Checking us in was an efficient and very pleasant lady named Jazmin.

Our room was ready and bellboy was standing by to take us there. After, that is, he finished laughing at mountain of luggage we carried. Writers, after all, never know when they might go from skydiving to scuba diving, beaches to ballrooms, and horses to helicopters, or catch a flight from Cozumel to Canada, and we were prepared for every contingency! The luggage even included dumbbells and a bicycle; my fellow writer was a fitness expert, so we brought plenty of paraphernalia to ensure maximum workouts. (I did wonder as we schlepped all this junk around town; who was dumbbell!)

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— By Bobbi Buchanan, Arkansas Correspondent, with Lena Hunt Mabra, Cozumel Correspondent, in tow.

Regarded as one of most beautiful ecological parks, Garrafon is a nature’s privileged site. On edge of a small bay with a natural reef more than 300 meters in length, where one can snorkel, dive, or visit Mayan temple of Goddess Ixchel , or walk through sculpture garden.

The Temple of Ixchel.

The temple is located above a cliff at highest point of island, facing towards Cancun , less than 30 minutes away by boat.

Considered one of most beautiful reefs in world, with a maximum depth of four meters — it is what is called a shallow reef — transparency of its waters and soothing currents allow visitors opportunity to appreciate different types of coral reefs formations and marine life.

The Mayan Goddess Ixchel.

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— By Edwin Ali, Florida and Caribbean Editor.