Hi Alfred,

When it comes to photography, seeing something you like of mine is the lucky result of a snapshot artist.  John's pix are much better than mine and I hope he will share them at some point.

We really had a great time, and as I said, a very relaxed one!  The Carib Inn and Bonaire might make a good place for a group trip sometime.  The shore diving is easy and available any time of day.  There are lots of good restaurants and cooking some meals in the rooms and BBQs on the dock are always a inexpensive, convenient, and fun option.  Together, John and I cooked up a storm.  The quality of the produce and the selection in the stores surprised me.  The scotch bonnet peppers were as fresh as you'll find (recalling that you like spicy stuff).  :-)

I look forward to your PNG trip report.  It's someplace that's on my list to see.

Very best regards,
Russ


Alfred Kirkland wrote:

> Russ,
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>     GREAT photos!!!!   You have the eye I dream of getting, , , or, , ,er, , , uh, , , the luck I dream of.  <hehe>  Y'all stayed at the Carib Inn!!  A group of us stayed at the Carib Inn a few years back.  We dived almost every day with Bruce.  He gave us his famous Bouyancy course which was amazing.  I saw very experienced divers drop weights after that course!!
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> Can't wait to read the report!!
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> SeeYa,
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> Alfred
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> Russ wrote:
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>>After Elisa and I spent a week of relaxed diving, eating, resting, reading, and touring the island of Bonaire with Mr. John Nitrox and and his sweet wife Brooxie, I returned home to four days of back-to-back biz travel.  However, I managed to find time to hack out some of the pix and toss them up on our website for those interested.  http://rbdg.com/reb/dive/Bonaire2004/
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>>There's no trip report up yet (the link is currently blank and will return an error), but that tome will be following shortly and I'll post the list after it's uploaded.  The short story is that we had a great week together, sharing a two bedroom apartment, lots of fun, culinary adventures, conversation, and laughter.  I can't wait to do it again...thanks, John!
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>>Best regards,
>>Russ
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