Welcome to Bonaire International - Home of the Pink Airport!
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A few shots dockside at Buddy's.
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First floor gear rooms, second floor breakfast buffet. What a great way to wake up!
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Nothing but blue out front!
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..and the left...
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...and the right...
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The drive through tank filling station.
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Drive through NITROX refills too...
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Upon arrival first thing, Uncle Gary gives us the orientation briefing.
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"It's somewhere over there...?"
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Scott and Ted are looking for the Dive Shop...
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The sign says it all, let's do it!
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Plenty to see here.
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A spotted moray peeks out.
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Then goes for a swim.
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Lots of leatherback sea turtles here too.
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One of our first stops was a small wreck just down the reef from Buddy's.
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Hi Charlotte!
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Another visitor cruises by.
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I guess Scott and Ted found the dive shop...
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A little drum fish playing hide and seek.
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The Dynamic Duo..
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This is how they mark the shore dive sites around the island.
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This site had some very neat coral formations.
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Found some flounders...
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Another flounder trying to blend in. Can you spot him?
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The eerie underside of the docks...
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Heading back up on to the dock to swap tanks and hop back in!
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Waitin' on Ted. "So we divin' or just talking about it?"
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Diving the Hilma Hooker. A very nice little wreck dive.
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The Hilma's mascot, a very large green moray hangin' out at the bottom.
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Ted's ready to go in.
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Scott's just observing...
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In we go..
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Incredi-Ted!
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Come on, squeeze through..
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Up, up and out...
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Scott, Vickie and Ted in the beautiful blue.
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Back on the boat Charlotte preps for the next dive.
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Ted dreams of Capt'n Morgan..
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...and it's back in the water...
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Some damaged coral. White balance was a little off here...
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There! Much better. Looks like a fish tank now...
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Another killer Damsel!
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A Banded shrimp hiding out...
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The next few shots are from a great night dive in front of Buddy's.
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Sleeping parrot...
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Lots of eels out here.
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"zzzzzzzzz"
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This green moray was out on the hunt. Easily 6+ feet long.
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We also saw several octopi. (That's octopuses...)
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These are all of the same one. He changed color rather quickly as he moved along.
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He got confused here..
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We also had several of these 5ft tarpins cruising around us. (and sometimes bumping into us.)
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Another octopus on the hunt.
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Guess who?
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Some more shrimp hiding out.
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The next day we ran into this cute little puffer.
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OK, cute, but not so little.
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He was over 2ft long with big puppydog eyes.
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Lots of soft corals at this dive site. Very pretty.
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Another large puffer.
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This one was a porcupine fish. (puffer family)
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Also very curious.
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A little green seahorse taking in the sights.
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Another moray says hi!
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A little red seahorse.
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Setting up for the next shore dive.
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A view looking back at the entry to Karpata.
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Heading off into the blue...
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Yours truely in the deep blue.
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Scotty hangin' close.
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Some more local wildlife.
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The salt ponds and hills on the south end of the island.
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The salt pier for loading the ships also in the distance.
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These are from our last night dive under the salt pier
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Well, the sign says it all...
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A couple ofsunset shots on our last night.
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Time to load up...
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Off we go into a different blue yonder... until next year.
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