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- From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
- Subject: BONAIRE: Recommendations needed for accomodations for snorkeling/scuba
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.192535.14568@tc.fluke.COM>
- Keywords: Bonaire
- Organization: The John Fluke Mfg. Co. /a.k.a. The Gizmonics Institute/
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 19:25:35 GMT
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- My parents have decided to take a week-long vacation to Bonaire in May or
- June of this year, mostly to snorkel, and I've decided to accompany them --
- mostly as this is the first of their vacations in years that hasn't included
- mountain climbing or crossing the desert with a backpack (my folks are *not*
- feeble.) We're currently reading up on accomodations (the various tourist
- guides, along with issues of UNDERCURRENT and "Divers Speak Out"); and while
- I plan to get a day or two of scuba diving in while I'm there, the majority
- of the diving will be snorkeling from the shore, something many of the dive
- guides don't go into in detail. We plan to rent a car and go snorkeling all
- over the west shore of the island, but would like to do some "right off the
- back porch", so to speak.
-
- We're looking for a pretty low-key place -- not spartan, but definitely not
- swank or "party city". We plan to spend as much time in the water as
- possible; a condo would be fine. Main goals are a) comfort and nice
- atmosphere, and b) good snorkeling from the shore. Hotel support for scuba
- diving isn't an item on our "want" list; I plan to sign up for a couple
- dives with one of the recommended dive outfits on my own while I'm there.
-
- We've noticed a couple of places that get good recommendations in several of
- the guides; if you've had any experiences with these (or any other
- hotels/condos), I'd greatly appreciate hearing from you. The places we've
- seen recommended are:
-
- * Captain Don's Habitat
-
- * Sand Dollar Beach Club
-
- * Carib Inn
-
- * Bonaire Beach Bungalows
-
- * Sunset Inn
-
- I'd be happy to summarize any comments I get for the group in a couple of
- weeks. Thanks!
-
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