Dates of travel:  8 December and 15 December 2007.  Airline:  Delta

Minneapolis to Atlanta, Atlanta to Cozumel.  Reverse procedure to return.
No unreasonable delay and it consumes about a half day to travel each way.

Where:  Iberostar Resort.  This is the facility Dan recommended when he
invited us to his island paradise.  It's rated #6 of all the properties on
the island of Cozumel.  It's all inclusive, away from town, and quite nice.
The rooms are located in one and two-story bungalow-style buildings made of
cement.  The property has a couple pools and various other forms of
recreation for guests.  The property caters to divers and non-divers.

The buildings were designed without windows that opened or sliding doors
with screens.  It wasn't warm during our stay and no air conditioner or fan
were required for cooling.  The room would have been more comfortable with
fresh air.

Dove with Dressel Divers, conveniently located on the beach at the
Iberostar.  They employ very personable people that are quite proficient at
their jobs.  It was a pleasure to work with the divers and land staff.  Dive
sites for the week included:

12/9/2007      Colombia Ladrillos

12/9/2007      Santa Rosa Reef

12/9/2007      Cedral Wall

12/9/2007      Punta Dalila

12/10/2007    Palancar Caves

12/10/2007    Paso del Cedral

12/10/2007    Yucab

12/11/2007    Colombia Cordillera

12/11/2007    Punto Francesa

12/11/2007    Colombia Ladrillos

12/11/2007    Punta Dalila

12/12/2007    Punta Tunich

12/12/2007    San Francisco

12/12/2007    Palancar Horseshoe

12/12/2007    Paso del Cedral

12/13/2007    Santa Rosa Reef

12/13/2007    Yucab

12/14/2007    Punta Sur

There are two dives in the morning, two dives in the afternoon, occasional
night dives, and trips to the Cenotes.  Both morning dives are scheduled for
60 minutes and both afternoon dives are scheduled for 50 minutes.  Most run
timely.  Nitrox was provided and it usually ran about 32%.  The O2 analyzers
rarely work but one of the divers provided one on a part-time schedule.  The
second dives were all shallow or shallower so there may have been tanks that
weren't analyzed.  None of the dives are really deep.  The deepest scheduled
dive was 100 feet but that overstated the actual depth I recorded of 92
feet.  It's really not that big of a deal since there is much to see at
virtually all depths.  You can see repetition in the dive site names and the
guides follow a pretty regular pattern so you may recognize the landscape at
times.  It's still fun.

The dive boats vary somewhat but are large.  There were up to three groups
per boat and up to 8 persons per group.  Dan, Pat and I were on the same
boat quite often and in the same group at times.  Even when we were on a
different boat we managed to surface together with their dive leader.  This
may seem odd to those of you not participating but my dive leader was Neal
Patrick Harris while Dan and Pat had Cote de Pablo.  The fact is I passed ol'
Neal up for Cote but still caught Neal's boat for the ride back home.

I shot 522 pictures that I kept.  That's quite a few pictures - some of them
are really good.  I think I'll try and figure a way to get them on line.

A note of caution:  You still can't eat and drink anything you want in
Mexico without potential adverse consequences.  I can't tell you how or why
but could explain adverse consequences as supporting the lumber industry.
All-in-all it was an excellent dive adventure with international
implications.