Worst of Cozumel.

[cvchief]

Those updated details make me wonder if they tied in at the Sand dollar pier not the one at Palancar? That would certainly not have been the promised beach SI....

CVC, my memory is pretty fresh. While we were somewhat disappointed, and waterlogged too, this did not impair our abilities to spot and walk a pier that led to no where but rocks, thick brush, no beach, no sand, and no beach club.


Thank you <insert pitcher of margaritas here>. Have a few on the house. I bought your favorite flavor....

Weird. You think it could be the concrete sand dollar pier? I dunno. Was there like a hotel in plain view next door?

The palancar pier I was thinking of is close but distinctly different from your description. I am just trying to figure out where you were. Palancar is a concrete pier with a plain beach, but it does have thick brush off the the beach. The beach club is in view but maybe a 3-4 minute walk from the pier north along the beach. It is really sort of barren down there. But it was a concrete pier?

As for the Margs, can we have traditional?

 

[Craig66]

Weird. You think it could be the concrete sand dollar pier? I dunno. Was there like a hotel in plain view next door?

The palancar pier I was thinking of is close but distinctly different from your description. I am just trying to figure out where you were. Palancar is a concrete pier with a plain beach, but it does have thick brush off the the beach. The beach club is in view but maybe a 3-4 minute walk from the pier north along the beach. It is really sort of barren down there. But it was a concrete pier?

As for the Margs, can we have traditional?

Now that he mentions it, it could definitely be the sand dollar Pier. I dove with sand dollar many years ago off a cruise ship and do remember being dropped off in the middle of nowhere We walked down a sand path to a pier surrounded by bushes and directly onto the boats. If that in deed was the pier then they definitely did not deliver on that promise.


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[kixy1]

All my trips have been horrible. I've never been on island for any of the famous El Moro dinners, but I keep the faith.....someday......

Cheif, Craig is right, you really need to send us Outlook reminders for secret meetings. I shaved, and showered the other day! Not sure the doorman will let me in. I guess I could come in disguise, maybe an I heart Jamaica tshirt? I forgot what you changed the password to? Was it pony or snorklevest?

 

[dmoore19]

To communicate properly one must first remove their tin foil hat.

 

[TSandM]

I enjoyed our one trip to Coz, but there were some things that weren't ideal.

I don't like hawkers, but the ones on Coz seemed pretty easy to discourage, and they didn't get in my personal space like the ones in Egypt did.

I didn't like the beach club where we spent surface intervals very much, and would have preferred a "secluded beach" over a confined place with a bunch of chairs and loud music. The food there was also indifferent -- we had MUCH better food at the little restaurants on the back streets in San Miguel.

We had one bad day on the boat, where the dive guide took off with the one diver who wasn't part of our group, and ignored the fact that we had three photographers who wanted to move much more slowly. We solved that by ignoring the guide.

Overall, we had a very good trip, saw some pretty reef (and the best visibility I've ever seen outside of a cenote), ate some good food, and enjoyed good weather. It's a pleasant destination, but I have to admit I don't understand why people go back there over and over again, when there are so many other places to explore.

 

[greenliger]

The one time I was in town eating the waiter was also a hawker. But not known until after I got my meal. Was so bad trying to sell me cigars I probably couldn't take back to the states (and don't smoke any more) while I ate. Didn't mind the hawkers to much til that point.

 

[Mike]

Was so bad trying to sell me cigars I probably couldn't take back to the states (and don't smoke any more)

The fake Cuban's they hawk in the shops around the square? Used to wonder why the ones I bought there made me sick, till I had a real one. Now older and wiser, with a bit more ability to tell what's real and not, I don't bother with their fake cuban cigars sold in Cozumel anymore.

 

[mikeycanuk]

I just assume any "cuban" cigar sold in MX is fake.

 

[greenliger]

He tried to explain that those cigars are the ones that the pod people want. I tried to explain that I wasn't a pod person and wasn't going to miss my flight because of come crappy cigars. Didn't work to well.

 

[cvchief]

You know I took pics today. I think it might be sandollar. It does look alot as described. That would be a sucky spot to stop and not where one would expect.

Oh, and we are meeting in El Moro tonight. Bring your tinfoil hat and remember the password. We will be talking about Mike....

hehe......

---------- Post added September 20th, 2013 at 06:44 PM ----------

Oh and I have has some fake Cubans in Cozumel that weren't too bad. I think some of them are good Mexican cigars.


(You know the fake Cubans in Cozumel are better than the fake Cubans ANYWHERE ELSE!!!) (that was for Mike....)