Iberostar Paraiso Beach next week, looking forward to it

[jonhall]

Thanks for the comments guys. We are headed to Iberostar Paraiso this Sat for a week. Second trip to Riviera Maya. We have cenote dives scheduled with a cave instructor we used two years ago Wily Ortega, he is fantastic and an independent guide. He is the go-to guy for many of us connected to our local Boston dive shop. We have some time later in the week and will look to Dressel Divers as well.
Thanks.
Jim

Would be interested in your thoughts if you dive with Dressel and on the cenotes you dive.

Have fun!

 

[Jeffrey A. Cogan]

They do something interesting, besides free nitrox. You go out at 8:15 a.m. and do one tank. You get back about 9:00-9:15, surface interval at the resort, board the same boat at 10:15 a.m. for your second dive. Back to port and the third dive is 1:15 p.m. The dive shop is far from San Miguel, the center of Cozumel, where the ferry is (15 miles or so). But they are close to the dive sites, 5-15 minute ride from the resort to the site as opposed to a 45 minute ride from the other shops and then 30 minutes back after the second tank. (Due to the drift diving, you drift towards the port).

If you are not staying there, they will pick you up. A few employees live in town and have a company truck to drive themselves and divers to and from town to the resort. Another thing is that the resort is all inclusive and they don't seem to care that you are not staying there in terms of food and drink, including alcohol. You don't get charged, so I just left very good tips, but I seemed to be the only one tipping, so the all inclusive might even include tips.

 

[jonhall]

Another thing is that the resort is all inclusive and they don't seem to care that you are not staying there in terms of food and drink, including alcohol. You don't get charged, so I just left very good tips, but I seemed to be the only one tipping, so the all inclusive might even include tips.

Crap! I wish I would have thought about doing that when we were there. Would have made the wait time between 1st and 3rd dives or even waiting for our 4:00 pickup more bearable.