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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Russ Coash on Friday, March 1, 2002 - 1:15 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

anyone familiar with the dive operation "photo tours"

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Peter Cabus on Friday, March 1, 2002 - 4:03 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

We used them in November 2000, but only for air fills. So I can't comment on their boat dives. The guy in the shop (Belgian) was extremely helpful. We had some problems with on of our first stages and he fixed it without charging us. They also run the dive bus.

Peter

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob Liguori on Friday, March 1, 2002 - 8:48 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Russ,
They are a really great group to dive with. They do everything possible to give you what you want, from holding your hand on an escorted dive to complete freedom to go off on your own at any dive site. They have completely altered their schedule to accomodate our preferences. After four trips diving with them I just can't say enough good things about them.
Bob

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jake Richter - NetTech on Friday, March 1, 2002 - 10:07 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

See http://www.bonphototours.com

Jake

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dennis Witt on Friday, March 1, 2002 - 12:03 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Can only say ditto to what Bob has said. Been to Bonaire many number of times. Used Photo Tours last year for the first time. great operation. really genuinely accomadating

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By mimi greenberg on Friday, March 1, 2002 - 12:49 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Add my name to the fan club for Photo Tours. I am a disabled diver who requires help with my gear getting in and out of the water. Photo Tours was the ONLY dive shop that didn't make a big deal about it. They treated me like any other diver. I was most appreciative. I had been through 4 other dive shops on the island that treated me shabbily and told me in no uncertain terms that i was a pain in the you-know-what.

Hmmm---maybe this post should also go in the trip report section.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Cowperthwaite on Friday, March 1, 2002 - 7:26 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Russ,

We have used them on the previous 3 trips, and will be coming this year for Dive Fest for the first time yet using Photo Tours rather than some of the festival affiliates. Pascal runs the show, and he is very helpful and accomodating. The boat diving with Chris (an American) has been fabulous, there are no limits put on diving other than being safe. We regularly request the sites the boat goes to by confering with them a day or two before we actually go to select the spot. This gives us the freedom of getting to spots that might otherwise be difficult from shore ( Rappel comes to mind). Jesse Armacost is a resident Dive Master/Biologist with them, and I am sure by checking previous posts you'll see many recommend her book on shore diving Bonaire. It's a great outfit bottom line. We generally come to Bonaire during Regatta and have yet to have more than 8 other divers on a boat (many time just Liz and myself). I'd highly recommend them.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By sharon k schoenthaler on Friday, March 1, 2002 - 7:31 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

We used Photo Tours when we were in Bonaire a couple of years ago. They were so helpful and gave us a good package price. If Dos is still offering his Friday night slideshow, I would highly recommend it also. Have a great trip.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Daniel Senie on Sunday, March 3, 2002 - 10:26 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Faith and I used Photo Tours for our Nitrox course back in October. The folks were great! We did the classroom in the morning, then did two boat dives with them in the afternoon to finish off the course, and picked up nitrox tanks from them for the rest of the trip when we wanted nitrox.

The Dive Bus is great, and we used that a few times. Oh, and the Dive Bus T-shirts are fabulous.

 


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