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Cozumel, Mexico

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We were so excited to dive in Cozumel, one of the most beautiful diving sites in the world.  However, there was one major concern:  we've dived with the cruise's diving outfit before, and it was a bad experience.  Lucky for me, I had recorded all of the details in my dive log which gave John all the information he needed when we docked.

Not only were we diving with Sand Dollar divers again, but it was the same dive master too.  And when John asked, he was taking us to the same sites as before.  John knew he was going to have to go in fighting for us to have a better experience, and once his feet hit the Mexican sand, he went all conquistador/gaucho.  Pulling out his fastest, meanest Spanish, he told them that we were planning on returning to Cozumel in August for an entire week of diving, all seven of us, and if Sergio wanted our business and money, he would show us a good time.  John then sat back and listened as a whole bunch of conversations and phone calls happened, in Spanish.  The kids and I were horribly embarrassed by John's pressure on Sergio, but in the end, we were thankful.  We had one of the best two lives of our diving lives.

One of the coolest things about Cozumel is that the island is surrounding by currents, so many of the dives are called "drift" dives.  In other words, the divers sink quickly and then just ride the current, hardly even needing to kick a fin.  The colors were gorgeous and we didn't want to come up.


We were our own boat!  Just us, diving together.

John's grouper friend that accompanies him on every dive.

A box fish, completely focused on finding food in the sand.




I love the colors.

See the crab?  We saw so many.

A new sighting--a baby eel!

The anemones are fascinating to touch.  The tips stick to your fingers.

I'm always so thankful for dive masters who offer to take our picture.


A trumpet fish

Some of our favorites:  gray angelfish


There was so much to see.  We could have spent an entire dive around just one piece of coral.

My favorite:  the spotted drum fish (adult)

A yellow tail Damselfish--the little spots on top look like diamonds

Don't think I wasn't tempted to take this sand dollar home!

See the shrimp?  Glo would pull them out with her fingers.

Another crab.

A gorgeous piece of coral

I can rarely catch a parrot fish in profile.


One of the coolest things to see underwater is a ray.
Cozumel Ray


Yes!  We will be returning to Cozumel.  In fact, the plans are already in place for a week long trip in August!  Even better?  Everybody will finally be home and all together--all seven of us, and our honorary Kennedy family member (and dive master extraordinaire) David!  See you then!

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  1. John KennedyJanuary 13, 2014 at 9:13 PM

    Cozumel is a great place to dive!! I loved it! Thanks to some last minute arranging in Espanol.

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