Doing a favor for Genny

Our good friend Genny is always been very friendly with us and the service at the hotel front desk before the trip and during the trip is outstanding.

You need something in your room you go see Genny and she will make sure you get and no Mexican time before you get it.

This year when she found out that we were coming down she sent us an email and ask us a favour. With the service she has been given us over the years Christian and I couldn’t say no to her request.

She has been looking for a Nintendo Wii for her daughter’s birthday since they came out. They are impossible to get in Cancun. So last Saturday I got up at 7am to go too the Toys R’Us by our place and got in line for one of the 20 machines they were suppose to get that day. After 2 hours of waiting at -20 degrees I got the machine for her.

When she got my email about having the console, she was pretty excited and the answer was that we would have the best vacation ever at the hotel.

So stay tuned to see if this will come true.

My little sister coming along for the first week

My sister Hélène is joining us for the first week, for her annual trip. She got the itch for south after coming with us to Cancun last year. With her we will try new stuff and see new things. We will go around the Island to Punta Sur and tour the Park. We are going to do the Pirate dinner cruise and swim with the Dolphins.

Can’t wait to show her how much fun we can have in paradise. Last year in Cancun we got rain and the beach was not very friendly for swimming but this time she will experience the perfect beach. We came on island to spent the day and waited to see the carnaval parade but it rained on us so bad that we got socked and had to go back to the main land. This time Cozumel is not a day trip it’s a full 7 days for her to enjoy.

She will be leaving from Montréal and us from Ottawa. We are both leaving at 7am let’s see who will get there first.

Connecting to the flight in Pearson is so easy this year it’s only at 10h45 am so plenty of time change from terminal 1 to 3. The new monorail is easy to catsh and you don’t have to go out side anymore.

Time to pack again

Hello everyone,

We are at the 30 days mark and have to start packing again. Did the golf clubs with a bit more balls this time, the December trip was costly on does. Made sure we have some of the thing we mist on the first trip. So packed with the golf club are a change of clothes for Golf just in case Pearson losses track of our suitcases again.

We also pack a carry-on bag to take along on the plane with more then just a swim suite, beach dress and flip-flops. We have invested in some new suitcases because the other ones we have are way too easy to over load and 20 kilos for 2 weeks is not much. So we tried to pack the same things has for 7 days and will get some of the clothes wash half way through.

Time left before we go back to Paradis

Hope you enjoyed

Stay tuned for more updates because we are going back. With the weather being better then what we ever expected you can bet we will have more fun under the sun.

On the February trip we have my sister Hélène coming with us so you will get a new bee to Cozumel version. We will also bring our laptop with us since we have found that there are more and more places on the main plaza with free internet access.

Next trip we will be staying at the Meliá. The 3 of us will be down from Feb 23^rd till March 2nd and then just Christian and me from March 2^nd till March 9^th. We will probably get a visit from Christian Sister Sylvie and her better half Jacques for a tour of the Island. They will be across at the Bahia Principe for the March break.

Will be trying new stuff like the Dolphin encounter for Hélène and the Pirate Lobster Dinner Cruise.

See you then :o)

Main plaza down town

On the Main plaza this year they had a big Christmas three and Santa’s work shop. You will find all around town all kinds of musician, flower vendor and entertainment for every taste.

Last dinner at Prima

This is the last place we had dinner at and we were in the mood for Italian. Prima is on the second floor close to the main plaza. After a meal at this restaurant no mosquito will come with in 5 feet of you. You’re going to smell garlic for the next 2 day so be sure your love one is with you or he wont be talking to you for quite some time :o)

Souvenir from Paradis

Christian when he retired from the military got him self a Cadillac CTS. He just simply loves this car but he wanted to personalise it to him. So he took down with him an old plat from when he was in Germany and got it painted by one of the local artist. This way he will take Cozumel with him every were he goes in town. Daniel his the Artiste that created the plat.

Dinner with Julio-Cesar

We finally got together with our Friend Julio-Cesar for a nice meal. You can see his lovely wife Celena and daughter Jennifer with the music band at Gallo Blanco. We got the band to sign Happy Birthday to Jennifer she turned 7 on January 6^th.

This is our Hotel Playa Azul

Has you can see the view from most balcony is just fantastic. The staff at the hotel will treat you like family from the day you walk in. Very simple and very comfortable best bed we have ever had in Mexico not hard has a rock like before.

You are home sick?

Then Guido’s is the place to go they have the best Pizza in town. Have a look at this it will have you crave for your favorit comfort food.

All of this nice food is surved in thier backyard under the stars.

