Fire at the Blue Parrot Hotel January 21

Well, the gods are with us.....the gods are soooooo with us we cant beleive it....

Last night at about 12 30 am, there was a huge fire at the Blue Parrot Bar where the original dive center location is. You all know it....on the beach beside the bar, huge palapa roofs made of grass covering the bar, the lounge and the dance floor...well it went.... poof... last night and we were saved....if we had been there we would have lost everything, equipment, tanks, cars, everything...the old dive center location is black and the structures to the south at the adjoining Costa Del Mar and El Pirata were burned down as well.....Dave is wiping his brow this morning...in fact we all are....

Now besides our great luck, we feel very badly for the Blue Parrot and especially our friends at the Costa Del Mar. We have not spoken to any of the owners as we think we should wait for this....we have heard that NO ONE WAS HURT which is even better....the gods were with all of us....it is truly unfortunate that this happened and our hearts go out to all....we are just so glad that we were not around.

Our boats are unscathed as well, thank goodness for the south wind and lots and lots of water they were sitting in....cars are fine as they were up at Daves house and all the staff is fine, no one was partying at the Blue Parrot last night.

In lieu of this, I think we can safely say that our final move back to the Blue Parrot will be delayed, again....we are not in a rush any longer and we think you will find the new location on 1st Avenue a great alternative....diving and boat launching is still easy...we still take great care of you and all of the guys are around to make sure you have a great dive vacation...again nothing has changed...we have just changed our look.....no, Dave has not had a hair cut...it is not that kind of change...god it could never be that drastic....Dave never makes radical changes as we all know...they are always changes that are best for you, our clients...

So come visit, we will pray for our friends who have lost and hope that their recovery is quicker than ours.....

We on the move AGAIN

So we are patiently waiting for the Blue Parrot location to be done...it has been a long time and it seems that they are working on the structure...we will have a new look when we get in so be ready...

In the meantime, we have had to shift locations. The local businesses of Playa Del Carmen are being very generous, trying to help us stay open while we wait for the Mexican work to be done...nothing moves fast here...though we think it does sometimes...but for whatever reasons this is not moving fast enough...so our time is up at the Corto Maltese and we have found yet another location...downt he street on 1st Avenue bewteen 12th and 14th....it is a great location and the guys flipped it in a number of days...great job they did and we are very proud of their work....Nicola held the fort in Tulum....and the guys stepped outside the box and painted, cleaned, designed...and dove....we love them really we do...I think that Dave should open up a business of dive center design as he is getting very, very good at this....

So pop by and say hi....Check out the location and see what we have up our sleeves...it is always something....our next move should be back to the Boue Parrot...fingers crossed...we will let you know...