House #4 - The Work Continues

So I messed up and didn't make it over to the house with the camera before the work started on this house. Therefore I only have pictures of the progress. This house is mostly cosmetic but it wouldn't be home repair if we didn't come across problems. We recently found an issue in the attic that will hopefully not turn into a major issue.

The master bath shower had to be tiled.



The entry floor was redone.



The fireplace was stripped down and tiled.



The kitchen is a basic galley-style that we can't do too much to open it up.







The painters have started and will hopefully be done soon so we can put this house on the market!!

Cozumel, Mexico - Outside the Resort

Sorry for the length of this post but it was a pretty long day...We decided to rent a Jeep and explore the island. We left the comfort of the resort and tour guides and went out on our own. We had a blast!!

First stop of the day was the first town settled on Cozumel...El Cedral. The only ruin left standing is a temple where the women would go to pray for a baby and then once pregnant would return to have the baby in the temple. While we were a little disappointed by the lack of ruins in this town...we did buy our souvenir from them.


And we got a picture with a giant iguana...


Second stop on the tour was Punta Sur, a nature park on the southern tip of the island.


We climbed to the top of Faro Celarain, the lighthouse at Punta Sur. Yes...I went to the top of the lighthouse (even with my fear of heights)!! The view was amazing.








"El Mirador"...where the Mayans would watch out for the pirates.


This beach is named "La Playa Mas Hermosa" or "The Most Beautiful Beach". They hung up some hammocks for us and sat for a few minutes before we were off again.






At the Punta Sur park there are lagoons and surprisingly they have CROCODILES! I never would have guessed that there would be crocodiles in Cozumel!


Around the island they have "beach clubs." We stopped at a restaurant at one of these places called Playa Bonita. The food was excellent and we were both very worried about stopping on the side of the road but at that point we soooooooooo hungry we didn't care.


Continuing on our tour of the island, we stopped at the San Gervasio ruins.

The Little Hands Structure is so named because of the handprints on the walls...


The Tall House Structure is one of the largest structures in San Gervasio. This may have been the sanctuary of the Goddess Ixchel.


The Murcielagos was believed to be the most important building because it was where the Overlord lived.


Justin(Overlord???) played "King of the World" on the Round House Structure...


The Big House Structure

Cozumel, Mexico - Justin Attempts Windsurfing...Again

A few years ago Justin and I traveled to the Dominican Republic with his family. While we were there Justin tried wind-surfing and really enjoyed it. In Cozumel he tried it again and was a little rusty. Below you can see the pictures I snapped...

Pulling up the sail...


He's up...


Well...not quite...


There he goes...


Let's try that again...


Much better...except for the snorkler in the way...


One last time and I think he was spent for the rest of the day...

Cozumel, Mexico - The Resort

Justin and I decided we deserved a little time off so we booked a last minute vacation to Cozumel. We found some decent prices on resorts because the cruise ships have not found their way back to Mexico after this whole swine flu debacle. We opted to pay a little more for an adults-only hotel. Boy was it worth it. It was so peaceful. We walked to the other resorts on the property and it only made us appreciate where we were staying even more...too much like a college spring break with an event planner on the microphone playing games all day.

Here is the view from the restaurant where we had breakfast every morning. The food was surprisingly good for an all-inclusive resort. The service was great...we do wonder what it would be like if the resort was full. They were about 60% when we left. All the rooms at this resort were ocean-view. Below is the view from our room.

The grass roof is one of the restaurants.

The resort had a pier where the boats would pick us up to go diving. We did 2 two-tank dives. The diving is amazing in Cozumel and we recommend it to everyone. On just one dive we saw 5 sharks(including an 8-foot nurse shark), 4 turtles, lobsters, eels, and tons of fish. We were able to swim through the coral which is an amazing feeling.