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See you in BONAIRE!!!
Stay tuned...
The full trip details will be posted soon and you can start signing up for this SELL OUT TRIP! Next year we expect to FILL THE RESORT!
The dates are June 20-27th with LOTS of flexibility for adding on extra days of shorediving only, doing a shorediving ONLY pkg as well as our standard gold offering of 3 Boat Dives DAILY package we did this year!
We will also be offering technical classes and hope to have all the details finalized soon. So if you want go to the next level in your diving then this will be a perfect chance to do this training in WARM, CLEAR, BEAUTIFUL WATER!!!
Courses to be offered will be Advanced Nitrox, Deco Procedures, and Extended Range*. (If you plan to do the tech offering please be aware that MANY of your dives will be focused on training although we'll try to intermingle some of your dives with the rest of the group...your focus will be TRAINING. But oh what cool training it will be.)
So save the date...details coming soon PLUS booking incentives for signing up in 2008!
October BONAIRE UPDATE:
Hey girl! Welcome! I've been traveling on our last trip so haven't had a chance to finalize all the details for this trip. However I should have it done soon.
Here is what I do know:
1. The price for the base pkg will be the SAME price as last year IF you sign up and deposit in 2008. (That is $1237 d/o or $1704 s/o) If you sign up and deposit in 2009 the price will be $100 more per person regardless of whether s/o or d/o. )
2. To get a feel for what the basic trip will include etc please read the details on the 2008 trip found here: http://www.singlediv...showtopic=14595
3. We will have a tech option for those interested in doing their technical training and/or doing some technical diving.
4. We will allow extra days before the trip and after the trip. We will help you find suitable roommates for these extra days but can't guarantee a same sex roommate or even a roommate at all for any extra days. However most people will be doing extra days so the sooner you sign up the more likely you'll have roomies for any extra days.
5. We will be offering a shorediving ONLY option on this trip rather than just the 'luxury 3 boat dives daily' option we offered last year just in case you prefer this option. And we will offer a 3 day shorediving add-on for the tech students as well as others interested in that add-on. This allows you to enjoy Bonaire to its fullest experience!
6. Once the final details are posted (just like we did in the 2008 posting link above) you'll be allowed to book your spot on this sell out trip. As I mentioned before I will have that done soon. If you want to get your airfare you can now for the dates you want. The pkg dates of June 20-27 will NOT change and the daily rates will be slightly more than the 2008 rates so you know basically how much it will cost. We will have most of the resort so with 70+ spots it won't sell out before the end of 2008 so you have some breathing room to save for deposits and get your air etc.
I hope this helps everyone interested in this trip. Kamala
OCTOBER UPDATE FROM DEMA ON OMAR:
Omar surprised everyone and caught most of the island off guard. I spoke with the resort and DIVERS actually there at Divi during Omar and here is what they told me.
1. One of the boats did wash up on shore so the Dive Manager did not make DEMA in order to ensure the boat is operational again soon. (I had hoped to finalize a few details for our tech portion of the trip so they will be delayed a bit in light of the current situation.)
2. The resort was able to empty to dive lockers and pull tanks before they were swept into the sea. (This means they will have brand new dive lockers for us.)
3. Some of the rooms took some flooding so they will all be redone in the next few weeks or so in order to be ready for high season.
4. The storm was odd in that it did not do extensive damage to the reef but it did deposit some sand hence the request to have divers help fan it off.
5. The 'wild side of the island' was calm and many divers dove it seeing unimaginable sized sea fans, marine life and basically what Bonaire must of looked like when it was discovered as a diving mecca.
The resort is confident it will have everything back to normal soon and certainly many months before our trip. They see no long term damage to the resort and Larry of Larry's Wildside Diving wants to know who wants to dive with him? If we tell him early we can have the am departure vs the afternoon departure. Just let me know. He takes 10 divers and it can be a bit bouncy but shy of a hurricane...you'll only see this type of diving by earning it! LOL!
*It seems that several of you (fingrabber & scubatooth) have approached Bill aka OTWDiver to finish Dan's deco procedures and do your Extended Range classes. He has agreed and will work out the details with the resort to facilitate these classes. Several others have requested similar courses so please let us know if you have any interest in these classes. Only a limited number of students will be able to take the class which we'll post as well as prereqs etc.
Those who are interested in this trip:
1. Scott aka Cmdr Clownfish
2. Carlos aka CJ Dives
3. Jenn aka Scuba_Girl05
4. Mark aka DiveGeek
5. Kim aka Fingrabber
6. Belinda aka Damselfish
7. Jim aka ScienceTeacher
8. Chris aka BoomerNJ
9. Victoria aka TexasStarfish
10. Gayle aka Scuba dew
11. George aka Georoc01
12. Phil aka Fishwatcher
13. Nesher aka Nesher
14. Den aka DiverDen
15. Carla aka Rkymtwy
16. Sandy aka ScubaPunk
17. Lynne aka diverLynne
18. Dan aka Scubatooth
19. Tammy aka Landlocked Dive Nut
20. Paula aka TravelGal
21. Ellen aka TCDamsel
22. Scott aka drifter
23. Grace aka nobodyelsehasthis
24. Rick aka Ricochet
25. Tom aka TDTexas
26. Sam aka BeachJunkie
27. Heidi aka uwfan
28. Victoria aka Victoria
29. Sherrie aka Sherr752
30. Carol aka SandiegoCarol
31. Ed aka Bowjunkie
32. Scott aka GentDiver
33. FLscubagirl
34. Sharon aka scubamama78
35. Gary aka Harleyguy1963
Edited by WreckWench, 08 February 2009 - 04:23 AM.
