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No need to go back to the airport in Cancun to catch the bus in Playa. Frequent buses run along the zona hotelera where your hotel is located and will bring you to the downtown ADO bus station, where you can catch a bus (approx 1h to 1h15) to Playa del Carmen. That's the cheapest option (about 4...

Does this mean Cozumel owns Xel Ha and Xcaret ? If so, how come ? Just curious.

There are still several convenient Internet cafés/call centers in town. Used the one located at the corner of Avenida 10 con Rosado Salas (across the street from Deep Blue) quite often last year.

The original project, under the previous mayor, was 3000 rooms and backed by Donald Trump. The new mayor revived it a few months ago, except he is not going public with this as the original project was so unpopular on the island. He has however, last August, showed plans to a select group of...

Punta Arrecifes would be a huge development (planned to become a luxury resort town of 3000 rooms) which the mayor of Cozumel is trying to pass even though many environmental local associations are against it and even though it would require changing local urbanist laws to allow construction in...

Ron Lee's site is great, explains everything in great details. I'll just had to what has been written above : • make sure you don't land too late in Cancun, otherwise you may miss the last ferry and be stuck in Playa del Carmen • bring something warm to wear in the bus (strong A/C)...

Don't know about dive shops on the mainland. Basic slippers and fins can be found at local grocery stores (Mega, Walmart in Playa del Carmen…) but you won't have much of a choice. So I would order online as it will give you more choice. Scuba Toys and Leisure Pro both have a return policy...

So, I'd been hearing and reading in different places (including on WikiTravel) that it was not allowed to take a rental car on the Calica-Cozumel ferry. Being a true journalist, I didn't check my facts and just repeated that urban legend to whomever asked me about it… :shakehead: Today a...

You can find a list of several cenotes with some info regarding snorkeling, entrance fees, etc., here : Dive Cooperative - Diving in Cozumel Dive Cooperative

Unless I'm over weighted, I still can't submerge in the upright position. I've tried many times but probably doing something wrong. Or maybe my wetsuit being too buoyant when “dry” ? Anyhow, I just do the duck (head down and finning). Harder on the ears (not recommanded if you have...

By the way, if you want to learn how to dive but not waste precious vacation time studying, you can take the class at home, either completely or just the theory and pool practice. In the latter case, you can ask for a referral and do only the open water part of the course during your vacation.

Forget about taking a rental car from the mainland to the island : it is not allowed. EDIT: turns out it is allowed to take the car ferry with a rental car as long as you carry all documents with you (et let your rental company know of your intentions to make sure they agre to this too). Source...

Don't know about the concierge service you mentionned or horse-back riding. Regarding spas, I had a very good facial at Aqua Spa near Villablanca hotel, it was professional and the setting was very clean, but nothing to rave about. If you like massages, several people I know LOVE Sallye's...

In my experience (not dive or Cozumel related), a lot of the bad blood comes from some employers' ego : some people have trouble letting go and admitting that one of "their people" has a life and desires of their own that they want to pursue. The "poaching clients" thing is a fine line, IMO ...

Good point, but there are many other reasons for creating one's own business than fleeing abusive, Scrooge-like CEOs. Making more $$$, wanting to choose the people you work with, fulfilling a dream, setting up your own rules… It's only natural that experienced professionals in any field...

A former employee of a business finding private investors to open his own company (and therefore keep the profit generated by his work vs. working for somebody else) is not sleazy, it's one of the basic rules of capitalism. DMs and instructors being in contact with the customers (and more often...

From what I've read HERE, the onsite dive op at the Occidental Grand (Dive Palancar) has scheduled trips in the afternoon. You might have to schlep your gear, though, and I don't know about the size of their boats.

As I wrote in my post, I know nothing beyond what has been posted here and on the rally facebook page… but I feel that's too much information already. I was in a bad mood yesterday (nothing related to the topic at hand) and reading the latest Internet drama struck a nerve. Too late to...

At the risk of starting more polemic, I believe the right thing to do would be to sell the old Scuba Mau (now Opal's Dream) shop to whomever might be willing to buy it, and have the money go towards Gabi's treatments, unpaid medical bills for Opal that her family may still owe, etc. That's just...

Cute ! Thank you & Feliz navidad y Año Nuevo to you !