Live Picture from Cozumel, Mexico...
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Dorothy and Melayne in front of the deep turquoise blue waters of
Cozumel.
Melayne, Steve and Dorothy on the dock in Cozumel.
Cozumel, Mexico - 2004
Tuesday, November 23rd
Cozumel was a small fishing village
until the 60's, when Jacques Cousteau filmed and aired a documentary
about Cozumel's amazing sealife and reef system...The rest,
as they say, was history!
Millions of tourists visit Cozumel
each year...a real hot spot, along with Cancun, for Spring Break
partiers, too.
Our humble crew of Terry, Matthew,
Lillian, Frank and Steve visited the CruiseCritic.com highly
recommended "Paradise
Beach". We were greeted by manager, Tom -- what
a wonderful person. He definitely has to have the best job on
the island. FYI, CruiseCritic folks...he says he LOVES the Campbell's
Chunky Soup that you've been bringing him! See below for more
beautiful photos...
There was also alot of shopping
going on! Lillian, Frank, Dorothy, Melayne and Stacy were seen
hopping from shop-to-shop. Great shopping is easily found within
walking distance of the ship.
Steve, Melayne, Terry, Stacy and Matthew went
on the Catamaran Snorkel and Beach Party excursion. The boat
filled up from our ship's dock... took us to a snorkeling
area about 15 minutes away. We were basically dropped into
the water (about 75 folks on our boat), which was 20 to 30
feet deep. You could see small schools of fish and coral "way
down there", but all-in-all...the excursion wasn't all
that exciting. We all got kicked by (and kicked) other snorkelers,
the instructions were vague... "someone" in our
group tried to swim to the wrong ship (2 huge groups were
doing it at the same time -- both coming coming from identical
catamarans). The beach party was fun...the $8 burgers were
tasty, free beer, sodas and margaritas. The ride back to the
ship was "interesting"... one large party from our
ship decided it would be fun to pull each others pants down.
At least that gave us a little comic relief (we saw it all...)
After all was said and done, we would have preferred to stay
at Paradise Beach. We were stressed out after the snorkel,
and can see why the offer the free drinks: to calm you down
and help you forget what an awful snorkeling experience it
was!
Yes, we survived the snorkel!
Drowned Rat? No, just Mamie after a rough snorkel. But, she fared
better than some...???
Steve, Stacy and Melayne the catamaran, soaking up that Cozumel sunshine.
Terry is almost as tall as our sail...
A catamaran (with only 25 folks aboard) passes us in front of Paradise
Beach. This excursion really made us long for Paradise (Beach, that
is!)
Sea Anemone and a fish from our fun snorkel at Paradise Beach.
Paradise Beach... they've got it all.
An old anchor and some fish at Paradise Beach.
Steve: Relaxing...or in disguise?
This is more like the Steve we all know! And this answers the Cruise
Critic question: Does Paradise Beach have any hammocks?
Melayne before our trip on the Catamaran Snorkel and Beach Party
Excursion
Terry was able to avoid the others fins, 'cause he "knows how
it should be done"!
A photo from the coral "way down there" on our Catamaran
Excursion.
Mamie, just before the ship set sail... Now, stop standing there,
and get to the ship!
Matthew, with his "always fashionable" NCL neckware! Future
cruisers, be sure and buy a lanyard with a detachable clip... you
will always know where you stateroom card is, and can easily remove
it when you board the vessel...or in Matt's case, charge cocktails
to the room!
Stacy trying to find a new way out of her stateroom! She and Terry
loved the balcony, enjoying the sea air and views of passing ships!
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