April 13-30, 2011 -- Bonaire
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Yet More Underwater Photos
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Seahorse
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Long Lure Frogfish (note the lure!)
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Balloon Puffer
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Banded Jawfish
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Boga School
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Horse Eye Jacks
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Brown Chromis being cleaned
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Fairy Basslet
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Juvenile Queen Angelfish
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Arrowhead Crab
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Pederson Shrimp
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Pederson Shrimp
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Redband Coral Shrimp
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Spotted Cleaner Shrimp
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Spotted Eel
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Squid
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A Guest Aboard
When we were on the hard in Curacao, we became friends with Matteo (Rosana),
the skipper of the boat beside us. His boat was among those tied up
in red tape for a time because Curacao suddenly decided to enforce the rule that
a foreign boat can only stay in Curacao for 6 months before incurring import
duty obligations. Last week we got a call from Matteo saying that
the red tape had been cleared, his boat had been sold, and he was at loose ends
for a brief period while he waited for his flight back to the Netherlands. Could he come visit for a few days and do some diving with us? Of course! We had a grand time.
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Chuck and Matteo
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Thursday night BBQ
We have mentioned the Thursday night BBQ at the Wanna Dive Hut before. We
often attend. We went with Matteo (see below) where we sat with
Suzi and Michael (Awakening) and their guest/crew as they prepared to
depart for Puerto Rico. On another night, we witnessed the bizarre
induction ceremony Wanna Dive conducts for new dive masters. The
inductee dons a mask and snorkel. Then, a paper funnel is fashioned
to facilitate the pouring of rum punch down the snorkel. Obviously, the
inductee cannot breath until all of the rum has been swallowed out of the
snorkel. Barb had her little camera along (mine seems to live in its
underwater housing these days), and captured the event.
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Drinking the complementary rum punches while awaiting the BBQ feast.
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Inducting a new divemaster
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Faithful Gym Rats
Yes, it was Barb's little camera that caught a few pictures during a recent
workout.
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45 minutes on the bike every morning ...
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... followed by either an upper- or a lower-body workout
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Cruise ship landing
As we headed back toward our dinghy after our morning workout at the gym, we
recently saw that a cruise ship was arriving. Curious about the
details of tying up such a big beast, we changed our plans and went to the City
Cafe for lunch, from which we could watch the ship come in. Barb got
the following pictures:
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The big guy approaches the dock...
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... and passes the northern pier to dock at the southern one
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A pilot boat fetches heavy mooring lines from the ship ...
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... and drags them over to the dock to be slung over a bollard
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Dinghy Repair
The parts were finally in. (Faithful readers will remember that our dinghy
got crunched under a dock and the experience left her with a broken shift
lever.) Harbour Village Marina let us use their lift and rack so that we
could set the dinghy up on dry land so that John (the local Yamaha dealer) ould
install the new parts. I was happy to pay him to do it -- especially since
it turned out to be a messy (i.e. troublesome) job and his rates were very
reasonable.
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John and his assistant Rubin struggle with a stubborn installation
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