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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Bailey (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #1) on Monday, April 28, 2003 - 11:28 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

My wife and I will be taking our first trip to Bonaire in Dec/03. We are staying with friends at Lions in a 2\bdr condo for a week. Our friends are leaving after a week and we are staying for 4 more nights and need a hotel. After lots of internet research we are leaning towards the Divi.(heard good & bad things) We have visited and dove in Jamaica, St Lucia, Antigua and Mexico. What can we expect in comparison in Bonaire. Any suggestions or comments about Lion's, Divi or some of your preferences and dive operators would be very helpful. Thanks, Mike & Cathy

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ann Phelan (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1087) on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 - 6:46 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Hi Mike,

I do not dive but used to live and work in Antigua and many of my travel clients went to Antigua to dive..the reefs are very damaged due to moorings and poor treatment. I have snorkeled and used to free dive pretty deep and saw such damage near Prickly Pear from 87-92. I know Bonaire will be quite a treat.

Who did you dive with in Antigua?

Divi is lovely. Ask for an oceanfront room and enjoy. Lions has a neat restaurant right on the sea.

:-)

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By mary pequinot (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #310) on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 - 7:14 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Lion's dive is terrific-we've stayed there 3 times. Bon Bini, the dive shop housed there, is a class act as well. E-mail me if you need specifics.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Greta Badstebner (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #5) on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 - 10:49 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Hi Mike!

Once you & your wife are settled in at Lion's Dive (for a week and made new friends), you probably won't want to move to a different place. Too much trouble. If you're looking for a smaller, less expensive place after your friends leave, then move to a smaller condo at Lion's Dive. It's too much trouble to pack all your stuff and try to transfer all the way down to the Divi. You'll be too busy diving, relaxing and enjoying the great food at the Lion's Den!

We've never stayed at Lion's Dive, but we've always eaten there! They have an awesome restaurant! We've stayed next door at Buddy Dive 3 of the 4 times we've been to Bonaire and have loved it. Good luck and have a great time!

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By HarleyAnna (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #323) on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 - 11:14 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Welcome Mike! I have stayed at Divi and loved it, I am staying there again over Thanksgiving. Deluxe Oceanfront room is the way to go, you won't regret it.

I dove in Antigua earlier this month, and it was just okay. Bonaire is by far the best choice for diving. There is no comparison! As Ann said, the reefs are pretty damaged and there isn't as much aquatic life as Bonaire.

Keep us posted, I am anxious to hear what you think of Bonaire.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Bailey (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #2) on Saturday, May 3, 2003 - 10:04 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Hello, could not get an ocean front room. Had to settle for a studio at Divi. Is the studio or the newly redone garden rooms the way to go??
Thanks, Mike & Cathy

 


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