancun"?
>
> "punk" <punk@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:__C2d.10988$7g7.9353@news.cpqcorp.net...
> > Sorry folks but I strongly disagree. Xel-ha and Xcaret are two of the
> > biggest tourist traps in the Yucatan Peninsula. How they get away with
> > charging $50 for admission for what they offer is beyond me. I don't
know
> > about you guys but I have snorkeled fantatastic locations in the
> > Caribbean,
> > Hawaii, among others and Xel-ha is definitely not on my short list.
> >
> > "chilly" <slarson@shaw.canada> wrote in message
> > news:6Ro2d.446664$gE.15786@pd7tw3no...
> >>
> >> "Daniel J. Matz" <dmatz@portereng.com> wrote in message
> >> news:10kk5qnhdba6j4e@corp.supernews.com...
> >> > Xel-ha is great for snorkeling as well.
> >>
> >> I'll second that.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

"punk" <punk@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Sorry folks but I strongly disagree. Xel-ha and Xcaret are two of the
> biggest tourist traps in the Yucatan Peninsula. How they get away with
> charging $50 for admission for what they offer is beyond me. I don't know
> about you guys but I have snorkeled fantatastic locations in the
Caribbean,
> Hawaii, among others and Xel-ha is definitely not on my short list.

I've not been to Xcaret. I know it to be a man-made park. Xel-ha is not a
man-made park, it is merely exploited by man. :^)

In any event, I didn't pay anything near $50 to get in, but then it was a
few years ago. I have warm feelings towards Xel-ha because I saw such a
tremendous amount of undersea life, including a barracuda at close range . .
.. that immediately upon my return home, I signed up for scuba lessons, and
I've never looked back.

:^)

Greg Mossman wrote:

> "Jer" <gdunn@airmail.ten> wrote in message
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>>But they'll take the client to places that are 60' for 30 minutes - which
>>is absofuckinglutely enough to be not only dangerous to the newbie, but
>>even more so for everyone around him/her. Even better, they manage to get
>>their clients to actually pay for their own demise. <giggle>
>
>
> If they're that deadly, their clients must be dying all the time. When was
> the last resort course death you can remember?
>
>

Actual death? Lessee... it's been a few years... La Paz, '99 IIRC. But
I'm not on the Darwin Notification List for resort scuba losers either.
I have witnessed my share of near death events in a number of
locations. A coupla weeks ago in Coz, a resort loser lost his weight
belt after having decended to 75', and if a coupla other divers hadn't
been just above, well... you can imagine the mess that woulda been.

--
jer email reply - I am not a 'ten'
"All that we do is touched with ocean, yet we remain on the shore of
what we know." -- Richard Wilbur

"Jer" <gdunn@airmail.ten> wrote in message
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> Actual death? Lessee... it's been a few years... La Paz, '99 IIRC. But
> I'm not on the Darwin Notification List for resort scuba losers either. I
> have witnessed my share of near death events in a number of locations. A
> coupla weeks ago in Coz, a resort loser lost his weight belt after having
> decended to 75', and if a coupla other divers hadn't been just above,
> well... you can imagine the mess that woulda been.

I have near-death experiences all the time when diving. Why should newbies
experience anything different?

Greg Mossman wrote:
> "Jer" <gdunn@airmail.ten> wrote in message
> news:cihr36$3hj@library2.airnews.net...
>
>
>>Actual death? Lessee... it's been a few years... La Paz, '99 IIRC. But
>>I'm not on the Darwin Notification List for resort scuba losers either. I
>>have witnessed my share of near death events in a number of locations. A
>>coupla weeks ago in Coz, a resort loser lost his weight belt after having
>>decended to 75', and if a coupla other divers hadn't been just above,
>>well... you can imagine the mess that woulda been.
>
>
> I have near-death experiences all the time when diving. Why should newbies
> experience anything different?
>
>


I wouldn't know, Greg - you're the one having them, you tell me.

--
jer email reply - I am not a 'ten'
"All that we do is touched with ocean, yet we remain on the shore of
what we know." -- Richard Wilbur

A resort course graduate at 75 fsw...I think that's outside of the PADI
recommendations. As I recall, with a new OW you're not supposed to go
below 60 feet.



Jer wrote:
> Greg Mossman wrote:
>
>> "Jer" <gdunn@airmail.ten> wrote in message
>> news:cicllf$1v0@library1.airnews.net...
>>
>>
>>> But they'll take the client to places that are 60' for 30 minutes -
>>> which is absofuckinglutely enough to be not only dangerous to the
>>> newbie, but even more so for everyone around him/her. Even better,
>>> they manage to get their clients to actually pay for their own
>>> demise. <giggle>
>>
>>
>>
>> If they're that deadly, their clients must be dying all the time.
>> When was the last resort course death you can remember?
>>
>
> Actual death? Lessee... it's been a few years... La Paz, '99 IIRC. But
> I'm not on the Darwin Notification List for resort scuba losers either.
> I have witnessed my share of near death events in a number of
> locations. A coupla weeks ago in Coz, a resort loser lost his weight
> belt after having decended to 75', and if a coupla other divers hadn't
> been just above, well... you can imagine the mess that woulda been.
>

In article <Ebo3d.352$%t3.269@lakeread01>, DrYak <DrYak@nospam.com> wrote:
>A resort course graduate at 75 fsw...I think that's outside of the PADI
>recommendations. As I recall, with a new OW you're not supposed to go
>below 60 feet.

Nonetheless, it happens, and not that rarely.
--
Jason O'Rourke www.jor.com

"chilly" <slarson@shaw.canada> wrote in message
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> "punk" <punk@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > Sorry folks but I strongly disagree. Xel-ha and Xcaret are two of the
> > biggest tourist traps in the Yucatan Peninsula. How they get away with
> > charging $50 for admission for what they offer is beyond me. I don't
know
> > about you guys but I have snorkeled fantatastic locations in the
> Caribbean,
> > Hawaii, among others and Xel-ha is definitely not on my short list.
>
> I've not been to Xcaret. I know it to be a man-made park. Xel-ha is not
a
> man-made park, it is merely exploited by man. :^)
>
> In any event, I didn't pay anything near $50 to get in, but then it was a
> few years ago.

The years haven't changed anything. I was in Cancun last month and while I
did not go to Xel-ha, I was told entry only was $10.00 US. For 50 bucks you
can get transportation, lunch and entry from Cancun, P del C, and most
surrounding areas.

I took my dive gear but was just way to happy laying around on the beach and
being served at my command.....or at least whenever I put the flag out :^)