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[jjeling]

Chankanaab Park. Here is a link to the place. Great place to visit if you are ever down there.

http://www.cozumelparks.com/

[kat]

If you go to inland to Mexico, Playa del Carmen, that is where I stayed. I could see the island you were on. If you go to Mexico, you gotta try Xel-Ha! It's on the same basis as Chankanaab Park..sooo much fun!

[Mad Aussie]

Love the 1st two Iguana shots.

We live just down the road from Steve Irwin's 'Australia Zoo' ... haven't been there for many years though. I will definitely get there as soon as I can ... been waiting for the weather to cool a bit.

We have loads of stingrays in our bays along our coastline here. They are a pain to fishermen and scare the poo out of you if you are walking along the mudflats and they suddenly bolt off when you get within a few steps of them.

Gotta love the Mexicans paintwork in those houses ... so colourful.

[Marko]

I just love the way you've structured this thread JJ - just excellent and fun to read. I'm also liking the pix mixed in with the commentary....and I love the iguana pix!

[jjeling]

Thanks Marko. I thought instead of just posting a couple pictures from the trip, it would be better for everyone to get a taste of the trip as a whole. It is sometimes hard to understand or get a good feel of a vacation or an experience in a couple images. Not only that, by showing the experience in chronological order the viewer can really follow along and "feel" like they've been there with the author.
I have often thought of writing an autobiography journaling my progression as a photographer but it just seems to be too much work at this point. Im sure there are a thousands of other photographers who have done the same thing as well. In the area of fine arts, it is not my goal to simply be able to perform the "art" but to find a way to push the limits of it and create new branches such as music has(Jazz, rock and roll, hip hop, etc). It seems photography can be challenged in the same ways, it is my personal goal to figure out which ways this can be done.

[casil403]

Gosh...doesn't look like Cozumel has changed much since I was there 15 years ago in '94! I loved that little Island and the town of San Miguel is just awesome!
We took the high speed ferry a couple of times to Playa del Carmen to go cave snorkelling and to go to Chichen Itza pyramid but i could have simply stayed and snorkelled the entire time!
Can't wait to go back there...hopefully w/in the next 2 years....
I still think about that place often...best margaritias I've ever had too! ......sigh

[jjeling]

What would a day be without a sunrise? What would a vacation be with a sunset?

My dads birthday was on the last day of the cruise. The morning was pleasant, and signaled for the perfect day of weather. During the afternoon, it was sparse clouds, and the perfect ones(not heavy cover, but it does offer shade sometimes, I think they're cumulus clouds).The entire day that day was at sea and there was not really a special way to give him a present. After all, the cruise itself was his present. He walked around the boat with my mom while I was out saying farewell to the people I met. We reconnected in the evening and it made out to be the best way to capture his birtday, in front of the sunset. It has yet to get printed out but will be on his desk by next weeks end.



The End!

[JAS_Photo]

Very cool!

[Mad Aussie]

thanks JJ ... enjoyed that little cruise