Vacation

[Blackout]

Good information, thanks. And nice pics as well. We're just looking for a nice relaxing vacation so I don't imagine I'll spend much time in Cancun. I definitely want to check out the ruins.
For those of you who snorkel are there lots of tropical fish and reefs right off the beach or is a trip out into open water necessary? I love Maui for this reason. I know several excellent spots right off the beach where the tropical fish are abundant.

[zooom]

as far as viewing wildlife...Tortuga park at the bottom of Cozumel is prbably a good bet with the family...


as far as Snorkeling, dolci has a much better before and after idea from when she used to dive down there a long long long time ago...and her characterization was that the coral reefing was practically barren in comparo to what it was due to what some of the storms had done...I thought it was neato as I had never done it before...we also rented some scooters and went exploring and found an abandoned resort at the top of the island wherre some locals were sailboarding and doing thier own thing...

[cyrus buelton]

For those of you who snorkel are there lots of tropical fish and reefs right off the beach or is a trip out into open water necessary?

I think it probably depends on where you are staying or if you want to make a drive to a location where you will find that, close to shore.

I have done it both ways in Cozumel.


Just be careful and familiarize yourself with fire coral!!!!!!! (don't know if that exists in Hawaii or not.....I've never been there)

[Bun-bun]

I dunno, Jud, Last cruise we took (In February) we brought back 5 assorted bottles, and 5 cartons of cigs, and noone said boo.
Maybe we just got lucky.

[cyrus buelton]

I dunno, Jud, Last cruise we took (In February) we brought back 5 assorted bottles, and 5 cartons of cigs, and noone said boo.
Maybe we just got lucky.

No shit?

Did you declare them on the form or did you just throw em' in your bag and go through customs?

I bought a new watch while on our cruise (amazingly the duty free price was cheaper then what I could get it for here, as I always look beforehand). Anyway, I declared the watch because we didn't purchase over 1,000$ USD of goods.

The customs guy looks at the form, looks at my wrist and is like "Is that the watch you bought? It's really nice."

I was like "yeah, it is. Might as well wear it!"

He then asks me the brand and I respond.

Kind of funny how he quizzed me on pricing to make sure I wasn't lying on my form what I paid for it. Tiff was about to grab the receipt and give it to him.

Of course we didn't declare any of the meds we bought.

[Bun-bun]

No shit?

Did you declare them on the form or did you just throw em' in your bag and go through customs?


Of course we didn't declare any of the meds we bought.

Yeah, we declared them. The liquor was in its own seperate box, so it would've been hard to pretend they weren't there without using Jedi mind tricks (These are not the bottles you're looking for.).
The meds, well, ooopsy.
My wife's a walking pharmacy anyway. by the time they get through looking at her meds, we're usually late for our flight.


Update; according to independent traveler.com, only one litre of alcohol and 200 cigs per person. Items from certain developing countries may be duty free under agreements with the United States government such as caribbean and sub-saharan countries.
Since our cruise stopped in St. Thomas, we were allowed the 5 litres and 5 cartons.
Jud wins(But we keep the liquor!).


Of interest to the OP; under NAFTA, items are eligible for free or reduced duty rates if they were grown,manufactured or produced in Canada or Mexico.
Go to www.cpb.gov/xp/cgov/trade/trade_programs/international _agreements/special_trade_programs for more info.

[rockaduc]

Just be careful and familiarize yourself with fire coral!!!!!!! (don't know if that exists in Hawaii or not.....I've never been there)

+11ty billion!!!!! Holy @#@$!!!! Make sure you know what that stuff looks like and FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY DO NOT TOUCH IT!!!!  Try not to touch anything on or around the reef(s) for that matter.