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Scuba Forum / Scuba Locations / March 2004special occasion in Cozumel
The countdown has begun to our two week Yucatan/Cozumel dive trip and second honeymoon/20th anniversary. We will be on the island for our 20th anniversary, and I'm looking for dinner suggestions. It doesn't have to be the fanciest or most expensive place, but really good food and atmosphere is a plus. thanks for your ideas newbie diver Penny > The countdown has begun to our two week Yucatan/Cozumel dive trip and second > honeymoon/20th anniversary. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Penny La Mission on the East end of the Plaza, I thought was exceptional. I thinks me had the Grouper. Pepe's is also very good - but tends to be a little more expensive. Get off the beaten path and try some of the 'local' eateries. >La Mission on the East end of the Plaza, I thought was exceptional. I >thinks me had the Grouper. If you mean the one on A R Salas next door to La Choza, it is gone.  SignatureRemove preceding and trailing X from username for replies (Sorry, but I'm SICK of spam...) >>La Mission on the East end of the Plaza, I thought was exceptional. I >>thinks me had the Grouper. > > If you mean the one on A R Salas next door to La Choza, it is gone. Damn! Gone or moved? > > The countdown has begun to our two week Yucatan/Cozumel dive trip and second > > honeymoon/20th anniversary. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Pepe's is also very good - but tends to be a little more expensive. Get > off the beaten path and try some of the 'local' eateries. I second La Mission. Food was good and safe and price right. Guido's.. > The countdown has begun to our two week Yucatan/Cozumel dive trip and second > honeymoon/20th anniversary. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Penny > The countdown has begun to our two week Yucatan/Cozumel dive trip and second > honeymoon/20th anniversary. > > We will be on the island for our 20th anniversary, and I'm looking for > dinner suggestions. It doesn't have to be the fanciest or most expensive > place, but really good food and atmosphere is a plus. La Cocay http://www.islacozumel.net/food/la_cocay/ La Veranda http://www.islacozumel.net/food/la_veranda/ Both these places are a bit pricey, but their ambience and food are very good. Gordon in Austin > > The countdown has begun to our two week Yucatan/Cozumel dive trip and second > > honeymoon/20th anniversary. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Gordon in Austin Gordon sure nailed La Veranda...but there's a better "special occasion" place that ,I think the fellow who owns the Mission also owns. It is at his house...absolutely beautiful and secluded,quiet, great food , and not too pricey. We spent just over a hundred bucks for four people including a coupla bottles of wine and a few beers.Can't think of the name right offhand, But I'll come up with it. Seems like it's a few blocks back from the square. Jack > > > The countdown has begun to our two week Yucatan/Cozumel dive trip and > second [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > the square. > Jack Just looked it up...Casa Mission is the name of the place. Jack Jack Sloan ran this through spell check: >> Just looked it up...Casa Mission is the name of the place. > Jack La Casa Mission, ,the one that's hacienda style with the big gardens? Been there last time but maybe worth a second trip...;-) penny > Jack Sloan ran this through spell check: > >> Just looked it up...Casa Mission is the name of the place. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > penny If you've been there then try La Veranda....Almost as quiet and secluded. Get the waiter to show you some napkin tricks. Jack > > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Here's an idea. Take a moonlit ferry ride to Playa del Carmen. Dine at Yaxche (Mayan Yucatan Cuisine) or Blue Lobster (great lobster prices) then have desert cocktails and listen to jazz at Hemingway. Be sure to note the time of the last two returns to Coz. Signature________ To email me, Edit "xt" from my email address. Brian M. Kochera "Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once!" View My Web Page: http://home.earthlink.net/~brian1951 You didn't ask for sightseeing advice, but here's a tip. If you visit Chichen Itza, which is definitely worth the trip, go by airplane. You arrive early in the day before the sun heats things up and before the swarms of other tourists (and there are swarms) arrive by bus. The only thing you stand in line for is the tour of the interior of the pyramid. The current pyramid was built on top of an older pyramid. You walk up stairs that have been excavated on the inside of the pyramid, and view their altar at the (old) top. That was pretty cool. There was a rumor at the time (Dec 2002) that they were going to stop doing the interior tour because the light damaged the ruins. I don't