Cozumel 2025 (page 4 of 8)

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Day 4: Tuesday, February 11th, 2025

This time we left the room early for breakfast but tried to find a level at the resort to watch the sunrise but didn't see one. We got to the restaurant and waited a bit for the "cooked to order" chef to appear. Once we saw her peeking through the glass door at the station, we headed up and she came out. Mike got an omelet with everything and Greta ordered a Divorcadios (two fried eggs on top of corn tortillas and topped with a red sauce and a green sauce), plus bacon and potatoes. Everything was great.

The dives that day were both on the south end of the island. First up was Palancar Gardens. We got a slow start but headed out and still got in a full dive. There wasn't a lot of fish on this dive and the sun must have been behind some clouds because it seemed darkish and the visibility wasn't great (but still much better than you'd see in any fresh water lake). There was a small swim-through, which is a lot of fun.

For the second dive, at Dalila, we didn't really travel far - it was very close to the first dive. There was a long, twisty swim through that was amazing. After that, we swam across a long expense of open area, with some coral heads and such. We saw a lot, including cleaner shrimp inside a coral, more than one frog fish, and a porcupine fish. Then Jonathan, our dive master, banged his tank repeatedly, and we saw an Eagle Ray - swimming right at us. It stopped and seemed annoyed that we were "in his way" and slowly swam up and near us, probably hoping we'd move so he could stay on his direct route. Eventually it just swam past us, but SO CLOSE. Everyone was thrilled. Not long after that, a large green moray eel made an appearance and we followed him for quite a while, as he was winding in and out of coral with the current, just as we were swimming above him. There was a longer ride back to the resort, as we were still on the south end of the island, but we're on island time and we can't argue with a relaxing boat ride.

Once we got back to the resort, Mike sat in the hot tub for a bit and Greta headed back to the room to clean up. We have a rain-shower in the bathroom and it is WONDERUL. Near the pool resides a large iguana - Greta got a picture of him (she'd scared him off the day before) just lounging on the sidewalk. He KNOWS this is his realm here and the humans are just there to admire him. We relaxed in the room for the afternoon for a bit and then decided to walk to The Money Bar for a sunset supper.

It was about a mile away and we noticed that we only had cars driving towards the south end of the island, no one going north other than a pair of bicycles. Once we got there, we ordered some margaritas then food. We first had an order of guacamole - which was a HUGE plate of freshly made guac along with freshly made chips. We both ordered meals after that. Mike ordered a shrimp plate and Greta got the shrimp tacos. Later Mike changed his drink order to Micheladas and Greta to Caiprihinia. Everything was good and it was a wonderful place to watch the sunset. Since it was dark outside when we finished and there were no sidewalks, we opted to take a cab back to the hotel. That's when the driver explained to us that the side road we were on only is "one way" - cars southbound and bikes both ways - that's why we never found a vehicle going north on our drive.

After we got back to our room , we were tired out and headed to bed, to prepare for the next day.

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