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CORALREPUBLIC Bonaire
2003
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Trip
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13 – 22 April 2003 |
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Photo-friendly?: |
Yes. They cater well for photographers, but I was not shooting a
lot on this trip. |
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Number
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17 out of 8 days of diving. |
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Diving
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Clear weather, generally calm seas with the occasional choppy
area. No currents. Water temperature 26 to 27°C Excellent visibility 20 to 30
m). |
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Comments: |
Another teaching trip with a group of friends, and that is why
we did a god number of dives on the Plaza Resort house reef. After two days
of certification dives, we went on the dive boats and dove off around the
island and Klein Bonaire as well. The hotel was nice. We took a mall suite with two rooms and a
common kitchen, but did not cook much, to be honest. Seems like the American
usual guests love to shop in the supermarkets around and cook themselves. We
did not feel our stay was long enough for that and chose to eat out. The diving was very comfortable from the Toucan Diving boats.
Lots of people diving in We dove with the famous divemaster Ebby. He took us twice for a night dive at the Town Pier. This is a very shallow dive
(max 7 m) under the pillars, all covered in soft and hard corals, gorgonians
of all colours, and plenty of weird critters, such as frogfishes, seahorses,
eels, octopuses, spotted drums and many more. Most other dives in Bonaire are
sheer walls, with very healthy corals and small stuff. The Hilma Hooker wreck is also a very nice
dive, with big tarpons on the lookout. Again, I shot with my trusty |
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