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Cozumel Trip Report
Posted by Cozdiva on 10/17/01

Trip report - Oct 7-14 - Allegro Resort

Allegro-
Although I had read some conflicting reports, we got a great deal to go AI this trip and decided to try it.  I was not disappointed!  I think I could sleep on top of the potty room at Paradise Café though as long as I was in Cozumel (and if you've ever seen this place, you know how bad that might be!).  Anyway, the rooms were very comfortable.  Maybe a little small but we only showered, slept and J in there so how much room do you need?  It was cool, clean and the beds were comfy.  The food was good to very good.  I'm not a picky eater but I would think anyone could find something from all the choices on the buffet at every meal.  There was always a choice of fish, beef, chicken and vegetarian dishes, along with a pasta bar at lunch and dinner.  There were tons of breads, salads and desserts to choose from.  Some things were better than others but considering I gained 7 pounds during the week, I certainly can't complain!  The two "reservation only" restaurants were great!  If you stay at the resort, don't miss making your reservation.  The only issue we ran into was that sleeves were required in all restaurants and closed toe shoes in the "reservation only" places (both of these requirements seem to be for men only).  The grounds and pool were beautiful and exceptionally clean and well cared for.  The staff was great and always willing to help with a smile!  The beach area was very nice with lots of lounge chairs and easy entry into the water.  We never snorkeled so I cannot comment on how that is.  We also were too pooped to go to any of the entertainment or parties so I can't offer an opinion on that either.  I would not hesitate to stay here again considering the great deal we got although I did feel somewhat removed from the real island experience until we got into our vehicle and got away from the resort!

Dive Palancar-
Upon reading some good reviews, we dove with the Allegro dive shop, Dive Palancar.  Once again, no complaints!  They have very nice boats and keep the divers to 8 max per Dive Master.  It was so nice being so close to the reefs!  We dove at Palancar Gardens, Cedral Wall, Columbia, Cedral Pase, Palancar Pennacles, Yucab, Palancar Horseshoe and SanFrancisco Reefs.  We saw beautiful coral, tons of fish, shark, turtles, octopus, crab, etc…  I did see one thing I've never seen before - a Spanish Lobster - on our night dive.  From the top, it looked a little like a flounder but with a hard shell and it had a tail like a lobster.  From what I understand, they are rare so maybe I got lucky!  We dove with several different DMs and all were great.

Fun things we did-
Once again, we rented a vehicle for the week (I love having the freedom to come and go whenever in our own vehicle).  We rented a Chevy Sun from Avis for $137.00 for the week.  We picked it up and returned it at the airport so we also avoided the "Suburban" experience!  It was sort of like a Tracker but more of a car with sunroof and no roof over the back seat!  It was a fun car and very comfortable even with 4 people!

On Friday night, we met up with some other chatters:  Angela, John, Christi, Denise, Gary and his wife, Suzie and her husband.  We watched as Suz went through all the stuff that John brought down!  What a trooper he is!  John, Christi, Steve (my hubby) and I all went to Prima for a fun chat and dinner.  We then met up with John and Denise to go do our turtle thing on Saturday afternoon!  It was so nice to have Denise to translate for us as Santiago didn't speak much English!  Digging those baby turtles out of the nest was something I will never forget!  I wanted to take one home but I decided it wasn't worth the 20 years in jail I'd spend if I got caught!  We all took lots of photos and are hoping they come out!  On the way back to town, we stopped at John's favorite bar (I cannot tell) and had drinks and a fun time talking and playing with the kitten.  We had planned to go to Manati for dinner but it was closed so we met up with Gary and his wife, another guest at HSM named Linda and we all went to Sonora Grill.  We all had drinks and a great dinner and just sat and talked for a while.  It was so nice to put some faces with names and I hope to meet up with everyone and more people from the board in the future.

We also met Alicia and Chucco and looked around at the Bed & Breakfast.  It is definitely on our list of places to stay!  It was so nice and clean and they were so nice!

We used the internet place across from Plaza Las Glorias.  It was very cool inside and everything was in English and the keyboards are the same as what we use in the US.  It costs $2.50 for 20 minutes or less or $4.00 per hour.  The computers were fast (compared to another place we tried) and we were always able to get right on line.  They also offer long distance calling at a great rate!

Of course, we didn't miss our favorite activity of just cruising around the east side of the island and stopping to play in the waves!  There were many surfers out as the wave activity was spectacular.  Be careful though, the undertow was severe!

One last thing, give yourself plenty of time at the airports.  It took over two hours in Dallas to get checked in and to the gate.  In Cozumel, the security is even tighter!  They went through every bag, checked or not!  No complaints, we felt extremely safe but just give yourself some extra time.

Once again, a great trip!  We are so bummed to be home!  We cannot wait to go back!
If you have any questions, email me!  Adios!

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