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Villa Coronado in Cozumel has Received a Fresh MakeOver!

January 8, 2020 By Tam Warner 2 Comments

UPDATE 8/17/2020: The island of Cozumel has reopened at limited capacity, and Villa Coronado is ready to receive you! Check out COVID 19 status. Masks are required in public places, restaurants are operating at 30% capacity, and snorkeling and dive tours at 50%. Our staff is wearing masks when interacting at the house with guests, and guests are also required to wear masks when interacting with staff. Book Now!

Villa Coronado has received a fresh makeover, and is open. Instead of staying at a hotel where you are exposed to many other people, check out Villa Coronado.

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Last month our daughter went to Villa Coronado to take photos of our updated vacation home. She is a professional photographer, Alexandra Minton Photography, and she went to our home in Cozumel to take photos of the new and improved Villa Coronado! Please enjoy this photo blog, and you can book at www.vrbo.com/368692. We are also on airbnb!

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Instead of a Busy Cozumel All Inclusive, look at a Cozumel Vacation Home!

September 6, 2019 By Tam Warner 2 Comments

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There are many Cozumel All Inclusive Resorts, but why not stay at a Cozumel vacation home instead? Staying in a vacation home gives you more privacy, the ability to explore the island, and an opportunity to try different restaurants and cuisines. Don’t look at just any vacation home, let me show you Villa Coronado, my Cozumel vacation home!

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That’s Rich! Vacation Like A Millionaire!

September 11, 2018 By Tam Warner 8 Comments

Vacation like a millionaire, baby! Once, just once, wouldn’t it be nice to see how the other half lives? And not by standing close by and watching from a distance. We want to sip champagne and mingle with the stars and do everything the mega-rich does. In normal life, it’s unattainable unless you have a couple of million bucks under the mattress. Oh, where did that come from?! However, you can get a taste of the good life on vacation. After all, it’s expensive but short. So, below are the tips on how to vacation like a millionaire. Maybe after this, you’ll upgrade to billionaire status! [Read more…] about That’s Rich! Vacation Like A Millionaire!

15 Photos to Make You Want to go to Cozumel!

March 28, 2016 By Tam Warner 4 Comments

The Mexican Caribbean is stunningly beautiful, and nowhere will you find more colors of blue than Cozumel! Cozumel’s blue waters are often referred to as the seven colors, or Cozumel de Siete Colores. I find the blues and greens on the island to be mesmerizing. Check out these photos and you will be ready to make a reservation!

Cozumel, Villa — Hammocks on the roof of Villa Coronado, our vacation home on Cozumel. The view of the blue waters and skies is incredible. Click Here for Availability!

Cozumel, Cozumel Blue — Cozumel Blue. Looking up at a snorkeler while on a dive.

cozumel, diving — The diving is fantastic.

cozumel, east side — Cozumel has different ecosystems…the East Side of the Island is beautiful with strong waves, blow holes, and sandy beaches.

Cozumel, snorkeling — Cushion Sea Stars abound at Cielo, a favorite snorkeling spot toward the southern point.

Cozumel, queen angel — The Queen Angelfish on Paradise Reef, Cozumel

cozumel, cozumel diving — Cozumel’s dive spots have mountains of coral structures and walls.

15 tam and margarita — The margaritas are available everywhere!

cozumel, la cocay restaurant — Of course, Cozumel has world class dining as well!

cozumel, la cocay — My favorite Chocolate Torte at La Cocay. Each plate is a different piece of art!

15 sunset stunning — Cozumel’s sunsets have to be seen to be believed. I took this photo while I was snorkeling.

2015 sunset at Villa coronado — Villa Coronado is an amazing spot to watch sunsets! I took this photo from the pool deck.

So…ready to make your reservation? Head on over to Skyscanner and check airfares! Skyscanner is a great tool to use to find the best fares! See you there!

Last Night in Cozumel

July 30, 2013 By Tam Warner Leave a Comment

It has been quite a trip! The first week my cousin Kathy came to dive with me, followed by the boys, my son Wes and his musketeers Cooper and Charlie, followed by fellow volunteers from my trip to Mozambique last year, Felix, Marcel and Daniela, and last but not least, my daughter, Alexandra.

It has been fun, but exhausting! I was constantly in the water.

Randy and I spent our last evening at Primas, one of our favorite restaurants in Cozumel. It overlooks the ocean and is on the top floor of a condo complex. Primas used to be one of the most popular restaurants in Cozumel, located on the town plaza. It moved five years ago or so. Most of the waiters are still there, but we sadly discovered that the former maitre d, Juan Carlos, passed away recently. He was only in his 40s, far too young to die of a heart attack. Matteo is our buddy at Primas, he brings us our drinks, and certainly knows my dinner order, every time we walk in. What was the Cheers saying, where everyone knows your name? Well, they certainly know our drinks and food.

