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Thanks Heidi. I just have to pipe in about the picture with all the little fish. There are hundreds. I mean hundreds of them that form a big huge circle. In the middle of the circle is nothing. Above the empty part is where the barracuda stays. I saw the big huge circle with all the fish and was so impressed. Then I heard another snorkeler say something that when you see that the barracuda is around. Sure enough. I concentrated on finding him in the middle. Scary but really, really cool.
Selena, if you remember last year we bought a membership to the Occidental Vacation Club. It was an every other year membership. We decided to upgrade this time to every year since it didn't cost that much.
Thanks Heidi for posting the pictures.
Selena, if you remember last year we bought a membership to the Occidental Vacation Club. It was an every other year membership. We decided to upgrade this time to every year since it didn't cost that much.
Thanks Heidi for posting the pictures.
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Marcie - I was going to go to Las Vegas, but then I decided that I need to save the money for the wedding and the Honeymoon.
I can understand that!
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Sorry Marcie, we aren't going either. We have another trip to Mexico planned. See what happens when the kids grow up and move out?
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I did it....I finished my trip report.
Monday, Feb 4
Jeep rental was easy. We walked out to the main gate where a white Jeep was waiting for us. The guys from Executive got in a red jeep, and we got in the white jeep and followed him to their office. It was a very short distance. We filled out the paperwork and left by 9:30am.
We drove the coastal road and stopped at Punta Sur. The waves were crashing against the shore. Tried to get the top down from the Jeep but it didn’t work. Quite honestly, we weren’t too upset over that because we felt the sun beating down on us all day would be too hot. Off the main road at Punta Sur is a road to a working lighthouse. It cost us 10.00 to enter the National Park. We climbed up some very narrow steps to the top. The view was awesome. We had a 360 view of Cozumel and the Caribbean Sea. We are so tall that we had to get on our knees to crawl in and out of the top of the lighthouse.
We continued on our road trip. I have read so much about Coconuts on Trip Advisor. It is a bar/grill that is a must see. When we arrived it was exactly what they said. You have to climb several stairs to get to it. It has a spectacular view of the sea at the top. The bar has a reputation for hanging tshirts that people donate on the ceiling of their open bar. The roof is thatch. Its other reputation is to provide free shots to women that flash their breasts. The bar takes pictures of it and keeps them in several photo albums on the bar. No, I didn’t flash. We ate fish tacos, guacamole, chips and salsa. All were very tasty. The salsa was too spicy for me but Ted loved it. It was more food than we expected. Next time we will share an order of fish tacos. For all that food and two pops, it only cost 23.00 USD. Thought that was pretty good. They have a cat that everyone adores. His name is Garfield and looks just like Garfield. He decided to share our table and take a nap on one of our chairs. They have 2 roosters that run around and one cockatoo. I am so glad that we experienced Coconuts.
It didn’t take long and we arrived in the town of San Miguel. There were a couple of ships in Port. One was the Freedom. I thought of Selena. Ted did a great job navigating around town. We were forewarned about the “tope’s”. They are the biggest highest speed bumps we have ever seen. Must say that they certainly do slow the traffic! We found the perfect spot to park by the port and shopped. We bought a few souvenirs for the family. After that we headed back to Executive to return the car.
We got back around 1:30pm. We were so thirsty that we stopped for a couple of drinks. I had a diet coke, a cabana and found a new “favorite” drink. It is called the Grand Cozumel. I hope to find the real name of it so I can order it back home. It consists of vodka, Peach liquor, coconut cream, pineapple juice and grenadine. It is a frozen drink.
The Members cocktail party was a blast. They had several taxis’s take us to Alberto’s next door. It would have only been about a 10 minute walk on the beach to Alberto’s but they were nice to supply the taxi’s. Albertos is locally owned by one man. It is right on the beach. They are known for fresh lobster and shrimp. It started around 5:00 and by 5:30 we watched the sunset. Of course, the sunset didn’t disappoint us. The drinks supplied were rum punch, beer, tequila sunrise and margaritas. For appetizers we had guacamole, chips, salsa, shrimp cerviche and fish cerviche. I am now an addict of cerviche! We were able to get to know more of Madeleine and Daniel, managers of the Vacation Club at the Allegro Cozumel. They are very down to earth, fun, sincere people. We went to the party with another couple that we met. The four of us were the last to leave the party as we enjoyed getting to know the managers. It was to have been over at 6:30 but we caught the taxi back at 7:30.
