Tag Archives: Bonaire

A Stop in Houston

Posted on August 2, 2023 by murray

It has been a long time since we spent a day in Houston. It is a stop over if you are headed to Bonaire and you don’t want to do the hopper flight from Curacao to Bonaire. We have stopped … Continue reading →

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Bonaire Tidbits

Posted on July 28, 2023 by debbie

We are at the end of our scuba diving trip to Bonaire. Last dives were done today and we have a veg day tomorrow. On Sunday, very early in the morning, we fly to Houston. Before I talk about Houston, … Continue reading →

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Scuba Diving in Bonaire

Posted on July 20, 2023 by debbie

We come to Bonaire to scuba dive. It’s all about shore diving here. The island is set up to dive from the land, although a person can boat dive, but why pay the extra? Yellow rocks on the shore and … Continue reading →

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Bonaire 2023

Posted on July 16, 2023 by debbie

Surprise! We are in Bonaire once again! We missed our usual April dive trip due to some renovations of our house, so it’s July and we are diving. It was just over a year since we were on Bonaire and … Continue reading →

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Bonaire’s Last Gem of the Day

Posted on June 1, 2022 by debbie

Dive Socks! Years ago, while on a dive liveaboard in Australia, there was a lady diver who wore colourful socks inside her dive booties. She said that the socks helped slide both her wetsuit and booties over her feet and … Continue reading →

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Sunday’s Gem of the Day

Posted on May 30, 2022 by debbie

Our group goes in search of a frog fish today. We have explicit directions to its hiding place and it still takes five of us 15 minutes to find him. Here he is!

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Saturday’s Gem of the Day

Posted on May 28, 2022 by debbie

Most of the diving off Bonaire is done on the west coast of the island where it is sheltered and calmer. Today we dove the east coast, or the wild side. We treat ourselves to a boat dive with East … Continue reading →

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Thursday’s Gem of the Day

Posted on May 26, 2022 by debbie

Murray and I like to look for small critters while underwater. Flatworms, juvenile fish and nudibranchs are some of our favourites. Today Murray found a Yellow Striped Flatworm. He’s gorgeous!

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Wednesday’s Gem of the Day

Posted on May 25, 2022 by debbie

Flamingos! Our group of intrepid divers head to Washington Slagbaai National Park to dive some sites we have not done before. The drive is over paved roads then narrow concrete roads alternating with even narrower dirt roads. The landscape is … Continue reading →

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Tuesday’s Gem of the Day

Posted on May 24, 2022 by debbie

Juvenile fish are always a treat to find. Most of the time they look nothing like the adult fish. Here are two photos of juvenile trunk fish at different stages. The tiny one with yellow dots is fondly called a … Continue reading →

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