MexicoTrip

Text and images Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2001 Stephen Garriga. All rights reserved.

In 1999, I spent the months March through June working in Mexico City. I managed to sight-see on several weekends I was there, but only once did I manage to scuba: a two-tank dive in the waters off Cancun.... But I got out and about quite a bit doing other things.

Cancun

Drift diving what I would term a 'typical' Caribbean reef was fun, but Cancun is a P_A_R_T_Y town - it's hard to stay sober or get enough sleep to be safe diving.

The dive sites visited were "Pointe Negra" (18m) and "Grapillo" (16m). I wore a 3mm wetsuit, as did the dive master, but the other divers were comfortable wearing only swimsuits.

Coral Head with hole through it

For much of the time at the first site a nurse shark was hanging around. Since I paid for the video, I guess I can reproduce it.