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Bonaire Dive & Adventure/Den Laman, Mar, 2009, by Bill, NJ, United States ( Reviewer 3 reports). Report 4727.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
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Comments	Bonaire has more to offer then any other place in the Caribbean atleast where we have been. We took the red eye from Newark and got in at 4:30am and to hotel at 5:45. (got a little lost trying to find it!) Stayed at Den Laman and was great. Only 2 things that could need improving is 1. when the lock up the nitrox 4:30 and no place to relax on the shore after a day of diving. Had a studio and was clean and comfortable. Started out with a dive briefing that lasted about 1 hour but was very helpful for a person who is new to Bonaire. Got groceries ate lunch and did our first dive on Bari Reef. Beautiful reef!!! Spotted morays, 1 free swimming, scorpion, groupers, puffers, porcipine, spade, angels, butterflies and this was just the begining. The coral, hard and soft were beautiful mostly at 30' and lower. Did mostly south dives as I was told Omar did not do as much damage in the southern areas which from what I saw is true. The coral up north was not as aboundant as the southern sites but has intresting entries ie:1000 steps - oil slick leap. Let me try and put down what I saw during the week. Eagle rays, Southern sting rays, turtles, sea snakes, spotted and golden morays, sgt. majors, flounder, jaw fish, tarpon, drum, garden eels and VERY LARGE LOBSTERS. I know I'm missing naming more but I suspect you get the jist of the amount of fish there is in Bonaire. We went with as many of the choices that you all gave me of where to have dinner. "It rains fishes, fantastic. Patagonia was some of the best beef I ever had anywhere in the islands, Lobster night at Den Laman just to name a few of the places. Truck rental from Total and was a very good experince. Was in and out in no time and the truck was just fine. It did not take long to learn how to navigate around the island. The dive freedom is what really seperates Bonaire from any other. Dive when you want and where you want. It is nice being able to hone on your own navigation skills and not have to follow a DM all the time. This is what we were trained for.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Nassau, Dominican Republic, Key Largo, St. Martin, Barbados, Cozumel, Red Sea, Belize, Turks & Caicos, Utila, Roatan, Bunaken Indoneisa, Lembeth Straight Indonesia, Xcalak Mexico, Playa del Carmen, St Lucia, Bonaire
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	75-77°F / 24-25°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-80 Ft/ 18-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	None
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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