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Bonaire Dive & Adventure/An apartment, Feb, 2007, by Colleen Kabat, WI, USA ( Reviewer 3 reports). Report 3251.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
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Comments	We stayed in Bonaire for 2 weeks. We met other diver friends from previous Bonaire encounters. We stayed in a newer ocean-front apartment. Last year we had a studio on the parking lot side, but this time we had an ocean front one bedroom unit. It was fully equipped and the only critters we had for 2 weeks was a 2" gecko and a pidgeon on our balcony. We have found this to work better for us than staying at a resort. There is more "down time" after diving and we were able to cook breakfast, lunch and a few dinners in the apartment. We used Bonaire Dive & Adventure for the second time. Andre' is a wonderful person who really understands how to cater to the customer. We had a "situation" last year with our gear and Andre' proved to us that he is a "man of his word." We will only use BDA from now on. His staff is very attentive and professional. We did all shore dives, but they interacted with us often. In 2 weeks' we did 30 shore dives each, most of them were 60-80 minutes long. Our favorite reefs were Bari (lots of species of fish, squid, octopi, etc.),Yellow Submarine (seahorses & frogfish), Something Special (frogfish), 1,000 steps, Karpata, Salt Pier (schools of baracuda), Invisibles (double reef), Witcheshut, and ... a little known reef, Taylor Maid (north end, pristine corals, large green morays, turtles). Our favorite restaurants are Mona Lisa (for bar bites) and Cafe de Paris. Richard's is great, also. Check out the "Last Bite Bakery," and it's worth the effort to find the "More for Less" grocery store. Pack half the clothes you think you'll need and double-up on some of your dive gear (2 masks, if prescription). The dive shops on the island aren't "overstocked." Watch for sand flees & sunburn!
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Akumal, Belize, Cozumel, Grand Cayman, Florida Keys, Roatan
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, noCurrents
Water Temp	80-90°F / 27-32°C	Wetsuit Thickness	1
Water Visibility	50-200 Ft/ 15-61 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	None.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Great opportunities for excellent photos. Many seahorses and frogfish. Northern reefs had larger fish and better visibility. Learn to use macro - lots of tiny creatures. We have a Sony Cybershot that's a few years old. It takes excellent videos and we have many of turtles, squid, octopi, seahorses and frogfish.

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Dive Review of Bonaire Dive & Adventure/An apartment in Bonaire/Bari Reef area

Bonaire Dive & Adventure/An apartment, Feb, 2007,

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Dive Review of Bonaire Dive & Adventure/An apartment in
Bonaire/Bari Reef area