Sorry about the pun, but the pastel shades are glorious. Heres to a happy and prosperous new year.

Looks like another good morning.

Happy New Year everyone.

Now that The Netherlands has changed to the Euro, will Bonaire be changing their currency too?

Sue, the answer is NO (I think).. the currency on BON is different to the Dutch Guilder, the BON currency is the NAFl, Netherlands Antilles Guilder.. I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong! We always use dollars on BON, but currency was something we looked into when preparing for our first trip... S

Thanks Sarah,

I knew the BON currency was different to the Dutch Guilder, but as Bonaire is part of The Netherlands I did wonder.

Good Morning Brian, Sue & Sarah. Great post of the dueling dive boats....Deb.

"Ouch! Darn that rock was sharp!"

Good morning! Charlotte's shy this morning...

Good Morning and Happy New Year to all!

What a morning - went grocery shoppnig and the car wouldn't start at the store. I left it there (COLD). Dad came and got me. Now to get everything put away and get back to the important stuff - like the cams!

Diver on cam!



And a big fish shot - wrasses and parrotfish:

I wish this was me. 43 days and counting

Jake, I am looking at purchasing my tickets for the Boston Sea Rovers weekend in March. They still have not posted the speakers. Are you presenting on Saturday? I am thinking of getting tickets for Saturday day and night, not Sunday too. Depends on when you are scheduled :-) And still looking forward to dinner Sat. night. Just an FYI on the effect of difficulties in traveling to Bonaire - I dive with a group who have gone to Bonaire in April for many many many past years (they only missed one year - following hurricane to my knowledge). The group is not coming this year due to difficulty in putting together a reasonable package due to problems getting flights and no charters. They hope the next year will come together OK. :-( Sad to see this occuring.

Here are a couple more shots of the people at the gate earlier:





Another sign-holder:



A small baitball:



And I don't know who this is:

Rusty, you don't recognize Jo???
Here is a late partygoer from last night...

Cynde! I called the shot Jo when I saved it but then I wasn't sure. I knew you would know. Thanks.

I was wondering about the orange mountain in this one:

rusty, a sailboat? either that or they have moved the salt flats to the other side of the island! Front door visitors...

Sue,

The Antilles will keep their currency. Only here in the Netherlands, we traded our good old guilder to the Euro. As far as I know, only in Suriname they change as well, because the dutch guilder is an official currency.

Martin

Denise,

I have no idea which of the two days of the BSR show I'll be presenting yet. I understand that the Web site pages at http://www.searovers.org detailing this info should be available soon (the president and secretary of the Sea Rovers were at the party here yesterday and confirmed that :-) ).

Jake

Sailboat sighting: I hope it's a sunset cruise

Great Capture Kevin. That one will have to be in the "Best Of..." pics at the end of 2002.

Thanks Mike. Is this Bo?

I'm still learning the locals name's

Oops, I mean Jo.

Kevin, that is Charlotte, the resident yellow tail damsel that lives in a hole in the mooring block the cam is housed on ...jo is the resident coney that hangs out right below the actual cam housing ...charlotte has been around for at least the year and a half that I have been watching the cams!
Charlotte going home...

Jo hangin' out


nice sunset!