We enjoyed dinner with Mark and Lyn, our next door neighbors, and our new Cozumel attorney and his wife, at La Cocay on Calle Ocho. La Cocay has the best food on the island, bar none. The meal was so enjoyable, Felipe and Maria are from Merida and love Cozumel, and their company was delightful. Maria was fun to talk with, she certainly has a mind of her own, an admirable quality in my estimation. Felipe told us stories of the Yucatan’s history, and it was fascinating! Apparently, the Yucatan (like Texas) was its own country for quite a while. In the 1840’s Mexico tried to conquer the Yucatan, so the Mayan workers (much like slaves in America) were armed, and Mexico was defeated. The Mayans were tired of their treatment and wanted their freedom, so they made a deal with Mexico: Yucatan would become a part of Mexico if they would help the Mayans gain independence and better conditions. Many of the Yucatan’s leading families were murdered, and the Yucatan went back to Mexico. This was 15 or 20 years before our Civil War. Interesting, right?

I confess myself ready to go home, which is strange for me. It will be a full house: my daughter has moved back home for a while in order to save up to buy her own place, and my son and his girlfriend are planning to move to Austin, but first, they will stay with us. Wes just graduated college, so they are coming to us from California with their dog, Layla, and cat, Gibson (can you tell my son is a guitarist?) to join our two dogs, Luke and Lucy, and our daughter’s dog Remy, and her two cats, Strider and Bella. A zoo, right? Absolutely! I’m looking forward to it, though. It will be far from dull. It will probably be the last time the four of us live under the same roof. They leave the nest, but they do come back to visit!

Well, we received our First Class upgrades on our flights (travel hint: travel mid week if you want to be upgraded!), but though I have worked like crazy today, there is still packing to do in the morning. See you stateside!

Too Close Encounter in Cozumel

July 3, 2013 By Tam Warner Leave a Comment

Nope, not with a shark this time. This time it was a fan. Yes, a ceiling fan. About 5a.m. this morning, Randy and I heard a major crash….I thought someone was smashing in the glass doors…I heard glass breaking and scattering, a one of a kind sound. Obviously, it woke us both up. So Randy turned on the light and said, “Holy shit, Tam, it’s the Great White Shark again”! At the end of my side of the bed was our bedroom ceiling fan, glass all over the floor and the bed. Randy said I was very lucky, if it had landed on me…..well, I was very lucky. Another incident/accident in Tamlife. Have you ever heard of a ceiling fan falling into the bed in the middle of the night? Another lucky escape. Whew. I’m glad none of the fans are directly over the beds…we will be having someone make sure they are secured. The first words I spoke were, “well, I guess I’ll go back to sleep”. Randy said, “of course you will.” In my defense I did go get the broom and started sweeping, but my loving husband said I wasn’t doing it right, so I went back to bed. After all, I was diving this morning, I needed my rest!

We arrived yesterday, and we all headed out for a snorkel late afternoon. We saw an octopus, lots of yellow rays, scorpionfish, crabs and itty bitty baby lobsters. It was raining, and I have never seen so many silverside fishes, they were thick, how many million of them? I don’t know. It is fun to swim with them, though!

We had very nice dives today, we went with We-b-Divin-Cozumel as usual, and it was great to see Yasser (Dive Master), Carlos (Dive Instructor), and Captain Jorge again. We’ve been diving with this group for about 10 years now. Their service is very nice, water, drinks, breakfast fruit and bread, then lunch between dives. If you like to take it easy and enjoy the ride, this is the dive boat for you. If you like to get out there FAST, in a small boat with water and fruit, I recommend Troy’s Pelagic Ventures or Challenge Diving. Our first reef was Palancar, made famous by Jacques Cousteau in the 1960s. Since then, divers have come from all over the world to dive here. Palancar is a huge reef, and it is dived in “sections”, today we did Palancar Bricks. It was Hawksbill turtle day! We saw 3 of them on that dive alone. We also caught sight of a Southern Stingray cruising along with its usual fish followers, waiting for leftovers. On the ascent, I saw a fish go after “food”, then pull away and take off. There was a tiny, tiny floating fireworm in the water, so tiny and fuzzy! Cute, yes, but oh, so toxic! NOT a good snack, and never touch one!

During our surface interval we sat and chatted with the other divers, it is always fun to meet people with the same interest. Then, our second dive was at Tormentos, one of my favorite dives on the island. It never disappoints, and it did not today! Groupers, coneys, crabs, fireworms (huge one!), egg cases, lobsters, eels…the list goes on! Please check out my Dive Encounters page for all the photos from today. The current was not bad at all, but there was a lot of particulate (food?) in the water. The dive was beautiful. I love finding tiny creatures and beautiful fish and…everything down there! Back in the water tomorrow!