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Posted by ljcoz on 03/02/02
TRIP REPORT

Costa Club Cozumel 
 

Ahh the 19th is finally here.  Time to head to Minneapolis for the flight out!! Some drinks by the pool, and on the shuttle to the mega mall for some more drinks.  Had a good time at Hooters.  Back to the hotel early.  Up too early, had to find somewhere to eat breakfast at 1:30 am and be to the airport by 3:00.according to our tickets.  Started check in at about 3:30, boarded about 5:30, de-ice wait wait.  Snow and rain mix yahoo!! Left the ground at 7:oo we're on our way.  Flew through storms the entire way down, but all in all it was a good flight.  Landed on coz at 10:45am.  Cloudy but we are here!!! Took some time to check out the Costa Club beautiful hotel, and have some adult refreshments.  We went down w/ some friends who have never been there before, so after a few more drinks we hit the streets.  First stop is the new Carlos n Charlies, I like the old one better, but I have never cared much about that type of place.  Our friends got pretty wild by there standards but I've seen wilder.  They had a good time so I was happy.  Usual walk through town.  Yes it is changing.  The Punta Longosta mall is a little out of place but the cruisers like it I guess.  Looked for the hacienda San Miguel but couldn't find it, it was one more block north.  Back to the hotel for margaritas on the beach.  The women had SOLS.  The sunset was gorgeous.  We went up to the room to get cleaned up and have dinner, but the restaurant was closed?  We are suppose to be a/i. Ahh they had a buffet set up on the beach.  The food was good and the skeeters were hungry as well.  Early evening everyone was beat.  Day two, Feb. 21.up early buffet breakfast was very good.  The sun was shining let's get to the beach.  Off to Mr. Sanchos, this place was very nice.  Lunch and drinks, good prices, good service.  Played around in the water while the girls lounged in the sun, and the sun was hot!! Gathered up our stuff and started walking north up the beach.  What is the next beach club I've never seen this place before.  But I have many times before, it is Playa Sol. My god has this place changed!  This used to be our favorite beach club on this side of the island, but I didn't even recognize it till we walked out of the entrance and saw the name.  We got around the cover cause we came up the beach, but it is like 6.00dlls for basic entry.  35-50 for the all inclusive deal. Catering to the cruise ships, I assume.  Back to the hotel for dinner, food was good again.  Head into town, our friends want to check out Senior Frogs, I've got a good day full of Sols and margaritas, so my head is thumpin right along w/ the music.  Gotta find some place quieter.  Up to the square Casa Blanca, nice and quiet just off the southeastern corner of the square.  Heard scary things about the food here so we just had beers and each one tasted way different.  It's the place w/ orange tablecloths.  Beware…early night home by 11:00.  Spend some quality balcony time w/ the little lady.  The pool area at the Costa Club is beautiful.  Wonderful lighting at nite.feb.22rd day 3…breakfast at the hotel again, I don't feel too bad about that as our fav b/fast place is closed Ernestos.  There is still one up by the la ceiba but we didn't try it.  We're heading to Cancun today, the wife said we have been here how many times, and we haven't even seen Cancun.  We have to go!!! So were off to Cancun, went to the ferry pier to get our tickets, and they said it won't leave for another hour and a half.  So off in search of the Hacienda San Miguel.  Found it today, met Angela, and toured the grounds.  Very nice place!!! We'll probably stay there next time.  The hummingbirds were gone though, but Angela showed us pictures that FTL had taken, very nice…now off to catch the ferry, we're walking to line up to get on and here hey you guys, its Gabrielle, he used to work at the Sun Village San Miguel on the square where we used to stay.  Now he is promoting a time-share for the Mayan Palace near Cancun.  We usually do a time-share to help Gabriel out.  He gave us lunch, 150 us dollars, and a ride to Cancun. What a guy!  He asked me remember how to play the game?? I said of course.  His brother David met us in Playa Del Carmen and arranged our transportation to the resort.  My god this place looks like Disneyland!!!! This place is going to be huge.  Way too commercial for me, they gave us the usual hard sell.  You can get in for only 70,000 for 100 years.  I made it quite clear I wasn't interested, but my buddy kept talking like he was interested.  Funny thing is he didn't have his credit card w/ him and I did.  The agent was a little angry and thought we rigged it.  Funny…the one that was interested had no card and the one that did wasn't.  I made her pretty mad w/ the over development speech, and how there was nothing for me to do here but on coz.  So we blew out of there w/ 150 cash us dollars.  Off to Cancun, wait it is pouring rain.  We decided to head back to playa.  This is the most rain I've ever seen in my life.  In the space of about an hour, it flooded all the streets up into the storefronts.  The ferry is just leaving hop on back to coz.  Sorry honey maybe next time to Cancun.  For the fifth try. Hahaha.  Back on coz still raining, 45 mph winds according to the Spanish weather channel.  They have some big Mexican party going on in the lobby, very loud and crowded, I think everyone from the hotel is down there.  