keesmon
Contributor
Good morning Bonaire lovers,
So this will be my 4th or 5th trip to Bonaire, but this time we are going in a different configuration.
I'm bringing my wife (who sometimes dives) and kids (who don't) and we're meeting up with our diver friends, and teenage daughter who sometimes dives.
We have 2 trucks reserved from Poppy, as usual, but my wife does not drive a stick, and at 5'0" had a tough time trying to learn when she was there last in 2003.
Rather than trying to teach her how to drive stick on vacation again, and risk unnecessary friction, I thought maybe I should go with one truck from Poppy (which can hold tanks and gear for the 5 of us) and rent one Suzuki Jimny from Hertz (I get a discount from Hertz which will make the Jimny the same price as the truck from Poppy).
Doing this would allow my wife to take my kids to do other things around the island while the hard core divers are underwater using Poppy's truck.
My question is will the Jimny be rough enough for Slagbaai?
That's the only time I can see us needing 2 4x4's at the same time.
We plan to go out there for the day with 10 tanks and take turns diving Wayaka and what not.
I have full CDW through Amex's supplemental insurance policy, and will need to confirm that this covers off road as well.
Any advice or other workaround is appreciated.
So this will be my 4th or 5th trip to Bonaire, but this time we are going in a different configuration.
I'm bringing my wife (who sometimes dives) and kids (who don't) and we're meeting up with our diver friends, and teenage daughter who sometimes dives.
We have 2 trucks reserved from Poppy, as usual, but my wife does not drive a stick, and at 5'0" had a tough time trying to learn when she was there last in 2003.
Rather than trying to teach her how to drive stick on vacation again, and risk unnecessary friction, I thought maybe I should go with one truck from Poppy (which can hold tanks and gear for the 5 of us) and rent one Suzuki Jimny from Hertz (I get a discount from Hertz which will make the Jimny the same price as the truck from Poppy).
Doing this would allow my wife to take my kids to do other things around the island while the hard core divers are underwater using Poppy's truck.
My question is will the Jimny be rough enough for Slagbaai?
That's the only time I can see us needing 2 4x4's at the same time.
We plan to go out there for the day with 10 tanks and take turns diving Wayaka and what not.
I have full CDW through Amex's supplemental insurance policy, and will need to confirm that this covers off road as well.
Any advice or other workaround is appreciated.
