Sorry to disappoint ya Herman. I am PBD free. Don't get me wrong, Bonaire is a beautiful place (heck it's in the Caribbean right?) but a bit too much work for me. Give me the NON Rocky, Sandy beach entry's and the 4 tank per day boat trips that aren't additional cost of Coco View any day.
Plus the "where do y'all want to eat today" got a bit old. At Coco View, your meals are delicious and you don't have to decide where to eat and don't have to carry $$ around or hope your friends have enough to cover you in the event you didn't make it by your room between dives.
The first meal we ate was very late due to our arrival time and then waiting on our ride from the airport to Buddy's.. I almost fell out of my chair when I saw $59.00 for 2 cheeseburgers, 1 side salad, 1 tea and 1 Amstel bright. OK the $59.00 was Nafl but the bill was still $34.00 which is a bit high IMHO. We ate at the Lion's den since it was so close, the burgers were excellent but I wasn't expecting that price. Needless to say we visited the grocery store the next day. We ate at the Lion's den or the pool bar for dinner or cooked in the room. We ate lunch once at the store just down the street from the hotel, the rest of the time we ate at the room for lunch.
I didn't see anything extraordinary. I did see some juvenile Angel fish, partly striped and partly spotted. They were very pretty. One HUGE Parrot fish that was Black and Blue. 5 spotted drums that were pretty big. A large moray eel that was hanging out at the hooker on Thursday but didn't see it Friday. One group that ran low on air Friday at the hooker saw a nurse shark. One group that took Larry's to the wild side saw a spotted eagle ray. Other than those it was your garden variety Caribbean reef fish.
Short on time but will post the entire DL fiasco at the airport sometime soon. Glad I went, had a great time but I am not cut out for Bonaire diving.....
Plus the "where do y'all want to eat today" got a bit old. At Coco View, your meals are delicious and you don't have to decide where to eat and don't have to carry $$ around or hope your friends have enough to cover you in the event you didn't make it by your room between dives.
The first meal we ate was very late due to our arrival time and then waiting on our ride from the airport to Buddy's.. I almost fell out of my chair when I saw $59.00 for 2 cheeseburgers, 1 side salad, 1 tea and 1 Amstel bright. OK the $59.00 was Nafl but the bill was still $34.00 which is a bit high IMHO. We ate at the Lion's den since it was so close, the burgers were excellent but I wasn't expecting that price. Needless to say we visited the grocery store the next day. We ate at the Lion's den or the pool bar for dinner or cooked in the room. We ate lunch once at the store just down the street from the hotel, the rest of the time we ate at the room for lunch.
I didn't see anything extraordinary. I did see some juvenile Angel fish, partly striped and partly spotted. They were very pretty. One HUGE Parrot fish that was Black and Blue. 5 spotted drums that were pretty big. A large moray eel that was hanging out at the hooker on Thursday but didn't see it Friday. One group that ran low on air Friday at the hooker saw a nurse shark. One group that took Larry's to the wild side saw a spotted eagle ray. Other than those it was your garden variety Caribbean reef fish.
Short on time but will post the entire DL fiasco at the airport sometime soon. Glad I went, had a great time but I am not cut out for Bonaire diving.....
