Adios to Cozumel...Back in Houston

We have made it safely back home. We'll be working on adding our stories to this blog, for now here are some of our favorite pictures:

This is our hotel room. There were fresh flowers on the bed, vanity and in the bathroom when we first arrived. A towel in the shape of a swan was on the bed. At night, our bed was turned down and chocolates were on the pillows.

This is the view from our balcony. You can see the coral reefs in the water, close to shore.

Sunset on our first night.

This is the spot where Eric suggested we snorkel on the second day. Just kidding - he didn't say that. Aren't those waves crazy? This is the eastern side of the island, the non-snorkeling side. Reminded me of Asilomar in P.G.

Dolphins swimming near our boat on our third day. You can see Eric's foot as he stood at the bow to take pictures.

Gearing up for snorkeling in deeper water. That's me in a swarm of fish.

Eric discovered a new love for free diving.

Some pictures from town

Day 3: Faaabulous!

Good evening everyone! We are very disappointed that we can't post pictures tonight because there was a weird island-wide power fluctuation/outagae and now the computer is not working very well. (But we are thankful that the lights and running water are back on.)

While we were eating breakfast at our hotel this morning, Eric noticed something moving in the water (ocean water - not his drinking glass). We ran to the pier and saw a pod of dolphins swimming by. It was such a beautiful site! After breakfast, we went on a snorkelling trip. We were surprised to find out that no one else had booked the trip, so this large boat, with a captain and a snorkel guide took just the two of us out, for no additional charge. So it was like our own private tour. While we were on the boat, we encountered the same pod of dolphins that we had seen from the shore. The boat captain did a circling maneuver to surround the pod and the dolphins swam along side the boat. Eric got some amazing pictures which we will have to upload later. That was a major high light of the day.

After about an hour on the boat, we arrived at our snorkel destination - which ended up being quite beautiful and I actually braved the deep water (about 30 feet deep). It was so clear you could see a long ways. The high light for me was seeing and swimming after a nurse shark, and later a turtle. Eric free-dove through a cave - we have a little film of it. I also fed fish by hand and Eric has a funny picture.

That's about it. Here are Eric's thoughts. Hope you are all doing well.

Eric's Thoughts - Today was amazing. I would have been happy just to see the dolphins, but the snorkeling was about the best I have ever experienced. I highly recommend this place. Take care everyone!

Day 2 - Pictures of Town

Day 2: More adventures

The computer we are using is very slow. So I am going to keep the journal entries short, and add more details when we get home. We rented a jeep today and drove around the island, as well as found one of the best snorkelling spots in the world. Yes, I can make this claim since I have snorkelled in a few other places. This, by far, was my favorite! I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. In the evening, we wandered around town and then drove down this very sketchy dark highway to get to the other side of the island. The first thing my brother said when I told him we were going to Cozumel was, "Why? Haven't you seen the movie 'Touristas'?" and that's all I kept thinking about while we were on this road. But it was part of the adventure, and probably doesn't make sense without going into the whole story, which I will have to do later. All in all, we are having a great time and we hope all of you are also doing well.

Eric's Thoughts - I am having a wonderful time! The snorkeling was awesome. We had a torrential downpour today, but even that was kind of fun to see. I highly recommend this island for a fun place to relax. Take care everyone.