Jan 21 to Feb 4 2022 Getting There This airfare to Playa (CUN) was probably the cheapest I have paid in more than fifteen years. I originally paid $280 but I had to change my flight so the price went up to $300. Immigration was busy because it is high season but the line moved…
Tag: Scuba Diving
Playa del Carmen October 2018
I did the shark dive for the first time in 2013 and it was amazing but scary as hell. I decided to do it again this year.
Tulum, Playa and Mahahual 2016
I was at the dive shop by 5:30 for the night dive. I was diving with a German couple. The night dive was part of the advancaed open water certification for her.
Columbus Isle/San Salvador 2016
We didn’t know there was a tropical storm that closed the Miami airport, which we found odd because we had spectacular weather all week. We also found out that there were only two flights from Miami every week. Since our flight had been delayed the people that should be arriving to take our rooms would not be arriving.
Curacao 2015
One of the tourist draws in Willemstad is the Queen Emma bridge. It is a floating pedestrian bridge that spans St Anna bay. The bridge can be pulled to one side to allow boat traffic to pass. There are ferries that will shuttle you across the bay when the bridge is not in use.
Turks and Caicos 2015
We were surprised in a good way. Even though the resort was older and a little run down we would go back. If we didn’t stay at an all-inclusive the vacation would have cost us twice as much and wouldn’t have been nearly as easy. Club Med was just good enough for us
Playa del Carmen
When the waiter delivered our meal he pointed at the habanero peppers and said cuidado which literally translates to watch out. That made me worry. It was the hottest meal I’ve ever had. I had to drink three beers to keep the flames in my mouth at a tolerable level. Karen and I were sweating, our eyes were watering and our noses were running but it was the best meal we had in Playa.
Bahamas- Life on a sailboat
Unfortunately we didn’t bring food to give to the pigs so they checked us out then left us alone. Shane is braver than I am, he held out his hand and pretended that he had something to feed a large sow. She opened her mouth waiting for food to drop in and when none did she calmly walked away.
Isla Mujeres
Once three minutes had elapsed Karen and Rudolfo let go of the rope and the current shot them toward the boat. I was next but I had a hard time seeing if Karen had cleared the ladder because every time I exhaled, a blast of air bubbles that normally would rise harmlessly to the surface, instead would travel vertically toward the boat creating a whiteout. I had to time my breaths to see when Karen made it into the boat. Once she did I let go of the rope and jetted to the ladder. I grabbed the ladder, took off my fins and climbed into the boat.
Playa Del Carmen 2012
We approached the boat from the bow, swam along the starboard side and entered the wreck from the stern. We swam through twice. There were thousands of tiny fish taking cover inside the wreck. After we swam through the second time we approached the bow of the boat. There was a large sea turtle eating sponges on top of the cabin of the boat.
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