Day 3 - Cozumel
Thank you to everyone that recommended Chankanaab Park. It was the
highlight of our cruise (Stingray City was a close second).
At 11:00 AM we took a cab from the ship to Chankanaab Park. It was $8
for the cab ride and $10 per person to get in. It was beautiful.
Grass umbrellas shaded free beach chairs. Snorkeling was unbelievable ($5
to rent equipment). Fish everywhere. I took some bread in as
suggested and was 'attacked' by around 200 
fish before I could get it out of my
hand. Take an underwater camera here.
The wife and I went scuba diving. A one hour dive with lesson for $40
each. I was
certified and had dove twice. My wife had never dove. With one instructor for
just the two of us I felt it was safe for my wife. The 20 minute 
lesson they gave my wife (in broken English) was not really sufficient
preparation to dive. She only stayed down 40 of the 60 minutes.
Diving was beautiful, tons of fish (big and small), sponges, caves,
etc... If you are PADI certified and have not dove for a while you would
love this.
We went to the free showers and changed, took a tour of the Mayan ruin
replicas, and at 4:00 grabbed a taxi into town to Los Sincos Soles in San Miguel. We had
dinner in the back of Los Sincos Soles at Pancho's restaurant. Good
food. We shopped briefly in Los Sincos Soles and then hit several other
shops. If we had to do it again we would have spent most of our shopping time in
Los Sincos Soles. Their prices were as good as anywhere and the sales
people were not pushy as in the other shops. The $4 Mexican blankets made
great gifts for relatives.