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Have not even had time to unpack yet, but the trip was great.
Stayed at Happy Holiday Homes in a one bedroom bungalow. We were very impressed with the entire setup of Happy Holiday Homes. Each unit has a private fenced in area with a rinse station and gear locker that allows you to securely hang wet gear. HHH made arrangements for a truck through Budget at the airport and we were greated with a brand new Toyota Hilux even though our flight was 2 hours late (after 10pm). The bungalow at HHH home was clean and equipped with a full kitchen. HHH also arranged for unlimited Nitrox at Dive Friends which has about 5 locations spread over the east coast of the island, so we were always fairly close to a tank exchange location.
As far as diving, we logged 20 dives from last thursday until 11am yesterday. Currents on the south point were ripping. We dove Red Slave and ended up having to do it as a drift dive. Other locations were more moderate. My favorites were Bari Reef at night, Oil Slick, and Karpata.
We ate at Casablanca, Richards, Patagonia, Vespucci's, and Garden Cafe. The best was Richards by a mile, followed by Casablanca adn Vespucci's in a tie. Garden Cafe has some interesting twists on pizza, so I liked it. Can not recommend Patagonia. The food quality was not even close to Richard's and the prices were comparable.
Bonaire Shore Diving Made Easy is a must. It made diving some sites much easier. I found the ratings of easy, intermediate, advanced to be accurate for me.
Summary: do Happy Holiday Home; do Richards. Get BSDME; read the threads here on SB concerning how to travel Bonaire. Example: I saw MANY people trying to spend $100 US bills, but I knew from SB that no bill larger than $20 would be accepted. I discovered that and many other valuable tips by searching SB.
Stayed at Happy Holiday Homes in a one bedroom bungalow. We were very impressed with the entire setup of Happy Holiday Homes. Each unit has a private fenced in area with a rinse station and gear locker that allows you to securely hang wet gear. HHH made arrangements for a truck through Budget at the airport and we were greated with a brand new Toyota Hilux even though our flight was 2 hours late (after 10pm). The bungalow at HHH home was clean and equipped with a full kitchen. HHH also arranged for unlimited Nitrox at Dive Friends which has about 5 locations spread over the east coast of the island, so we were always fairly close to a tank exchange location.
As far as diving, we logged 20 dives from last thursday until 11am yesterday. Currents on the south point were ripping. We dove Red Slave and ended up having to do it as a drift dive. Other locations were more moderate. My favorites were Bari Reef at night, Oil Slick, and Karpata.
We ate at Casablanca, Richards, Patagonia, Vespucci's, and Garden Cafe. The best was Richards by a mile, followed by Casablanca adn Vespucci's in a tie. Garden Cafe has some interesting twists on pizza, so I liked it. Can not recommend Patagonia. The food quality was not even close to Richard's and the prices were comparable.
Bonaire Shore Diving Made Easy is a must. It made diving some sites much easier. I found the ratings of easy, intermediate, advanced to be accurate for me.
Summary: do Happy Holiday Home; do Richards. Get BSDME; read the threads here on SB concerning how to travel Bonaire. Example: I saw MANY people trying to spend $100 US bills, but I knew from SB that no bill larger than $20 would be accepted. I discovered that and many other valuable tips by searching SB.
