COZUMEL-- JUNE 2011

Geno enjoys the hot tub at Villa Blanca Hotel. But it wasn't hot..."normal" (or tepid) is as good as it gets. Ocean is right across the street behind him.

Dive boats at the Villa Blanca pier.

A gray day at La Palapita pier...with a white heron checkin' things out. This beach bar was right across from our hotel and has live salsa music on Friday nights. One of the two cruise ship piers to the far left.

A blooming palm tree next the pool at Villa Blanca Hotel. I brought back some seeds.

Gene and Jamey smilin' thru the rain at our hotel.  We rented a VW bug hardtop for $30. a day.

Anchors aweigh at Buccano's Beach Club. This was a beautiful and expensive spot that we had not been to before. Big pool and great food with ocean views. Another rainy day so we pretty much had the fancy pants place to ourselves.

Mary loves to photograph lots of plants and flowers.

These seeds or blooms look like grapes, no?

Two of the four "Fury" catamarans. They takes cruisers for a party, snorkel and a stop at a deserted beach. We did it once years ago.

We had breakfast twice at Alicia's B&B. This day it was omelettes and the next time we had waffles. Chuco always makes guacamole, a big platter of fruit and fresh tortilla chips. We love Alicia, Chuco and Orlando very much even if we don't stay there any more. They are our great forever friends.

This is on the undeveloped east side and I was wondering at how powerful the ocean was to toss this huge rock up on shore. Must've been in Oct. 2005 during Hurricane Wilma. That was the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin-a Cat 5. The shore snorkeling hasn't been the same since. It takes at least 10 years for the coral to recover.

More remnants of Hurricane Wilma. It devastated the island but we were there in Jan. 2006 and it was amazing how the place bounced back. The islanders worked HARD and FAST! Not any govt. red tape like in the U.S.

Bruce has his bucket of beer, so contemplates the menu at Playa Corona Beach Club. He's been our pal for years and joined us from San Antonio for 4 days. O.K. shore snorkeling here..purple sea fans. We always stop at this spot for ol' times sake.

Huge palapa bar at Money Bar.... O.K. shore snorkeling spot with good happy hour and a live "house" band 3 times a week. Pretty sunsets.

The Red Eye house band at Money Bar. Their 1st set kicked ass...an excellent cover band. Their 2nd set not so good...their choice of songs wasn't my cup 'o tea. There's a 4th guy in the band that ya can't see in this picture.