Arrived Saturday @ noon, had to leave Monday at noon.
ISIS RENTAL: They picked us up at airport and all the rave reviews I've read on here are very accurate. Use caution driving in town! Manual-shift VW bug was great, but I had to drive with my shoes off because pedals were close together.
HOTEL PEPITA: a great value and just as described on other reports here. Next time I may try Mary Carmen Hotel.
COCONUTS: Possibly the highlight of the short visit. This place is EXACTLY what I was hoping to see when I decided to stop in Cozumel for a few days.
SUNDAY PROBLEMS: Was VERY disappointed to find Playa Palancar (and most other beaches) CLOSED on SUNDAY! I had been looking forward to going there for MONTHS. From info on here, I was not interested in going to Playa Mia, but I was able to walk up to it and look at it. It was as I figured; even though it was closed, I could tell it had a strip-mall feel to it that did not interest me much. It was VERY different from the wonderful Playa Del Sol that was there 11 years ago and had a private island feel to it! Finally went to Alberto which was the only open place I could find. Nice place & good food.
PLAYA PALANCAR: WOW!!!, just as great as I hoped that it would be. Free admission. Great beach, and like Coconuts, I absolutely LOVED the grounds. I had read that snorkeling was available, but was shocked that it was only $30 for either 1(?) or 1.5(?) hours. The place was so beautiful that we decided it was worth bringing our friends back from Cancun later in the week (but we never got around to it). This would have been the highlight to the trip, but we only had a few hours there.
OTHER HIGHLIGHT: While driving the main road through the jungle to East Coast, an armadillo ran across the street in front of us - that was exciting.
GAS STATION PROBLEM: Pulled into the gas station with a half tank. Had to return the rental car with 3/4 tank. Tried to request that amount and thought we were in agreement. The attendant said to turn the key to the on position, started filling, then said turn the key off, and then filled it all the way up. Wish I knew how large the gas tank was so that I could have done the calculations myself and not spend over $30 USD for a "quarter tank". Oh well, I've got to blame myself for that.
LAST POINT: I learned that I've been pronouncing Cozumel wrong all these years. The "o" is pronounced like the "o" in close, not like the "o" in closet.