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 Cozumel Trip Report
Posted by kathleen on 11/19/01

Trip Report -  a little long

Trip Report
We stayed at the Paradises, last week Nov 12-16 2001, First day at DFW a little before we were to get on our plane we were waiting in the terminal and heard about the plane crashing in New York. I was pretty nervous but found out that it was mechanical failure so felt a bit better. Our flight was fine and landed on time. Got the green light and we were off. When we got to the Paradises we asked for an upgrade on our room from garden view to ocean view but they wouldn’t give us one, it was going to be  $30 per day so we stayed in the garden view. There probably wasn’t even 75 people staying there. The room was nice although we did have some mildew on our wall and ceiling, not real bad but still some. Everything always seemed damp (high humidity). When we arrived we were hungry so we went to the buffet; the food was really pretty good every time we ate there. When I saw the ocean I was so disappointed the water in front of our hotel was BROWN and gross. You could walk down to the El Cozumeleno for clear water but I wanted it at our hotel. No one ever got in it. There were guys cleaning up the seaweed everyday but it was nasty the whole time we were there. I asked the bartender how long it had been brown and he said about 2 weeks from the hurricane. I guess they couldn’t control that. Well we made the best of it. Got in the pool, it was really cold, sat on the barstools in the pool until I think my feet and legs were numb. Tequila warms you up a little though. Rest of the day just hung around the resort. We went to the show that night and every night they were pretty good. We went into town by taxi, our driver’s name was Jesus he must have drove us going about 80 miles per hour, we all laughed about it and said it was a good thing we were riding with Jesus. In San Miguel we stayed around the plaza and just took in the atmosphere. Lots of guys trying to get you to rent cars, timeshares, drinks, it reminded me of the Midway at the State Fair of Texas. Anyway we saw Poncho’s Backyard and decided to eat there the next night (our anniversary) it was really good although my husband said he could have had more to eat. We got the shrimp. The hotel gave us an iced down bottle of champagne for our anniversary, which was a nice touch Next day we rented a Geo Tracker from the hotel it was $67 dollars for 24 hours $17 was for insurance. We were scared not to have it. So we drove to the other side of the island, finally got to get in the beautiful blue ocean. We went to Mescallito’s-- really really great Margaritas, Couldn’t get drunk enough to pose naked by the Naked beach sign but we saw quite a few who did. We rode around town hollering Hola to all. We went to the supermarket and pharmacy, and to get a little beer and cigars. My husband said we made him too nervous to drive so we went back to the hotel and took a taxi back to Poncho’s backyard, for dinner, we also shopped a little at the Cinco Soles. Better prices were to be found several blocks of the Plaza. The last full day we went on the Fury Catamarans this was so fun it really made our trip. We got to snorkel the Columbia reef and the Palencar reef, we saw lots of fish and plants I loved it, then they took us to the beach and gave us homemade cheeseburgers and potato salad, we were back on the boat in time to see the sun set it was beautiful. They played party music on our way back and gave us cervessas and margaritas. Everyone was dancing and having a good time. A must do! Last day we had to leave at 11:30 so mostly just packed and ate. Got a taxi to the airport, they checked everybody’s bag there.  Took away lighters and batteries, which we thought was odd. Plane ride was fine back to DFW. Made it though customs, no problem.
We all had a great time only major complaint was the BROWN water in front of our hotel. I guess that was Mother Nature’s effect from Hurricane Michelle.

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