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Hi Christina, Here some recommendations:
1. Taxis; car rental: There are no buses on Cozumel. The "taxi-mafia" won’t allow buses. Taxis are plentiful and easy to get no matter where you are.
I recommend renting a car. The island is very easy to navigate. The best car rental is THRIFTY. They are less expensive than car rentals like Avis in the airport. They are located just across a field just outside the airport, about 100 yards. But they will meet you in the airport. Book with them online at their site, www.thrifty.com on their site, enter CZM, the airport code for Cozumel. You can get an automatic with air for about $150 for the week. Insurance brings it up to over $200 but it’s still a good deal. Then you can explore the other side of the island, etc. The other car rentals charge about double that.
2. Attractions: If you drive to the wild (east) side of the island, visit Coconuts for lunch. High up on a bluff overlooking the Caribbean, a great view. The food is good, inexpensive and it’s a real "character" place. On the way back(you just drive a loop) you can stop at the ruins of San Gervasio.
You can also visit the marine park at Chankanaab, a five minute drive down the road from the condo, for good snorkeling and the offer swimming with dolphins for about $100. It costs about $12 to get in the park. They have some faux-ruins, a lagoon, and a nice beach. They also offer a beach-dive through some cave-like formations.
From town you can hop the ferry to Playa del Carmen, on the mainland. It’s a nice town to walk around. There you can take a motor coach bus to the ruins at Tulum, or the beachpark at Xel Ha (pronounced shell-ha). Interesting snorkeling, more dolphin diving, but a bit more touristy since they draw people from Cancun.
3. Food: There are a lot of nice restaurants in the town of San Miguel: Pancho’s Backyard, Guidos, Lobsteria, Pepes, Primas, and Winston. Check out town square on Sunday night for dancing,etc.
FINALLY, if you need a good beach-read or airplane book, I highly recommend ordering one of my dive adventure novels, set in Cozumel of course. You can check them out at www.milabooks.com
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