siegelreptiles
Contributor
Just got back from my third trip to bonaire. Had the whole family of 9 and only 5 divers. We did 15 dives, not as many as I like, but had a good time. Overall visibility was the worse I have ever seen in bonaire, a couple of dives were just horrible. Someone mentioned a coral spawn going on causing this, but not sure. We did the hilma one day and could barely make out the ship until we were very close to it. Still-bonaire on a bad day is better then alot of places on a good day. This time we rented a house in sabadeco and is was very luxurious. We used ab car rentals and they were quick to fix a problem and I would highly reccomend them. We used wannadive again for our tanks and like them.
The best dives this trip--
taylor made--awesome dive--great visibility--lush reef-
baby beach-got some low waves and went for it--awesome dive-saw a 5ft reef shark-big tiger grouper-lobster-lots and lots of southern rays
hilma hooker-had a nice second dive and saw a giant lobster under the hull-
the invisibles--best dive of the trip-outside the second ledge in about 95ft we saw big grouper--lots of them--leopard rays-tarpon-big cubera-very nice dive
bari reef--almost forgot--always my favorite---Bari reef night dive--not for the reef, but for the tarpon--I LOVE swimming with the big tarpon at that spot. Just an amazing experience. They are almost mammalian like when swimming with them. Seeing them eat and play and chase the smaller fish.
FISHING
went out with chris one morning-piscatur--caught a few cudas and lost a monster wahoo offshore
went out solo bonefish fly fishing and caught only one--missed about 4-
FOOD
carols/zeezicht was great--was my familys favorite
patagonia--good--felt like it was a bit overpriced and got mauled by the biters
wannadive bbq--always fun, cheap and tasty
malky snack-my favorite-order fish soup-ran my spoon through it and entire dog snapper tail and last 1/3 of body and entrails floats up--was like something out of an indiana jones movie---I have eaten all over the world and it ranks up as one of the most disgusting things I have seen put on a plate in front of me. AWESOME!--was actually quite delicious. Also had the ribs--Goat maybe? They were good.
the day before we left--bonaire bike week started, so we got to see all the bikes be unloaded off the cargo ships. Motorcycles were everywhere. Was quite a sight to see.
the trip was great---its one of the few places that I travel to that at the end of the week, I find myself not wanting to leave. Just like the island and everything it has going for it.
The best dives this trip--
taylor made--awesome dive--great visibility--lush reef-
baby beach-got some low waves and went for it--awesome dive-saw a 5ft reef shark-big tiger grouper-lobster-lots and lots of southern rays
hilma hooker-had a nice second dive and saw a giant lobster under the hull-
the invisibles--best dive of the trip-outside the second ledge in about 95ft we saw big grouper--lots of them--leopard rays-tarpon-big cubera-very nice dive
bari reef--almost forgot--always my favorite---Bari reef night dive--not for the reef, but for the tarpon--I LOVE swimming with the big tarpon at that spot. Just an amazing experience. They are almost mammalian like when swimming with them. Seeing them eat and play and chase the smaller fish.
FISHING
went out with chris one morning-piscatur--caught a few cudas and lost a monster wahoo offshore
went out solo bonefish fly fishing and caught only one--missed about 4-
FOOD
carols/zeezicht was great--was my familys favorite
patagonia--good--felt like it was a bit overpriced and got mauled by the biters
wannadive bbq--always fun, cheap and tasty
malky snack-my favorite-order fish soup-ran my spoon through it and entire dog snapper tail and last 1/3 of body and entrails floats up--was like something out of an indiana jones movie---I have eaten all over the world and it ranks up as one of the most disgusting things I have seen put on a plate in front of me. AWESOME!--was actually quite delicious. Also had the ribs--Goat maybe? They were good.
the day before we left--bonaire bike week started, so we got to see all the bikes be unloaded off the cargo ships. Motorcycles were everywhere. Was quite a sight to see.
the trip was great---its one of the few places that I travel to that at the end of the week, I find myself not wanting to leave. Just like the island and everything it has going for it.
