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    Finally Saw the Frogfish / Bonaire 16 Notes

    6 years. Haven't paid for a guided dive yet. I've seen: the Harlequin Pipefish WhipCoral Shrimp Decorator Crabs Seahorse ScorpionFish Galore Spanish Lobster Long Spine Urchin Shrimp Flaming Reef Lobster Spanish/Slipper Lobster (yuuuuge one) Eagle Rays Spotted Snake Eel (no, not a sharptail...
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    The story behind this rather dangerous photo

    https://www.villamakoshi.com/node/58 You see the one immediately when you look at this page. This same image gets used on about 50 other web pages. Does anyone have a story on this truck photo? Bad photoshop or real stupidity caught?
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    OMS Slipstream Fins (XL) w/ XS Scuba Springs, 90 dollars including shipping to US

    These fins are people who think Jet fins are too wussified and desire a fin that can also be used for disciplinary spankings or fraternity hazing. Great for cave, tech, and wrestling Nile crocodiles. Inspector Gadget would be proud of these. Worn on 4 total dives off North Carolina where they...
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    Dive 2 of Trip2: Eagle Ray and Mantis Shrimp Making a Kill

    GoPro Housing flooded at the start of the dive of of course.... Seen at Oil Slick Leap South. The eagle ray's tail was so long, it was practically a procession. I meant trip6 (in the title) .... I must have still been stoked from seeing a mantis shrimp actually make a kill up close.
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    Day 1 of Trip 6: Moon Jellies! (and an eating question)

    Haven't seen moon jellies on the island before. Saw several along with all the usual suspects. What's new on the island since last year this time? Any new eats worth checking out? Also, in 6 trips we haven't eaten asian (aside from sushi). There are a ton of hole-in-the-wall asian joints on...
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    All New Fins are Now Jet Knockoffs

    /rant SCUBALAB 2015: Dive Fin Review | Scuba Diving There are so many knockoffs now..... (I was obviously joking that _all_ were Jet knockoffs, but there's at least 4 in that review, and more on the market). I mean, Apeks makes a nice knockoff; and cave-tech people have been the trend...
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    Wear Crocs

    They're stealing the flip flops now: From the Bonaire Shore Diving Made Easy FB Page: Do thieves really want flip flops or is that just stealing as a form of trolling?
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    Fifth time to the island.

    Rarest find thus far in all trips: harlequin pipefish (suck on that frogfish finders!) Trip number five. 1. Capriccio's was closed this week. God almighty. Sonia Home just doesn't compare. 2. Had a reward miles ticket, booked a Sand Dollar Condo (wifi in room!), Buddy Dive for Nitrox, and...
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    Best UV Night Dive?

    I think Bas goes to Something Special for the UV dive. Anyone know where Buddy Dive goes or any of the other outfits who might do the UV dive?
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    Salt Pier Today

    Dive 6: Salt Pier. We noticed something breaching the water a bit north of the dive site. We geared up and went in the water past the "thing". As we swam toward the pier, we were greeted by a very large fun loving sea turtle whose head we had kept seeing pop out of the water. It escorted us the...
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    Is Poppy on Vacation?

    I've emailed both Telerin addresses and not gotten a reply. Starting to worry my favorite car renter may have folded up. Edit: disregard, just had a few days "Island Time" on the reply.
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    An Ancient Trip Report for the CocoView (Oct. 2004)

    I found out that a trip report I posted in the days of yore at scubadiving.com was no longer attributed to me and had lost all of the comments posted on it. I am re-posting it here so at least I'm re-claiming it as mine (it had a lot of comments at SD before the great purge). It was one of the...
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    Zhung Kong Robbed?

    A chinese market on that street was robbed by three armed men. I assume it is my favorite small market on Bonaire, Zhung Kong. Can anyone confirm? So sad if true.
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    Wifi Compared North of Town? (deco_martini returns in September!)

    Been to GRI (deceased), Den Laman, Sand Dollar, etc. Wifi is always either spotty or requires slips of paper (yeah, seriously). I just want to get in a room and connect my laptop and tablet so I can upload my pictures and browse reddit (and scubaboard of course). So I was looking at Buddy...
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    Bonaire Trip Report 9/14-9/21

    I'm still working on "Bonaire Shore Diving Made Stupid, Rev. 2", here is a trip report while I finish it. ------------------------ In previous trips, we tried different accommodations. Trip1: we slummed it at a base budget off-shore fly-by-night operation Trip2/3: we stayed in nice rooms at...
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    Bonaire Diver Evolution

    I'm working on a new edition of "Bonaire Shore Diving Made Stupid" (tm), but thought about writing this essay as well. ----------------------- There you were a new recreational diver. You had to go on trips. Your "Local Dive $hop" ran trips and you went on some. You had a schedule, you a time...
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    Back this week!

    Staying at the Sand Dollar B6. Already had some great dives at Karpata, uncharted off the south end past vista blue, and other. So far the only bad dive was Tolo which had the algae and bleaching problems we saw at 1000 Steps on past trips. Avoid.
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    My Lavacore Review

    I went to Bonaire in May and dove 3-5 times a day in Lavacore w/ Lavacore socks. The suit: Definitely not made for a body builder. But it kept me warm though it was too snug in some spots. It was a joy putting on vs neoprene. It never had that cold/clammy feel. I didn't have that residual heat...
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    Groceries: (ping phelana)

    I noticed 2 new stores opened during the past year. Are any of them real competitors for Warehouse? Is there specialization one should be aware of? And where the heck are they?
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    Does this fit right?

    How can I tell if my new suit fits? What areas should it be snug in? What areas of tightness mean I need a size larger? I used the sizing chart and found something in my height/weight/chest measurement but I need to know how tight its supposed to be.
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