Questions about Buddy Dive in Bonaire

[WaterWolf]

Thanks everyone. Surge Protector - good idea, thanks.

 

[frdm2004]

We stayed at Buddy Dive in May....you can get a hairdryer if you ask for one at the desk. Enjoy - we had a great time there!

 

[Tom Smedley]

Your electrical stuff needs to be rated at 100-240 volts 50/60 hz. Stuff rated at 120 volts 60 cycles will probably not survive surge protector or not. You probably need to take a power strip and a three prong to two prong converter.

The efficiencies or studios at Buddy's are shotgun in design. The porch, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom in that order. The kitchens are european and the stoves and usually the refrigerators are smaller. Buddy's has recently finished a massive renovation project.

Do not take clothes that need ironing. You will only need shorts, tee-shirts, and swimsuits. Even the fanciest restaurant on the island is casual dress. There is a laundry with overnight service located near the soccer field. Take old tee-shirts and give them away or leave them there.

Get in your rental truck, roll down the window, hang your head out, and drive to Oil Slick and back. Your hair will be dry.

Take some snap-caps for water bottles, buy a large drink, pour the drink out, fill the bottle with water and lay the water bottle on top of your truck while diving for an instant and disposble warm rinse between dives.

If you need a certain brand of anything take it with you. Purchase DAN insurance.

Get a bottle of wine, some bread, some cheese, a beach towel, and go to Seru Largu at night. It'll do wonders for your relaxation.

Go to Bobby Jan's on Saturday night.
Go to the Wannadive Bar for a beer.
Dive Ol Blue at night.
Look for sea glass.
Have dinner in Rincon.
Stop at Norman's Place
Have lunch at Jibe City.
Do a fresh water snorkel.
Enjoy Cabritu Stoba.
Ensure you are on Murphyn's boat.
Have a Lion Burger for Lunch, say hey to Kurt.
Visit the indian inscriptions.
Watch the surf at Boca Onima.
Chase wild goats.

Have a sunset "Angel Fish" for all of us. Do not expect to find things as they are at home for you have left home in search of new adventures.

 

[Basscat]

Your electrical stuff needs to be rated at 100-240 volts 50/60 hz. Stuff rated at 120 volts 60 cycles will probably not survive surge protector or not. You probably need to take a power strip and a three prong to two prong converter.

The efficiencies or studios at Buddy's are shotgun in design. The porch, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom in that order. The kitchens are european and the stoves and usually the refrigerators are smaller. Buddy's has recently finished a massive renovation project.

Do not take clothes that need ironing. You will only need shorts, tee-shirts, and swimsuits. Even the fanciest restaurant on the island is casual dress. There is a laundry with overnight service located near the soccer field. Take old tee-shirts and give them away or leave them there.

Get in your rental truck, roll down the window, hang your head out, and drive to Oil Slick and back. Your hair will be dry.

Take some snap-caps for water bottles, buy a large drink, pour the drink out, fill the bottle with water and lay the water bottle on top of your truck while diving for an instant and disposble warm rinse between dives.

If you need a certain brand of anything take it with you. Purchase DAN insurance.

Get a bottle of wine, some bread, some cheese, a beach towel, and go to Seru Largu at night. It'll do wonders for your relaxation.

Go to Bobby Jan's on Saturday night.
Go to the Wannadive Bar for a beer.
Dive Ol Blue at night.
Look for sea glass.
Have dinner in Rincon.
Stop at Norman's Place
Have lunch at Jibe City.
Do a fresh water snorkel.
Enjoy Cabritu Stoba.
Ensure you are on Murphyn's boat.
Have a Lion Burger for Lunch, say hey to Kurt.
Visit the indian inscriptions.
Watch the surf at Boca Onima.
Chase wild goats.

Have a sunset "Angel Fish" for all of us. Do not expect to find things as they are at home for you have left home in search of new adventures.

That's a great post I'll try to do as many of those things as I can when I am there for the first time next month!

 

[DiverVince]

Do not expect to find things as they are at home for you have left home in search of new adventures.

Wise words indeed! More should pay heed to this. Well said Tom.

 

[DiveMaven]

We always buy 2 big bottles of water. One will get frozen. When we leave in the morning, both bottles get put into the bed of the truck. After diving, the water in the frozen one is thawed enough for a nice cold drink, while the other is warm to rinse faces (sometimes camera quickly). Since the tap water on Bonaire is excellent we simply refill both daily, freezing one overnight and use the same 2 bottles for 2 weeks of diving.

Before we leave both bottles get crushed and put in our luggage to recycle at home.

 

[Lead_carrier]

I've charged my camera batteries, dive light batteries and cell phone with no problems. Unless things have changed I believe Buddy's is 120v / 50 Hz. Check Buddy's website to be sure. The 50hz will make them a bit warmer during the charge time, just let them cool off before using them. A surge protector will not hurt though. Other than that I'll agree with about everything else Tom says.

 

[tardmaster]

Very Cool !!!

All of this is good info. We are leaving for our second trip there on June 12th.