Since we didn’t have a real dinner we called room service but it was going to take 30-40 minutes so we ran down to the buffet.
Back in the room at 8:30 and watched REAL AMERICAN TV. We watched Dateline about the girl that was murdered in Aruba.
Tuesday, Feb 5
This day is starting out sad knowing that today is the last full day of our trip. Ted did the chair routine and we headed to breakfast.
We had an 8:30am meeting with Daniel to upgrade our membership to every year. It took longer that what we anticipated but got to the beach by 10.
Went sailing again. Another nice windy day for sailing. We watched a Dive Palancar employee capsize a Hobie Cat twice. He managed to upright it once but the second time he needed help. One of the glass bottom boats helped him and then pulled him back to shore.
The water was pretty chilly so we only got in it a couple of times. Left the beach and went back to our room to enjoy our balcony. The Grand Cozumel was our drink of choice today. Love it.
We had dinner at the Sonoma Grill. It was just as good the second time around. Had the same meal as the first time.
Had to face the facts and packed.
Wednesday, Feb. 6
D-Day! Going home.
Did the morning routine and was able to enjoy the beach and water for a couple of hours so that was nice. Went back to the room to shower and call the Royal Club to get the bellman. Checked out. Thank goodness that it was a cooler day because we were in blue jeans. We managed to sit at the beach on “our” chairs until lunch. We managed to have a couple more of the Grand Cozumel drinks before we left. Thank goodness that the drinks never make us tipsy!! We had a nice leisure lunch and headed to the lobby. The bellman called for the taxi and it was there within two minutes.
The taxi dropped us off at the airport two hours before departure time of 4:30. I can’t say enough great things about the Cozumel airport. It was a breeze to get through everything. We flew out on time at 4:30.
Arrived in Denver to very cold temperatures. It was late and of course I didn’t want to cook so we stopped at Fazoli’s for dinner. We missed having milk every night so we both ordered milk with our spaghetti.
I unpacked all the wet clothes as Ted shoveled. Heidi and Chris shoveled for us but it was a windy day and it blew snow in.
Headed to bed around 10:00pm It feels good to be home but we are looking forward to our next trip to Mexico.
Monday, Feb 4
Jeep rental was easy. We walked out to the main gate where a white Jeep was waiting for us. The guys from Executive got in a red jeep, and we got in the white jeep and followed him to their office. It was a very short distance. We filled out the paperwork and left by 9:30am.
We drove the coastal road and stopped at Punta Sur. The waves were crashing against the shore. Tried to get the top down from the Jeep but it didn’t work. Quite honestly, we weren’t too upset over that because we felt the sun beating down on us all day would be too hot. Off the main road at Punta Sur is a road to a working lighthouse. It cost us 10.00 to enter the National Park. We climbed up some very narrow steps to the top. The view was awesome. We had a 360 view of Cozumel and the Caribbean Sea. We are so tall that we had to get on our knees to crawl in and out of the top of the lighthouse.
We continued on our road trip. I have read so much about Coconuts on Trip Advisor. It is a bar/grill that is a must see. When we arrived it was exactly what they said. You have to climb several stairs to get to it. It has a spectacular view of the sea at the top. The bar has a reputation for hanging tshirts that people donate on the ceiling of their open bar. The roof is thatch. Its other reputation is to provide free shots to women that flash their breasts. The bar takes pictures of it and keeps them in several photo albums on the bar. No, I didn’t flash. We ate fish tacos, guacamole, chips and salsa. All were very tasty. The salsa was too spicy for me but Ted loved it. It was more food than we expected. Next time we will share an order of fish tacos. For all that food and two pops, it only cost 23.00 USD. Thought that was pretty good. They have a cat that everyone adores. His name is Garfield and looks just like Garfield. He decided to share our table and take a nap on one of our chairs. They have 2 roosters that run around and one cockatoo. I am so glad that we experienced Coconuts.