The vegetation is slowly growing

Last year all that you could see here was fish and total reef destruction. But look at what has grown after only one year. This in the 6 feet deep water. All of the nice colors around are slowly coming back.

You can't go to Cozumel and not do this

Every body we know has done some snorkelling somewhere around the Island. Our favourite spot is Dzul Ha. This is just a small snack bar on the beach with an easy way in the water but a place that will amaze you with the quantity of thing you can see under water. Just a bit south of town and just before the Fiesta American Hotel.

This is the name that is just over the entrence

For those of you how have photographic memory this the name to remember.

This is the reason we go to Chen Rio

Have a look at this meal believe us you will not regret stopping here to eat your feet in the sand with the freshest sea food around.

More of the wild side

This the view from the road just before Chen Rio one of the only safe place for kids to go swim on this side. They have lost a lot of there plam threes and vegetation.

Stop for souvenirs at Bob Marley

Everything is on the open and kids play every were and sleep when needed.

Day 4 we went to the wild side

For the new years we decided to go down on the wild side and have a look at the changes. Be careful the road if in full construction and not really in good condition. But they are working hard to get it finish. Keep in mind this is Mexico and nothing gets done over night. Enjoy the paradise on the Wild Side

This is nature at it's best on the course

We have seen a lot more fauna and flora then ever before on this course. Yes far more low bushes and not very many tall threes are left. But all sorts of new birds, butterflies, and flowers and some of the fan palm that were not very tall last year have grown by about 4 feet. Hope you enjoyed nature as much as we do on your next visit.

New creature on the course

This is the new bee for this trip. We have seen in the past crocodiles, iguanas, ducks, birds and wild boars. But this we never though we would see in full day light.

Lyne playing!

In the sand and it's not the beach sand. But it's the same white color. But she can handel it :o)

Christian hard at work on the course

This is going to be a challanging day lost 4 balls on the first 9 holes.

Cozumel Golf and Country Club

This is the entrance were you will fine the Pro Shop and restaurant.

Once you play your first round the Club will store your golf club so you don’t have to take them back and fort between your room and golf course.

Joaquin and Olan will take good care of them for you they will clean the club and shoes after every round and have then ready for you before your next room.

With a temperature of 30 to 35 degrees every day the restaurant will provide you with a cooler and cold water to carry with you. At this temperature Christian and I were drinking about 4 litres per round. Cost cheep $4.00 us keep in mind that everything is bottled and you don’t have to think about it before you get to the club.

The Course is a Par 71 Nicklaus design it’s not a PGA approved course but man be ready to lose some ball if you are not in your golf bobble that day. So put lots in your bag before your leave home because they are not cheep in Cozumel.

The vegetation has grown back a lot and since they lots most of the big trees and palm. You see a lot of new stuff around the different holes.

Lyne piece de resistance

Christian desert

Toast to all of our friends for 2007 from Lyne

Toast to all of our friends for 2007 from Christian

Dinner for two

This is so goooooood it melts in your mouth :o)

Prime rib mash patatos and steam veggis.

Entre for two

La Cocay restaurant

This is the back yard under the stars! Great place for romantic dinner.

With a lot of place for dinner for about 100 peoples. Very nice temperature 26 degree :o)

5pm 31-12-2006

The phone work me up at 4h30 Jesus has our suitcases at the Airport but no transportation to take them back to us. So got up and went to the beach to find Christian sitting at the bar talking with a very nice couples from Minneapolis.

We got the keys and went to met Jesus at the Airport to see if we could help since we add a rented car for the week. Great news for us our suitcases are there but 2 still missing. So 7 out of 9 still pretty bad after 48 hours of waiting.

Off to Melia to drop 4 of them and 3 for Playa Azul. So got back to the room to unpack and see if anything was missing. Cases were intact. Unpacked everything and pick something so the night in Town.

Big night at La Cocay

Day number 3

We got up again with a wonderful day ahead.

The sun was shining and the ocean was like a mirror no wind.

We got up a dress up in the cloths we had washed to go golfing again. The breakfast was just perfect French toast and bacon. We left with the car for the golf course total for the day Chris 89 and Lyne 101. We played with a couple on they first visit at the Melia and stop buy on the way back to salute Genny and Julio-Cesar. Genny was so happy to see us that we got big hug. Julio was not working until the evening.

Stayed with Maud and Bruce for a few beers and then went back to Playa Azul rumours were that our suitcases were in Cancun or Cuzumel.

Once at the hotel we had lunch and then the beach. After a few hours under the sun I started to feel sleepy and went to the room to snozzz. Christian was already asleep on the beach when I left him. This is New Years eve and don’t want to be sleepy at 11pm.