I have purchased my airfare and dive package for 18-25 APR 2009 for my first trip to Bonaire. Will be staying at Eden Beach, diving with Wannadive, and not sure where my truck is rented from but I got one. The problem is I am stuck in Kosovo on deployment with no water anywhere near me and I'm going crazy in anticipation. I will be home sometime in March and this trip is sorta my welcome home gift from me. I wind up reading BT at work for hours on end (I'm not too busy at work) and I think it's not helping my problem. I have read about post-Bonaire depression but do you folks have any cure for pre- Bonaire anxiety? Just to put an end to your first thought alcohol is against the rules here.

Thanks for letting me vent any help appreciated.

Mitch

Mitch, first, thank you for your service

Second, welcome to BT.

Third, nope, only cure is when you step off that plane and smell that fresh bonaire air

someone should send him BSDME...

Mitch, like Tink {AKA Cynde} said THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOMS OF OUR HEARTS AND THE TOP TOO..
I just had to yell that!!!
I am in Bon as I type.. You will hate it here {NOT!!!! I just thought that would make you feel better..}
Thanks for venting here on BT as you probably know, there is no better place to vent about Bonaire than right here..

Ok time to get the camera up and running for the first dive today.. I will be downloading ,hopefully decent photos this evening..along with a play by play, day by day report..so much easier that way..
have a safe day and again THANK YOU!!!

Mitch, Welcome to Bonaire Talk!! Thanks for your service to our country. I hope your "welcome home" gift is everything you hope for and more. I have only gone to Bonaire fifteen times and don't think it is everything, everyone says it is. Will probably have to go back myself someday just to verify

Freddie, methinks your reports should be done at 6 am 12 noon and 6 pm. Have fun today!!! GOT COFFEE?!?!

Hi all, you too PATRICK!!!

Do I smell coffee brewing!?????? Pass some over here!!!

Hi all...Mitch, welcome to BT and I am thoroughly jealous because I've NEVER been to Bonaire, but oh how I WANT TO GO!! My daughter did a study abroad semester there last year and that's how I discovered paradise and the heavenly friends I've made through BT!!

See ya'll later..

Welcome Mitch and also thanks for your service. Five trips to Bonaire, four times at Eden Beach. Bonaire is just OK, not a lot different then Budva in the summer, the water is a little warmer and clearer and more fish and the beer's colder, the sun is bit hotter, oh, and the food is a bit better and there's palm trees and lizards.



Oh there is one other thing to differentiate the two places, no one will be shooting at you, ever.


Have a great trip and we exist all hearing all about it, with pictures.

What you will soon be viewing.

Welcome Mitch! Again, thanks for serving. I think your welcome home gift to yourself is fabulous! Hang in there until then, and come to chat with us often!

Welcome to BT Mitch. You are in for a treat.

Thank you, now carry on.

Welcome Mitch!!!!
As said and sincerely meant from all of us a HUGE
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!!!!!
I think you found the only medicine (there is no cure) for Pre-Bonaire-Anxiety.... BT!!!
Doctor's orders are hours upon hours of reading trip reports (doesn't matter how old they are) and gazing at the pictures (turning your head in either direction helps to see the fishies better), study on fish ID is a must, pre-planning a few restaurants to check out and printing favorite threads, links and maps (okay so I had a 3 ring binder by the time I went!).
This community can get you through and before you know it, you'll be sweating away in a pink airport waiting for your luggage

Good on ya!

OK, since Cecil posted on, I'm gonna post some WATER FOR MITCH who is somewhere where there is NO WATER...just had to yell.



Mitch, enjoy

(Message edited by cyndelee on November 3, 2008)

Mitch,
Welcome to BT (aka the nut-house) and again... thank you for your service to our country!!!!

My fellow inmates...er... BT'ers are correct (Just kidding, you guys know it's all LOVE) BT is the only cure for PBA (pre-Bonaire anticipation)

Here's a few more pictures for you to help while away the time until you get there.







Cheers!!!!

As luck would have it the internet crashed out here for a couple of days so I couldn’t respond when I wanted to but better late than never. Thanks for all of your support. I enjoy being a part of the Army and it’s good to know there are people who support us. Keep those pictures and reports flowing, they help keep what little bit of sanity I have left. If yall get bored of pics of paradise I will try to send some pics of the next top vacation destination of Kosovo LOL.

Cecil, lucky for me there is no shooting at all over here but I still get the hazard duty pay.

Thank you all for the support
Talk soon
Mitch

Glad you're back. I was wondering what happened to you.

When I was in, I was on a sub, I got hazardous duty pay and no one was shooting at me. It does not mean I was safe, remember the Thresher and the Scorpion. Mitch keep your head down and your buddies safe.

Not Bonaire but a great sentiment.

Mitch, I've always wanted to go to Kosovo to vacation (kidding)...but pics would be cool, consider it educating us....

There are a LOT of us here who support our troops and a few of us have kids that are serving. My son is in the AF, and another's a Marine

OK, a couple more to whet your appetite



Becky, great turtle pic!

OK since you gave me some more pictures I will avoid some of the Marine and Air Force Jokes. HAHA
Mitch

LOL Mitch My ex was in the Army, does that make you feel better? LOL!

Yeah!! Pictures of Kosovo
Pictures are all good


Santa Barbara

Glad to see you back!

How about a couple of pictures per day, till you're bored, go to Bonaire, we forget, we get bored or you take a vacation in Albania.