COZUMEL 4 APRIL

Even more diving!!!! Not often that we have such stunning viz and great diving. Today we take the scooter to the dive shop. I am very nervous, especially after hearing that Luc is allowed to help drive the scooter. So with Luc in front, Callie in the middle and myself at the back, we set off – very slowly, as requested by scared Monique! It is not that I do not trust Callies driving, it is the other drivers that I am worried about! Today we managed to book one of the best sites - Marachiabo. It is the last dive site, right at the bottom of the island and very deep. This is what we have come to do. We are with a really nice dive master (Pemba) and other good divers. We fall in and go straight down. The reef starts at 30 meters and then it is a wall straight down. Callie decides to go for it and levels off at 50 meters! 45 meters was good enough for me. The rest of the group is high above and suddenly we see them all go crazy and pointing upwards. I start to fin up and then also see the dolphin right above us. It is playing and swimming in circles! This is about the 5th time in my 400 dives that I have seen a dolphin under water. I stay below it as it swims out over the reef and as I look down, I see the distinct shape of a shark below me. I look around to show the others, but none of them look at me. Eventually I get Callies attention, but then it is too late. We are all on a high when we come out of the dive. Luc is not feeling well – did not want to stay on the boat, and I was really worried that something was wrong with him. He is asleep when we fall over for the second dive. One of the divers run into trouble and abort the dive, with her husband following suit. We finish the dive – really nice relaxed dive with lots of coral bommies. Eventually we both end up in a long deco stop (Callie 12 minutes), but he still spots a ray going up! More time next to the pool to keep Luc happy. He also goes snorkelling with Callie and they have a massive fall out in the water! So loud that the whole hotel hears it. Luc comes running out of the sea crying and refuses to speak to his dad, until he realises that there is a scooter and he needs to be friends with daddy again!!! We chill out at home and have a long chat with Joel (Pedro’s business partner) before going to dinner. We are not sure where to go, but Luc was keen to “get the partying going” (his new line from “Car’s”), so we end up in the most touristy, loudest restaurants of all! Food not too bad, but Luc is tired so we manage to escape the loud tourists!