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BD,
All inclusive is room and meals and I think some of the no motor water sports.
The hotel was fine the people polite and accommodating. The food was good for the most part.
There are buffet and sit down style restaurants. I found one of the finer restaurants quite good but don’t remember the name. The golf course is a short walk and connected to the hotel through a path, I don’t golf but our son enjoyed playing the course. There are tours through Apple Vacations to the Mayan ruins in the lobby. Did I mention my wife won a Apple Vacation through a local radio station?
There is a small unimpressive lounge most of the night life is off site. Since it was a family vacation we did not do the night life so I have no opinion on that. From what I have read it’s some sort of hustle where you hire a guide and pay some sort of flat rate to bar hop. Really I’d rather dive, drink for free on the beach, and take it some local tours. I can bar hop and shoot pool with my son in Philly for a lot less money. :-0
Objectively, it seems to me Cancun caters to the Mexican Nationals. Cozumel is more for The American tourists, and the diving is much better.
As for SCUBA, I wanted to dive Cozumel and did a lot of leg work trying to get there. In most cases you have to make you way to Playa and take a ferry to Cozumel.
I contacted Scorpio Divers in Cancun. They stood on their heads to give me great service. They sent a van to Iberostar a drove me to Playa were I boarder a boat ran by Dive Balam. No Ferry ride, the boat took us right to Cozumel
dive sites. See my review here >http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g150812-d2423227-...catan_Peninsula.html
We dove Cedral, and The Devil’s Throat. If you like drift dives this is a wild ride, going a little heavy will get you down on the reef. It’s a faster drift then a Florida dive and pretty close to flying. I would say it’s worth the time even if you can only get in one day of diving.
Scorpio Divers dive Cancun, The Cenotes and Cozumel. I would highly recommend them.
There was a problem with his credit card machine so he trusted me to pay him when I returned to the states.
I actually had to chase him down to pay him
Hope this helps, enjoy the diving!
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