know if that has come to pass.. We took a 6-seater airplane from Cozumel to the "new" airport near Chichen Itza, which is only a few minutes drive from the ruin (the charter company arranged a bus). We set up the tour through our hotel. I don't remember the name of the air charter company, which is too bad because I must confess that we didn't actually do the _whole_ trip by airplane. On the way back, we landed at Playa Del Carmen. They let off the other two people in our plane (who were picked up before us on there way out), and said that a warning light had come on and we'd either have to wait a few hours while they had a mechanic look at it, or take the ferry back. We picked the ferry option. The tour company owner walked us a few blocks to the ferry landing, paid for our ferry tickets, and gave us taxi fare to get back to our rental car at the airport, with a little left over to tip the driver. And he talked to the rental car agency to make sure we weren't charged for an extra day because the detour made us a little late returning our car (we were staying way south, so a rental was as no more than a taxi). We enjoyed the ferry ride, not having done it before. My husband cynically claims that the airline didn't want to spend the fuel to take us back, and pulled a fast one on us about the ferry. However, since we were only in a hurry to get to the ruin, and not in particular hurry to get back afterwards, we didn't mind too much. After all, we were on vacation in Mexico. Something is always going to come up so you may as well enjoy the adventure. Becky > You didn't ask for sightseeing advice, but here's a tip. If you visit > Chichen Itza, which is definitely worth the trip, go by airplane. You > arrive early in the day before the sun heats things up and before the > swarms of other tourists (and there are swarms) arrive by bus. The > only thing you stand in line for is the tour of the interior of the a better plan for us is to stay inland for a few days, to visit the AZ's on our own time, without travel pressure. ;-) Penny S > You didn't ask for sightseeing advice, but here's a tip. If you visit > Chichen Itza, which is definitely worth the trip, go by airplane. You [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > been excavated on the inside of the pyramid, and view their altar at the > (old) top. My free advice, worth every penny, is that if you tend toward claustrophobia, do not do the inner pyramid thing. I didn't even know that I was claustrophobic until I went up those stairs, so my condition is mild, but I did not enjoy the experience. It's a long, very narrow, and steep (your nose is about level with the butt of the person preceding you) stairway in a rock tunnel a little over 6 feet high and less than three feet wide. You go up in a group, and you cannot change your mind and get back down past the folks who are behind you until you get all the way up to the room at the top and your whole group has gotten off the stairs into it. Contributing to my discomfort was the fact that it was near midday on a sunny June day, and the outside temp was about 104. Anyway, and needless to say, I was the first one in my group out of there. I don't guess I could ever be a miner... ;^) Other than that, I really enjoyed Chichen-Itza. Gordon in Austin Two other suggestions: bring a couple of litters of water. It gets hot and there's no water there until you get back to the entrance. Two: You can take the bus. It can be very interesting. You get a couple of tourist rip off stops, but it is also interesting seeing the countryside. It makes it into a day long trip, but it's a bit of an adventure. >>You didn't ask for sightseeing advice, but here's a tip. If you visit >>Chichen Itza, which is definitely worth the trip, go by airplane. You [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Gordon in Austin we visited Chichen Itza last summer and there was a concession stand/hut just down the path/road from the pyramid. They sold water, soft drinks and snacks. The bus ride from Cancun was long but we made a stop at a small village/tourist area run by Mayan descents that was ok. they had some cool T-Shirts. -- Ron Harter | Tongue, Tied and Twisted rharter@pobox.com | Just an earth bound misfit ... I | Pink Floyd > Two other suggestions: bring a couple of litters of water. It gets hot > and there's no water there until you get back to the entrance. [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > > > Gordon in Austin >s. It doesn't have to be the fanciest or most expensive >place, but really good food and atmosphere is a plus. Lots of La Mission mentions. They've moved. Right behind Viva Mexico. You want La Mission...not La Mission 2. Fresh fish...reasonable. Pepes...more pricey...good. Guidos....island tradition...try the garlic bread (it's Italian) Have fun. bj chicago La Veranda or the Lobster House on north of town. |
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