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Saturday, November 29, 2008

Dive with Cristina

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I just got everything washed, dried and put away after a dive trip to Cozumel with our dive friends, Sue and Dave. We flew out of Houston on a Funjet package and stayed at Casa Del Mar. Dave and I decided to dive with Cristina, a divemaster I used on past trips. We made some great drift dives and I got to try out my new Canon G9 camera, quickly finding out that the camera and housing were very bouyant on the first dive. The air temp was in the high 70's, with the water temperature in the low 80's, kinda of unusual weather for Cozumel. I was lucky to find some weights for my housing and the camera problem was solved. Cristina was fantastic, treated us like old friends and loved my new camera. On our dives we saw turtles, barracuda, grouper, lobster, stingrays, anemones, and lots of French Angels and Queen Angels. The visibility was great and the current wasn't to bad, not a good place to use a new camera while drifting.
Dale and Sue lazed around Casa Del Mar and in the evening we went out for dinner. We found some great restaurants: Especias, Alberto's Beach Bar, Coconuts, La Conchita del Caribe, and Cochina Mexicana Dorados de Villa. We had a fantastic meal at Especias and enjoyed a young man playing the guitar, a real talent! A table at the water's edge at Alberto's Beach Bar and great food made Alberto's tops on the list.
We rented a car the last day from Isis and toured the island, stopping for lunch at Coconuts on the rough side of the island, ending up in some hammocks on the beach by a sign that read "Naked Beach".
It was a great trip, no problems, and we got in six great dives with our friend, Cristina Roman.

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