Saturday, March 9, 2019

Mexico day 6: Diving Cozumel then starting the resort life (10/3/18)


Wake up and had decided to pay the extra amount to go to Cozumel on the dive boat from Playa instead of taking the time to go to the ferry terminal, take the ferry, get to the dive shop since tonight I head to the resort to start that part of the trip. Boat ride over is rough due to open seas and the boat size. No padded seats which with the frequent pounding from the wakes, make the rough water also rough on our bodies. Brought my dive book and other stuff with me and realized quickly that was a mistake as with the rough ride, water splashing everywhere and got all my stuff wet. haha lessons learned. Do a drift dive along a reef wall as current too strong to try and swim against it. See plenty of sea life (turtles, eels, lobsters, etc.) and was incredibly pretty. We all get back on the boat and while doing our surface interval, the guides ask the group if we want to do a wreck or more reef diving. My ears perk up and I say wreck cause I have always wanted to do that. A few other people say reef so we wind up doing reef Mofos!. Swim along this reef plateau going over and through it frequently to see the life under and on the other side of the rocks. Come up and everyone gets on the boat and we head back across the way to Playa. Return my gear, rinse my computer off, and then get back to the hostel and take a quick shower before heading down to the Resort (Unico) on a collectivo. I am the last passenger to get out and I get to the gate. Security comes and gets me and then I check in with our personal concierge which we never used and wasnt sure what the point of it was. Drop my bag off in the room, unpack, grab a small bite to tide me over until dinner and have a smoothie and the first of many drink combos that we would later call the Tre special - a shot of flor de cana 7yr (to sip on) next to a negra modelo. Later on we go to the steakhouse for dinner as the other places are either full or closed. Have a delicious dinner and then the group goes over to the discotecca so people can dance and grab a drink and hang on the patio.

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