jjach
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Has anyone stayed in unit A-2 at Sand Dollar. What else can you tell me about the whole complex. Is it a good place to stay?
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...and easiest entry we found.
At the moment, those electing to use BDA as their operation have access to air/nitrox right at the foot of the dock and can use the dock, either by doing a giant stride from it or walking down the exit stairs. Or, they can go in from shore, but why bother? Those obtaining tanks from Dive Friends cannot use the BDA dock. They pull tanks and gear via wagon from the DF rental local just streetside of the south end of Sand Dollar to a gear-up location with benches just above a few steps that lead to the sandy beach entry. The two ops are so close together that the distance differences from Sand Dollar are not worth considering. DF is very popular. BDA less so, but some folks use it (like me) because they have difficulty with even the easiest of shore entries. The A2 unit is a second floor, 1BR unit about as close to the dive ops as is possible. All Sand Dollar units are privately owned and the quality of the furnishings vary.If this is an issue, is this still dependent upon which dive op. onsite you use? Historically, I was told those diving with Bonaire Dive & Adventure could use the pier, and those who dove with Dive Friends Bonaire could not, although they could still get in, and I believe a forum search will show quite a number of people on this forum speak highly of Dive Friends Bonaire.
Richard.