cobaltbabe:
Ontario Diver and I are thinking about taking a trip to Mexico mid June. We are looking for something that is a little remote where we can lay on the beach and dive, dive, dive. I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions from past experience and if they could PM me with the details, ie. cost ect. All inclusive would be nice but right now I am looking for details and suggestions from divers. Thank you in advance.
you really can't beat the diving in Cozumel, we go almost every year. it's a real nice combination of old Mexico and tourism, much more layed back than Cancun with good restaurants and great people.
June is real nice, just before it gets REALLY hot, and just before hurricane season kicks in.
El Presidente is a good all-inclusive and the Occedental Grand has been highly recommended to us by friends.
we usually stay at the El Cid La Ceiba which i think has implemented an all-inclusive program. they have a great location just a couple of miles from town by the international pier, we usually take the binoculars and snoop on the cruise ships. the food there is good and the beach has one of the best snorkel and shallow dive sites with a small plane that was sunk during the 70's for a movie just off shore.
my usual dive shop, Blue Bubble, has been bought out by new people so i don't know if they are still in operation, but we have always had a good experience with them.
the hotel also has a photo shop, Island Photo, attached to it, Holly the owner is a great lady and will give you a good instruction on her cameras & develope film or digital images, she has both film and digital cameras for rent. i was the first customer to use her digital camera last year and got some wonderful shots. even won 3rd place at the Texas State Fair photo contest with one of them.
she does a great job with your photos as she has been published in many scuba magazines herself and uses as much care in development on your stuff as she does on hers.
rent a jeep and go to the Caribbean side of the island to Coconuts and have a meal and a margarita, they are very strong and very good!
hope this helps, God bless,
Sharky
