Diving from S. of Cancun

Joe English wrote:
> Gumby wrote:
>
>> I've got a big family reunion type trip coming up to a resort just
>> south of Cancun. I love Coz but noticed the ferries from Playa don't
>> leave until 8AM making a full day dive trip tight on time to get to
>> a dive shop. How is the diving from Cancun or south of Cancun. Any
>> recommendations are appreciated. I'm spoiled with Coz and don't want
>> to dive just for the sake of diving off the mainland if it ain't
>> similar quality.
> go to Coz

Yep, gotta figure that out.

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I'm Gumby dammit!

On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 10:29:15 -0400, "Gumby" <gumby@flexiblepeople.net>
wrote:

>JOF wrote:
>> > Have you tried the cenotes (caverns) yet? How close will you be to
>> Akumal or Puerto Aventuras?
>
>Yeah, I dove the cenotes about 1 1/2 years ago. Enjoyed it but had a bad
>sinus infection which, with a mean depth of 20-25', was quite miserable. I
>might take my MIL for a couple of dives there. It's fun but not the kind of
>thing I would look to do again personally because after the 1st 20 minutes
>of "kewl stalactite,stalagmite" stuff, it gets a little boring.
>
>The resort (Moon Palace?) is about 5 miles south of the Cancun airport on
>the beach. Not sure where that is relative to Akumal or Puerto Aventuras.

Very nice resort. Fairly new. About half hour drive from Akumal.

JF

"What embitters the world is not excess of criticism,
but an absence of self-criticism." - G.K.Chesterton

Thus spake "chilly" <slarson@shaw.canada> :

>
>"Dillon Pyron" <dmpyronINVALID@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
>news:ejm7g1lke5155sh70jf7n1a5vsm48pp02u@4ax.com.. .
>> Thus spake "Grumman-581" <grumman581@gmail.com> :
>>
>> >Greg Mossman wrote:
>> >> It sucks. Try www.seahorsecozumel.com for a good dive op that doesn't
>start
>> >> until 10 a.m. and they'll even meet you at the ferry dock so you don't
>get
>> >> lost.
>> >
>> >Get lost in *Cozumel*? You've got to be kidding... The island isn't
>> >large enough to get lost in... If you somehow manage to get lost there,
>> >I suspect that you probably shouldn't be trusted out alone anyway...
>>
>> got lost in Cozumel once. Was very drunk and couldn't find the men's
>> room, but I did find the lady's room. Went back and found the men's
>> room, there were more chicks in there than in their own place.
>>
>> I miss the old C&C.
>
>LOL, I was going to tell a Coz tequila story, but yours is probably better.
>On the other hand, your story didn't have a trampoline or a hurricane in it.

Chicks & trampolines. Please, do tell.

>
>Oh well . . . I'm going to take all the benefit from your story because
>Vince said it's OK and expected for me to do that.
>
>
>

--
dillon

Pain is Nature's way of saying "that was stupid"

"Gumby" wrote in message news:_W0Ne.16442$9v3.2904@fe09.lga...
> It's fun but not the kind of thing I would look to do again personally
> because after the 1st 20 minutes of "kewl stalactite,stalagmite" stuff,
> it gets a little boring.

I assume you mean "wouldn't" instead of "would"...

So, compared to "kewl little fish, big fish", etc, it's different exactly
how? <grin>

"Dillon Pyron" <dmpyronINVALID@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
news:n3r9g1hgl5uu4kgsfonguroelcnpmoh98c@4ax.com...
> Thus spake "chilly" <slarson@shaw.canada> :
> >>
> >> I miss the old C&C.
> >
> >LOL, I was going to tell a Coz tequila story, but yours is probably
better.
> >On the other hand, your story didn't have a trampoline or a hurricane in
it.
>
> Chicks & trampolines. Please, do tell.

Don't forget about the lashing rain.

"Grumman-581" <grumman###@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:hBaNe.260498$x96.220118@attbi_s72...
> "Gumby" wrote in message news:_W0Ne.16442$9v3.2904@fe09.lga...
> > It's fun but not the kind of thing I would look to do again personally
> > because after the 1st 20 minutes of "kewl stalactite,stalagmite" stuff,
> > it gets a little boring.
>
> I assume you mean "wouldn't" instead of "would"...

I don't think so. Note: it says "*not* the kind of think I would..."
(emphasis added)

"Chris Guynn" <chris.guynn@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Grumman-581" <grumman###@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:hBaNe.260498$x96.220118@attbi_s72...
> > "Gumby" wrote in message news:_W0Ne.16442$9v3.2904@fe09.lga...
> > > It's fun but not the kind of thing I would look to do again personally
> > > because after the 1st 20 minutes of "kewl stalactite,stalagmite"
stuff,
> > > it gets a little boring.
> >
> > I assume you mean "wouldn't" instead of "would"...
>
> I don't think so. Note: it says "*not* the kind of think I would..."
> (emphasis added)
>
misspelling also added... think should obviously be thing

from Playa you can go down to Xcaret, there are some nice drift dives
that way. Ceynotes are another thing to do, the best folks i dove with
down there are at the dive shop at Shangri La Caribe, located just
north of DWTN Playa on the beach. They provide Ceynote and sea diving.

enjoy!

-chris

"Chris Guynn" wrote in message
news:KCnNe.2487$AT7.2441@newssvr22.news.prodigy.ne t...
> misspelling also added... think should obviously be thing

Yep, seems like neither one of us can read or type lately... <grin>

Gumby wrote:
> I've got a big family reunion type trip coming up to a resort just south of
> Cancun. I love Coz but noticed the ferries from Playa don't leave until 8AM
> making a full day dive trip tight on time to get to a dive shop.

You can book your dive trip with Caballito del Caribe, from Cancun
or Cozumel.

http://www.seahorsecozumel.com/snorkel.html

If you book it in Cancun, they can take you to the ferry,
pick you up at 10:00 am AT the ferry on Cozumel side, with the dive
boat, and you're off DIVING (2 tanks or 3; lunch included if you
book a package). At the end of the dive, the dive boat will drop you
off at the ferry, and you're off back to the Playa.

> --
> I'm Gumby dammit!

and I'm da Feeesh!