It didn’t take long and we arrived in the town of San Miguel. There were a couple of ships in Port. One was the Freedom. I thought of Selena. Ted did a great job navigating around town. We were forewarned about the “tope’s”. They are the biggest highest speed bumps we have ever seen. Must say that they certainly do slow the traffic! We found the perfect spot to park by the port and shopped. We bought a few souvenirs for the family. After that we headed back to Executive to return the car.
We got back around 1:30pm. We were so thirsty that we stopped for a couple of drinks. I had a diet coke, a cabana and found a new “favorite” drink. It is called the Grand Cozumel. I hope to find the real name of it so I can order it back home. It consists of vodka, Peach liquor, coconut cream, pineapple juice and grenadine. It is a frozen drink.
The Members cocktail party was a blast. They had several taxis’s take us to Alberto’s next door. It would have only been about a 10 minute walk on the beach to Alberto’s but they were nice to supply the taxi’s. Albertos is locally owned by one man. It is right on the beach. They are known for fresh lobster and shrimp. It started around 5:00 and by 5:30 we watched the sunset. Of course, the sunset didn’t disappoint us. The drinks supplied were rum punch, beer, tequila sunrise and margaritas. For appetizers we had guacamole, chips, salsa, shrimp cerviche and fish cerviche. I am now an addict of cerviche! We were able to get to know more of Madeleine and Daniel, managers of the Vacation Club at the Allegro Cozumel. They are very down to earth, fun, sincere people. We went to the party with another couple that we met. The four of us were the last to leave the party as we enjoyed getting to know the managers. It was to have been over at 6:30 but we caught the taxi back at 7:30.
Since we didn’t have a real dinner we called room service but it was going to take 30-40 minutes so we ran down to the buffet.
Back in the room at 8:30 and watched REAL AMERICAN TV. We watched Dateline about the girl that was murdered in Aruba.
Tuesday, Feb 5
This day is starting out sad knowing that today is the last full day of our trip. Ted did the chair routine and we headed to breakfast.
We had an 8:30am meeting with Daniel to upgrade our membership to every year. It took longer that what we anticipated but got to the beach by 10.
Went sailing again. Another nice windy day for sailing. We watched a Dive Palancar employee capsize a Hobie Cat twice. He managed to upright it once but the second time he needed help. One of the glass bottom boats helped him and then pulled him back to shore.
The water was pretty chilly so we only got in it a couple of times. Left the beach and went back to our room to enjoy our balcony. The Grand Cozumel was our drink of choice today. Love it.
We had dinner at the Sonoma Grill. It was just as good the second time around. Had the same meal as the first time.
Had to face the facts and packed.
Wednesday, Feb. 6
D-Day! Going home.
Did the morning routine and was able to enjoy the beach and water for a couple of hours so that was nice. Went back to the room to shower and call the Royal Club to get the bellman. Checked out. Thank goodness that it was a cooler day because we were in blue jeans. We managed to sit at the beach on “our” chairs until lunch. We managed to have a couple more of the Grand Cozumel drinks before we left. Thank goodness that the drinks never make us tipsy!! We had a nice leisure lunch and headed to the lobby. The bellman called for the taxi and it was there within two minutes.
The taxi dropped us off at the airport two hours before departure time of 4:30. I can’t say enough great things about the Cozumel airport. It was a breeze to get through everything. We flew out on time at 4:30.
Arrived in Denver to very cold temperatures. It was late and of course I didn’t want to cook so we stopped at Fazoli’s for dinner. We missed having milk every night so we both ordered milk with our spaghetti.
I unpacked all the wet clothes as Ted shoveled. Heidi and Chris shoveled for us but it was a windy day and it blew snow in.
Headed to bed around 10:00pm It feels good to be home but we are looking forward to our next trip to Mexico.
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Oh wow tell Tammy her hair really looks great. It looks so much healthier and I agree with Sandy, it makes her look younger.
Thanks everyone. I passed along all of your compliments. She has gotten a lot of very positive feedback, so that always helps with the transition.
I enjoyed your trip report Sandy but it was always disappointing to look up when I finished and realize I was not there, too.
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Jrsy, you would love Coconuts!! It would be so cool if we all could plan a trip to Mexico together!
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Not if you all insist on keeping your tops on!
I would so be there.
