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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dennis Harmon (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #1) on Monday, July 12, 2010 - 10:20 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Bonaire is 2 weeks enough ??? NO WAY

My wife Roxanne and I just returned from a group trip (26 divers ) to the the Plaza Resort in Bonaire. Just wanted to let others know if your looking for a great deal to Dive & Relax on vacation this just maybe your place.

We stayed in a 2 bedroom / 2 full bath / full kitchen villa with friends and while the furniture was a bit dated it was very spacious and worked out great for us. They are updating the entire property and we seen maintance people working everyday. They had 2 restraunts on site and the beach are grounds were great. They have just about anything you could want onsite.

Toucan Diving was the onsite dive op and Alex and his staff could not have been more accommodating. They even arranged a 3 tank trip to the northern dive sites for our group that is something they do not normaly offer. They busted their butts to keep the nitrox tanks filled and for a group of dive crazies like us and that isn't easy.

Management needs to step up and get them another nitrox compressor. Having to fill only 4 tanks at a time is silly since just about everyone is diving nitrox.

A special thanks to dive guides Carolyn & Jackson(AKA frogfishman) for great day diving to the north and Klein Bonaire. It's not often you get to drift dive the Slagbaai northern sites in Bonaire and Jackson your just Special (5 frogfish and 3 seahorse on 1 dive ) it's going to take a long time to top that.


While their are plenty of dive resorts on Bonaire the Plaza is a RESORT that offers diving and have a great staff to provide whatever style vacation you are looking for. This was our second trip to the Plaza and I can assure you it will not be our last.

Also I am please to report while our group did hundreds of shore dives all over the entire island for 2 weeks only 1 pair of sunglasses came up missing.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Barbara "CB" Gibson (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #5472) on Monday, July 12, 2010 - 11:05 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Glad you had a good time, Dennis. Group of 26...wow...

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Vince DePietro-www.bonairebeachcondo.com (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #3133) on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 5:58 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Dennis..welcome to BT.. I think you'll find that there is a certain rhythm from repeat visitors. It may start out as 1 week trip or even a day visit from a cruise. Pretty soon next one is 2 weeks. Then over time that morphs to 3 weeks. Add more time & well, that may very well will morph into months.
With each trip you learn more & more about the island. Can't wait to return in less than 2 weeks now. :)

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By **Jim Mc **-- But you can all me Link (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #3811) on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 9:40 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Dennis, a group of us that frequent BT, quite often, did a day with Carolyn and company last January. She is a wonderful person for sure. And Jackson, that guy was great as well.

My friend Tim and I also did a three tanker up in the park last January as well, on the new Buddy Dive boat. The drift dive we did at Taylor Made, might have been the most incredible dive I ever made. Tim thought it was pretty spectacular as well.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By iTimmmy (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #7473) on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 1:05 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Yes I did my friend !!

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bas Noij -- www.vipdiving.com -- (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #592) on Friday, July 23, 2010 - 7:25 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Next time Taylor Made from shore?

;-)

 


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