Five day cruise on the Carnival Ecstasy to celebrate my parent's 50th Anniversary ![]() A two tank dive for our Cozumel shore excursion |
![]() We will taken to shore by boat today |
![]() Just off the boat and entering Cozumel |
![]() Enter from the top and exit from the bottom |
![]() Pass the photographers and onto dry land |
![]() Our scuba contact awaits in front of Ron Jon |
![]() Nice little Mayan Temple fountain in the middle |
![]() Fill out the paperwork with certification info |
![]() The excursion boats continue to depart the Ecstasy |
![]() The boats bring the tourists to their shore excursions |
![]() Another boat drops off another 300 passengers |
![]() Our scuba boat arrives to take us diving |
![]() Decent boat with shade, 2 ladders, & floor matting |
![]() The dive crew sets up our equipment |
![]() Donna hits the water at Santa Rosa Wall |
![]() Let the novice divers slam into each other ahead |
![]() Swam through 3 separate chutes through the coral |
![]() Donna maintains her distance from the novice divers |
![]() Plenty of nice, big Queen Angelfish on this dive |
![]() Not enough lobster for my brother's dining pleasure |
![]() Drop down deep and swim up the last chute |
![]() Donna comes out of the last chute on a nice dive |
![]() Back on the dive boat, Donna tells her Blue Hole bologna in the fin with Bull sharks story |
![]() The rest of the group relaxes, happy that they have a working depth gage, unlike David |
![]() Traveling back for the second shallow dive |
![]() All three cruise ships are nearby for dive two |
![]() Divemasters fins visible over 100 feet away |
![]() Caribbean spiny lobster tries to hide at Paradise Reef |
![]() First encounter with a Sargassum triggerfish |
![]() Black Durgon and a sea anomone |
![]() Sorry about eating your cousin on Tuesday night |
![]() And the camera starts to fog for the Bar Jack |
![]() Margates and Bluestriped Grunts |
![]() Plenty of big footlong filefish in Cozumel |
![]() Banded butterflyfish |
![]() Queen triggerfish - dang ole fogged camera! |
![]() The group encounted a giant cinderblock |
![]() Donna checks it out right before the safety stop |
![]() We return back to the dock after the dives are done |
![]() Still recovering from Wilma back on October 21, 2005 |
![]() Gather your gear and forget about a fresh water rinse |
![]() David lugs a heavy backpack full of wet gear |
![]() Check out the shops at the cruise ship dock |
![]() Most shops don't want dripping gear inside |
![]() Couldn't find a window display of cheap Guayaberas |
![]() Back to Ron Jon to head back to the Ecstasy |
![]() Need a Carnival ID & photo ID to clear the Federales |
![]() All the federales say, they could have had him on that day They only let him slip away, out of kindness, I suppose |
![]() Blue water at the cruise boat shore excursion dock |
![]() Back to the Ecstasy past the old busted dock |
![]() The Carnival Triumph is 30k tons larger than Ecstasy |
![]() She carries 700 more passengers and is 40ft longer |
![]() But I'd rather be in Ecstasy than to Triumph |
![]() Approaching the side of massive ship |
![]() The gangplank is ready to come aboard |
![]() The crowd debarks back to the Ecstasy |
![]() Earlier departure for a smaller crowd today |
![]() Back up top, watching the passengers return |
![]() Donna talks with Muskogee passengers on the delay |
![]() Norwegian Cruise Line ship also used shuttle boats |
![]() Two detained passengers force a late departure which is made with their remaining in Mexico |
![]() I betcha mexican prisons don't serve salmon and cream cheese bagels in lockup |