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I just got back yesterday from Coz and stayed at the Occ Grand. It is a beautiful resort and far away from town so you don't have to deal with the cruise ships. I was disappointed in the food at the buffet and we weren't ever able to get a reservation for the restaraunt. You have to make the reservation at least 24 hours in advance and you can only do it between 9 - 5. There is a dress code for the restaraunts. No sleeveless tops and men have to wear slacks and closed toe shoes. The service in the buffet is awesome. The timeshare people got annoying the first day but then he left me alone once he realized I wasn't interested. Be very careful - the tile floors in the room are extremely slippery. Two of the women fell and almost everyone slipped at some point during the 5 days we were there. I finally put towels all over the floor because I didn't want to ruin my trip by falling.
We did most of our dives with scubawithalison but our last dive was with Dive Palancar. I had trouble with my ears so it took me about 5 minutes to descend. The DM didn't come up to find out what was wrong - just kept floating along. It was a little unnerving to watch them all move along with the current while I was going in a different direction. Our dive was over at 40 minutes even though most of us had close to 1900psi left. The boat dropped another group off at a different part of the reef so we had to wait at the surface for it to get them and then come pick us up. They do have gear lockers but it is a small crate looking thing and you hang your wetsuit on a shared hook.
We decided that Occ Grand is a perfect place for a honeymoon - beautiful grounds, pools and secluded. I won't return there for a dive trip though. There were a bunch of little things that turned me off to the resort.
We went into town one night for dinner - Kinta. It was awesome and very reasonably priced. The taxi was 32.00 for 8 of us.
One of the women from our group has stayed at SCC before - she had all good things to say about it but it is in town and is a dive focused place. Occ Grand is a resort that has a dive shop on site.
Have a great trip - I wish I was back there. The diving is amazing.
Julie
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