Bonaire - 9/13/05
Today's underwater photos are at this happy link
As usual, we really don't want to leave the Island, although our time is growing short. I am recovering from the whatever bite, and was actually able to do a bit of diving, which is always a good thing. Did a boat dive and did not die, although I DID jump in without my weight belt. (Gee, why can't I descend.... I wonder what's going on.... ooooops). As always a quick trip back to the boat to ask nicely for one of them to hand my my belt yielded much better results than hanging out on the surface all day :-) I got to be the day's "disaster diver." *snicker*
Today's boat dive was at a site called "Knife" on Klein Bonaire, which had been closed for many years and recently reopened. The Bonarians take preservation of their coral reefs VERY seriously, and periodically close sites that look like they have taken damage through storms, overdiving, boat problems, etc. in order for them to recover. Although there are many dive sites on Bonaire, it is always interesting and fun to see one that we have never seen before.
Every time we come here, we seem to spend time plotting and planning how we can eventually LIVE here. We have all kinds of ideas in the works, and we will see if one day they become more than dreams.
Tuesday night is lobster night at the Lion's Den (the restaurant next door to Habitat where we much prefer to eat :-)) and we had a magnificent dinner with John, Deane, Eli, and Dan. They are all fun people who are good to dive with.
Only 2 1/2 dive days to go :(. Bummer central. You can't dive to close to flying, since the change in pressure can possibly do bad things to any residual nitrogen in your system, and you may get bent on the airplane. Not a fun thing to do, so we will be good and follow all DAN (Divers Alert Network) guidelines like good little people who wish to live a long time :-).