Cozumel trip report! July 26th-August 1st

[94GTStang]

Just got back a few days ago from our annual Cozumel vacation! It was a blast as always! It did seem much hotter this year than usual, but that’s alright. The water was still a beautiful blue and the beers were cold!

We did two days of diving and two night dives with Raul Platas of bottomtimedivers.net. He of course did a fantastic job as always handling me, my fiancé, and our two friends! Our dives consisted of the C53, Tormentos, Chankanaab (at night), Punta Sur (Devils Throat), Cedral Wall, and Las Palmas (at night). The dives were great and the reef life was abundant! Much better than last year!

I bought the SeaLife SL960d strobe to use on this trip. I didn’t have any practice with it before we left, so some...err... most of my pics could have turned out better! Either way, I feel I took some nice pictures that would have been impossible to take without the strobe. As for the strobe, it worked perfectly and I never had a problem with it at all! Great strobe for the price! The camera is my old Sony Cybershot P-73 4.1 megapixel with a Sony underwater housing. A large majority of the shots were taken with a Sea and Sea wide angle lens as well.

Once again, we found ourselves staying at Fiesta Americana. They have great clean rooms and a well kept hotel. Not to mention all the rooms face the ocean! Can’t beat that!

Finally, to make it a really special trip, I decided to propose to my girlfriend. Where else but underwater too! Everyone was in on it and at the end of the dive at Cedral wall we all got on the sandy bottom and I pulled a seashell from my B.C. pocket. It didn’t take her long to figure out what the shiny thing attached to the inside of it was! Of course her answer... or head movement... was yes! I also have a feeling that the massage from Sally of barefootincozumel had something to do with her answer too...

Enough with the writing... here are most of the pics I took on the trip! I can’t figure out how to embed them into the thread from picasa, but I’ll post the link to gallery instead. Enjoy!

http://picasaweb.google.com/94GTStang

[jawfish]

CONGRATULATIONS!

Great trip report! And the pics are truly appreciated. Too bad someone did not take the "big underwater pic" of the proposal. What a cool way to say hey, will you live THIS life with me forever!!

Congrats again and best wishes!!

[94GTStang]

Originally Posted by jawfish

CONGRATULATIONS!

Great trip report! And the pics are truly appreciated. Too bad someone did not take the "big underwater pic" of the proposal. What a cool way to say hey, will you live THIS life with me forever!!

Congrats again and best wishes!!

Thanks a lot for the wishes!

Actually, my buddy took some pictures but only one really came out alright. It all just happened so fast I wish my camera decided to work on that dive Oh well...

[Big Mike]

Great Shots...Is that the C-53 wreck? I heard it had broken in half during Hurricane Wilma.

[94GTStang]

Originally Posted by Big Mike

Great Shots...Is that the C-53 wreck? I heard it had broken in half during Hurricane Wilma.

Yes that is the C53 wreck. It did break in half during the hurricane which apparently made it a much better dive than before.

[Zenagirl]

Nice shots! Gee, might have to go dive that Cozumel place one day.

[94GTStang]

Originally Posted by Zenagirl

Nice shots! Gee, might have to go dive that Cozumel place one day.

Yea, it was like an uncharted island paradise lol...

[Illini_Fan]

Thanks for the report and congrats on the successful proposal

[lucidblue]

Congrats on your engagement. Looks like you had a great trip. Love the photos. 3rdEye and I were just in Cozumel in June and loved it. I wouldn't mind making it a yearly trip, since the diving is great and it's fairly reasonable from a cost standpoint.

[94GTStang]

Yep! That's why we went back again. We thought about Belize for a week, then figured we could save ourselves $500 a person and stick with Coz. However, next time I travel anywhere, I am going to look into condos. With another couple, you can split the cost and make it really affordable. We grocery shop on vacation anyway so we don't eat out for breakfast and lunch.