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If you have to use up some time share weeks or you have non-divers going along then staying at the Mayan Palace would be ok. The logistics though are daunting. You typically park several hundred yards from your room so you'll definitely want to leave your gear at the shop. It's also about a 30...

Having a timeshare week exchange about to expire and knowing that my wife wouldn’t be making the trip with me and the kids made Cenote diving the obvious choice for our spring break. I won’t bother reviewing the mega-resort (Mayan Palace) as most divers would be unlikely to choose this as their...

I just posted a positive review of a place I rented and felt like I was getting my head bitten off by a user there who was unhappy for some reason. That sort of left me with a negative feeling about the site; I guess others probably feel the same way.

I don't mind a drink or 2 to wind down at the end of the day but I don't think I can drink $114 per day worth of alcohol. I really don't want to see the spectacle of my 2 teenage kids trying to get their moneys worth on the alcohol front. I am sure we will return to Cozumel - but most likely...

After a couple of calls I found out that they want $174 per person per day just for the food. I decided $3654 is too expensive for the 3 of us to eat for 1 week. Once we factor in airfare, diving and other various costs it would be a really expensive week. It seems like a bit of a scam to me...

I am considering making a timeshare trade for next March (2015) and bring my 2 teenage kids (ages 18 and 17). I see that to book this through Interval International, I am obligated to purchase separately the resort food package. Unfortunately they don't say how much that costs and the...

We may well run into one another. If I see a lady with a rebreather I will come and introduce myself - I doubt there will be more than one on Bonaire that week. We are staying about 200 yards north of Captain Don's. I will probably come down and start a few early morning dives from their...

I will be down in Bonaire the same time as your group (last week of July and first week on August) and have rented a house just north of you guys. This will be my 7th trip to Bonaire. What makes this my preferred location is the diving freedom - no schedules, no limits on tanks, ability to self...

I came to check here for more details. Apparently the fatality occurred about a week ago. There was a very brief report in the March 10-24 Bonaire Reporter: "As we go to press police report well known Bonaire resort owner Mike Stanfield died in a diving accident on Bonaire's east coast. ore...

Nice shots. I think the first shrimp photo is a spotted shrimp rather than a Pederson.

Zeeb, I spent 2 weeks in Utila 2 years ago and rented a house about a mile outside of town on the water. This past summer I went to Cayos Cochinos (Turtle Bay) for a week. Both trips were with my teenage kids. I suppose it sort of depends on the kids temperament as to whether they will be...

That is pretty amazing actually. Most of us who are able to keep diving do not put a retirement date on our diving activities. I realize that this is now an old thread that I am reviving but I am fascinated by this statement. Diving is like sex, why would you stop doing it if you didn't have to??

Does he take folks to federal waters to spear the goliath groupers? From the video link, it looked as though he was rescuing a grouper that someone else had shot and did not bag but left the spear in place. I would not willingly book a trip to target goliath groupers.

Compared to Bonaire, Westpunt has much less going on in terms of non-diving activities. It is very sleepy and quiet on the far end of the island. You will have to drive to Willemsted which is about an hour each way to get to town.

Due to having inherited a Marriott Timeshare (on Singer Island, FL), our family is trying to decide between St. Thomas versus Aruba as an exchange for a March spring break dive trip. We've been to Bonaire 6 times and Curacao twice but never to Aruba nor St. Thomas. I expect that Aruba is...

I wonder what it is like if you head around the other way past the water park and into the cove on the west side. I will have to give that a try at some point. Anybody have experience swimming around that way?

I am thinking of a weekend of camping and diving at Dutch soon. It would be more convenient for me to set up camp late Friday afternoon so that I am all set up first thing Saturday morning. Do they make you pay full price for Friday if you come in the late afternoon are just camping (not...

The banco capiro is about 6-7 kilometers offshore and is apparently where the Tela Dive Center goes. I was able to find a bit of info on the internet: Travel Tourism Honduras: Tela?s Amazing Underwater Discovery I'd be happy to post a trip report when I come back (assuming we are able to make...

I will be headed to Honduras for 2 weeks this summer. The first week will be as part of a medical mission to Atima and the second week I will split off from the group (who is heading back to the states) and go with my family out to Cayos Cochinos. We will be staying in Tela for about a day...

Curacao can be "done" either way - that is you can stay in a resort near town and dive by boat and eat out all of your meals or you can choose to shore dive and make your own meals. Many folks who enjoy shore diving in Bonaire will also enjoy staying in Westpunt at AllWest apartments. They...