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Maybe when Tammy gets better. There is a resort right next door that is more for families. It is closed right now for renovations. They will have a "water park" and a Cirque de Solei thingy. I don't know all the details. It is a part of the club that we belong to and if I remember correctly, it would cost everyone 45.00 per day per person. Kids 7-12 are half price. I talked to several people this trip who actually prefer that resort.
Good Evening everyone.
Had a boring day. Thank goodness I truly love my job. Otherwise I think I would go nuts.
Sandy, I loved the pictures and the report. Makes me want to go now.
Can you go to any of the Occidental Resorts? How do you chose?
Jrsy I am glad that the positive feedback has been helpful to Tammy.
Marice, I sent you another email.
Hey Heidi. How are the wedding plans going?
Did I miss anyone...Hey Cristi.
LuLu hi ya.
Had a boring day. Thank goodness I truly love my job. Otherwise I think I would go nuts.
Sandy, I loved the pictures and the report. Makes me want to go now.
Can you go to any of the Occidental Resorts? How do you chose?
Jrsy I am glad that the positive feedback has been helpful to Tammy.
Marice, I sent you another email.
Hey Heidi. How are the wedding plans going?
Did I miss anyone...Hey Cristi.
LuLu hi ya.
Selena, I just responded.
I know everyone said I was too nice because I was doing Dane's taxes, but you want to know something funny. I wouldn't get to gloat in how much he owes if I didn't do them.
He owes twice as much as I'm getting back. I think I'll wait a week to tell him.
I did my bosses son's taxes today. He's like a little brother to me and he's gotten me to do his taxes for years. It's a compliment to me. He's all grown up and married and they are more complicated but I got them done during lunch in an hour. He brought Aerial a movie, Akeelah and the Bee and asked his Dad if he could take me to a late lunch since I did his during lunch. It pays to be in good with the bosses son. I miss him a lot, he used to work across the hall from me, he started in college, just a kid of 18 or so when I started there. Anyway, we had plenty to say over lunch.
Now, I'm about to do my friend Lauren's taxes. I hope she gets good news.
I know everyone said I was too nice because I was doing Dane's taxes, but you want to know something funny. I wouldn't get to gloat in how much he owes if I didn't do them.
He owes twice as much as I'm getting back. I think I'll wait a week to tell him.I did my bosses son's taxes today. He's like a little brother to me and he's gotten me to do his taxes for years. It's a compliment to me. He's all grown up and married and they are more complicated but I got them done during lunch in an hour. He brought Aerial a movie, Akeelah and the Bee and asked his Dad if he could take me to a late lunch since I did his during lunch. It pays to be in good with the bosses son.
I miss him a lot, he used to work across the hall from me, he started in college, just a kid of 18 or so when I started there. Anyway, we had plenty to say over lunch. Now, I'm about to do my friend Lauren's taxes. I hope she gets good news.
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WooHoo, Mexico trip with the funky monkeys...that would be a blast and for only $45/night for food, drinks, entertainment, and lodging...how can we pass that up???!!!
Marcie - that is hilarious about Dane....hahahaha, serves him right!
Cristi - how are you feeling?
JRsy - glad Tammy is getting a lot of compliments on her new hair style. I know I cried when I cut my hair 9 inches and thought to myself WTH am I doing!!!
Selena - Boring days make the day sooooo long. Glad you made it through~
Marcie - that is hilarious about Dane....hahahaha, serves him right!
Cristi - how are you feeling?
JRsy - glad Tammy is getting a lot of compliments on her new hair style. I know I cried when I cut my hair 9 inches and thought to myself WTH am I doing!!!
Selena - Boring days make the day sooooo long. Glad you made it through~
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Yay Big Brother!!!!
Marcie - I went to the gym last night after a week resting my knees and I came back in pain again. I guess no couch to 5K program for me. I am going to have to stick with the bike and elliptical.
Marcie - I went to the gym last night after a week resting my knees and I came back in pain again. I guess no couch to 5K program for me. I am going to have to stick with the bike and elliptical.
Yes I know the elliptical is good for bad knees. Did I tell you I did 3.4 miles in 55 minutes on Sunday? Yesterday my legs were hurting after that and I could only do 2 miles. I didn't pack my gym clothes since my friends came over last night so I'm just going to to home and do my treadmill.
My step-Mom is taking me to lunch today for my birthday.
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