Comments on: Bonaire, Part Two: Off to a Good Start

By: Sally Vogel

Sally Vogel — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 02:41:55 +0000

I think you got fantastic pictures. I was using my Olympus point and shoot and found the shutter delay to be a real problem in trying to capture moving targets! And on dives I sure could have used a flash. So I’m very impressed with what you all did. It was a great to have met you all, especially a fellow Pomona alum!

By: Tom Reynolds

Tom Reynolds — Tue, 28 Dec 2004 03:00:49 +0000

The grouper at the cleaning station is outstanding.

Thanks for your writeup. It was hilarious.

Aside from the mosquitoes which is why we don’t go to Bonaire in December anymore, our experiences have been 100% different. We took one trip to Klein Bonaire and bagged the entire idea and focused on shore diving. We stayed south of town and dove between Windsock and the south end most of the time, only venturing to the north occasionally. If you go back consider building a bonaire stick [http://www.bonairestick.com/] and carrying a backup camera. Our photos are at [http://www.happyholidayhomes.com/guest_photo_album/album-1/index.html]

By: Ginnie Reynolds

Ginnie Reynolds — Tue, 28 Dec 2004 00:58:44 +0000

So did you rent your gear from Menno and Esther, or from another dive shop? And where did you rinse your gear?

By: Anastasia Laity

Anastasia Laity — Thu, 23 Dec 2004 17:39:00 +0000

Don’t worry; I’m a pretty picky eater myself – I really wasn’t bashing you. :) Mostly I felt sorry that you couldn’t find Kathy-friendly food! And after hearing your stories, I would looooove to go out eating with your entire family sometime! (And 3 dives that day was plenty, by the way – we wouldn’t have gotten up any earlier!)

By: Kathy Brantley

Kathy Brantley — Thu, 23 Dec 2004 15:25:57 +0000

I know you said early; I don’t remember anything about 8am. In any case, sorry about that! I’m glad you got in a dive while we slept, but we should’ve just made that the default plan so that you couldn’t gotten two morning dives in instead of one.

I do, however, take full responsibility for being picky. However, I would like to add two caveats: (1) I’m home in Boston with my family, and when you compare my tastes to theirs, I look like an eat-anything GOAT; (2) I threw up a couple times early Monday morning, which curbed any desire I had to try more adventurous food n our trip. I’m actually *trying* to get better.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 23 Dec 2004 06:43:53 +0000

Fangs for biting, chomp chomp.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 20:16:35 +0000

These stories are pretty fun. But why does that fish have fangs?