It's like 9:30 and we haven't eaten yet, off to Palmeras for grilled chicken and pepitos.  Pepitos are sliced fillet on french bread w/ avocado, frijoles, and onions. Both were delicious. Back to the hotel for some sack time.  Day4 sat 23rd, Up early to get a hold of the kids not open, bummer. Wait till later.  Figure well go to Chankanaab.  Grab a cab and off we go, very windy today, snorkeling, and all other water activities are closed.  Bummmmmmer!  Cab takes us back to the hotel.  Take advantage of the all-inclusive drinks at the hotel for awhile and head back into town.  Wow is it windy, there is a boat sunk next to the flag monument downtown.  Fat Tuesdays for their kick #$% Pina Coladas, the women shop.  Enough shopping lets have dinner!  The New La Mission pretty cool place, huge.  Lions and all kinds of stuff.  Wasn't overly impressed w/ the food, it was good but very expensive.  28 dollars us for the seafood plate.  But it was worth it.  Well it's just about 9:oo better get to kiss my cactus to meet everyone.  Chumley, Richard, scuba Jim, Debbie Dallas, Christi, and of course ljcoz.  We all had a great time, everyone turned out to be really cool. It was one of the highlights of the trip.  It was good to meet you all.  Back towards the hotel, a few more cervezas, and its time for bed.  Hope the weather is better tomorrow.  Day 5 Feb. 24 alright the sun is shining and it is hot.  Good day to rent a car and drive the island.  Gassed up and headed out the cross-island road.  First, stop San Gervasio Ruins.  Never been there before not very big but impressive none the less.  Off to Mezcalitos, smelly, flies were bad down the coast we go to all the usual stops.  Chen Rio for pictures on the rocks.  A quick drink and on to playa Bonita. Same thing flies were very bad. So we keep driving el mirador punta sur and finally back at Mr., Sanchos.  Nachos, fajitas, and more sols.  Starting to cloud up again, but we milk it for all its worth.  Back to the hotel to cleanup, and off to the square for the festivities.  This is all pretty quiet around the square so a few more and off for home.  Monday Feb. 25th.  Beautiful morning sun is out and very hot, off to Chankanaab.  Spent the day in the water snorkeling.  We slipped outside the swimming area over towards the dolphin pen w/in 2 minutes the dolphins were at the side of the pen playing w/ us through the fencing, too bad they were locked up. They were very friendly.  We were under water and we heard this banging.  It was the guard telling us we had to get out of there.  Damn that was fun!!  I hope to one day be able to swim w/ them in the WILD.  One more tour down the shore and we have to go.  Were doing the wild tour through the north part of the island past Mezcalitos towards the light house on atvs what a blast!!!! We did the 5:00 tour so we started off in the light and ended our tour in the dark.  Our guide's name was Freddy and he would stop to show us hermit crabs, tarantulas, and alligator tracks.  So after dark we stopped by a little swampy are to look for gators.  We crawled out on these downed tree limbs with a flashlight over the water.  Well guess who had about 4 margaritas and fell off the log?? Yep…ME!!  Freddy said, "its not a good idea to fall in the water when were looking for gators…" hahahaha we didn't see any. Finally, we get to Castillo real wow what an amazing sight by the light of an almost full moon erie.  It was just a beautiful evening.  On the way back we were able to drive w/ the lights off, just the light of the moon lighting the way.  35,45 miles an hour through the jungle at night is awesome…I recommend this tour to anyone.  Inquired about going to the lighthouse the next day, 70 dollars each because we did the tour that night but they were filled up until wed.  We leave wed.  Our driver on the way home told us there was no power on the island. And in three states on the mainland, sure enough, no power anywhere.  Costa club must have a back up generator.  Oh well gonna try Cancun in the morning.  The wild tour is really cool try it!!!!!!!  Tuesday Feb. 26th.  Looks like rain again!  So we decide to skip Cancun, finished shopping for the fam.  That done, we hookup w/ the people we went down w/.  They decide to hang by the pool as the sun came out and it was hot. We opted for Dzul Ha.  Got there it was closed.  They sold me beers but would not rent me any snorkel gear, I was dis appointed but we made it there. So back to the Costa Dive shop.  Got some gear and dove off the beach at the hotel. Wow, what a pleasant surprise, the snorkeling off the Costa was great.  Big schools of fish like I haven't seen before.  Nice coves and underwater-lagoons.  I stayed out there until it was dark.  Off to Sonora Grill for dinner.  Lobster and steak!  Very good food, very good prices.  Went and bought silver necklaces for the kiddies.  Then went back to the hotel for some drinks.  Went up to the room and packed for the trip home.  Early morning up at 7:30.  We were at the airport by 8:30, very thorough search they checked the bags, and we went to the gate.  Our flight was suppose to leave at 11…by was delayed for 1 hour.  It was an excellent flight home clear sky.  Hell of a holding pattern over Minneapolis!  Finally made our decent in landing back home. Over all, flight was good, but the plane had some issues!  Awesome trip cant wait until next year.
                   ljcoz

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