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H2Andy:
jpslim:
My husband and I stayed at the plaza January 2nd-9th 2005. It was very rainy much more than normall for that time of year. Lots of mosquitos. NO screens to open, but my husband prefers the air conditioning. We stayed in a one bedroom villa. They were close to the airport than any other rooms on the property and the property is very large. We did hear the planes around 3:00 am every morning. It was a little bit of a bother. I think if you request a room somewhere else on the property you may not hear it. We were over the lagoon. We ate there one night that was the bbq. they had on the beach it was good. We like to venture out so we ate in town alot for dinners and other meals in the room. We think the food in Bonaire is great!! Many good resteraunts, so I would not want a meal plan. The hotel is very dutch, we did not run into any amercians untill the last few days when we did a boat dive. The dive shop is very good. not close to the shore to dive the house reef, but on your orientation dive the drive your equipment to you. We thought the house reef was nice, but we just dove it the one time. We had the truck pkg and wante to dive as many different sites as possible there. The little yellow book giving details and directions to all the dive sites in Bonaire was great! We just did the boat dive for Kline and the pier dive that requires a dive master because of its international waters ( worth every bit too)!! We found the storage area very convenient because we just pulled our truck up and dropped the tanks off had the wash tubs right there and the lockers and area to hang wet suits. The rooms were decent and very spacious. Staff was very helpfull and responsive to any problems we had. There is an area by the front desk it has free coffee which my husband loved the taste of. Snack machines computers, tables. We arrived after a very long flight at 1:30 am our luggage an hour later, so we had to wait. We went into that room and the KLM air line staff was there, they told us the room was for them only, so we left. Later we found out from the hotel desk and management it is for ALL guests. So if you stay there don't let them bully you like we did. That probable is my biggest irritation from the plaza is the KLM staff that seemed to think they were the only guests, even at the bar on the beach they seem to just not see you standing in line and feel they did not have to wait there turn. How ever the management and staff does not support their errogant behavior.JodyO:
