By Erik Rasmussen on Wednesday, April 17, 2002 - 5:02 pm: |
Hello All,
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By Chris Seck on Wednesday, April 17, 2002 - 5:23 pm: |
Send your concerns to Serge De Groote. He is the dive operations manager at Divi Dive Bonaire, the dive operation at the Divi Flamingo. He has been helpful in answering question for me in the past. Here is his email address.
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By Linnea Wijkhof-Wimberly on Wednesday, April 17, 2002 - 5:44 pm: |
Divi offers ala carte diving, you can do boat diving only, shore diving only, or a combo of both. Just tell them on the days you are doing any shore diving. They have a sign-up board outside the dive shops for the morning and afternoon boat dives and for any night dives, and bill you for the boat dives from that and the check-off list the dive masters do on the boat. Very easy to customize your dives. I prefer the flexiblity of the ala carte as opposed to a package.
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By jason thomas on Wednesday, April 17, 2002 - 8:07 pm: |
Plaza has an insane unlimited notrox deal for 10.00 dollars a day
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By Ernie Bauer on Wednesday, April 17, 2002 - 10:34 pm: |
Erik,
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By Chuck Stauffer on Thursday, April 18, 2002 - 12:36 am: |
Erik...I second the message about the car. I made my first visit over the Easter break and originally did not want to rent the car but after talking with everyone, I was convinced and they were right. To get into town, shop, try other beach sites, try various restaurants, etc. the car is a necessity. I just ordered the small Toyota through Budget at their US 800 number and picked it up right at the airport about 100 yards from the arrival gate. Very easy. I believe it cost $217 for the week. If you do lots of beach dives, then the small pickup truck is the answer. If you head up to the park on the north end of the island, then you also need the truck. Rough road.
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By seb schulherr on Thursday, April 18, 2002 - 8:43 am: |
I seldom book diving in advance. the cost is usually the sum of it's parts in a paskage deal, so you are better off just booking when you are there. Then you will not have to be annoyed if you are not diving a day and still paying for boats. Unlimited airfills runs around 99.00 US a week, but make sure you can take out more than one tank if you are going to shore dive ( which you absolutely should do!) We don't even get on a boat in BON anymore.
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By Steve Jevon on Thursday, April 18, 2002 - 10:00 am: |
Quick note on our "insane nitrox deal", the $10.00 a day is on top of prebooked air package, whether boat or shore. But the deal is as usual as many tanks out as you want for the days diving.
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By Erik Rasmussen on Thursday, April 18, 2002 - 2:47 pm: |
Update:
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By Dan Goff on Friday, April 19, 2002 - 10:17 am: |
Seb, What is the security of your tanks if shore diving along the coast? Are the tanks specifcially marked with the dive ops to deter
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By Greg Lambert on Friday, April 19, 2002 - 11:25 am: |
You do not have to worry about tanks being stolen. At least I have never heard of it happening. Everything else is fair game to the thieves: clothes, cameras, dive gear, spare tires, batteries, etc.
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