curacao

"HW "Skip" Weldon" <skip5700removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 6 Dec 2005 01:43:57 -0800, "NJDiver" <NJDiver@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>The food is good, not great. The Habitat runs a shuttle into town on a
>>regular basis. There are some really great restaurants in town.The bar
>>is outside, open air and overlooking the water - very nice set up.
>
> From Atlanta, Air Jamaica offers a one-stop to Curacao. Can anyone
> top that?

NJ Diver gets a non-stop to Curacao on Continental out of Newark.

"HW "Skip" Weldon" <skip5700removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 6 Dec 2005 01:43:57 -0800, "NJDiver" <NJDiver@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>The food is good, not great. The Habitat runs a shuttle into town on a
>>regular basis. There are some really great restaurants in town.The bar
>>is outside, open air and overlooking the water - very nice set up.
>
> From Atlanta, Air Jamaica offers a one-stop to Curacao. Can anyone
> top that?

NJ Diver gets a non-stop to Curacao on Continental out of Newark.

Thus spake "HW \"Skip\" Weldon" <skip5700removethis@hotmail.com> :

>On 6 Dec 2005 01:43:57 -0800, "NJDiver" <NJDiver@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>The food is good, not great. The Habitat runs a shuttle into town on a
>>regular basis. There are some really great restaurants in town.The bar
>>is outside, open air and overlooking the water - very nice set up.
>
>From Atlanta, Air Jamaica offers a one-stop to Curacao. Can anyone
>top that?

Assuming that Air Jamaica has the flight that day at all. They were
basically shut down for two weeks earlier this year due to maintenance
issues. And they seem to be willing to cancel flights for no
particularly good reason.

At least it's a one stop and not a connection. I've lost count of the
number of people who have spent a night in Montego Bay because of
squirrely connections. Who the hell ever heard of a half empty flight
leaving early?

>
>-HW "Skip" Weldon
> Columbia, SC
--
dillon

666 permissions of the beast

Thus spake "HW \"Skip\" Weldon" <skip5700removethis@hotmail.com> :

>On 6 Dec 2005 01:43:57 -0800, "NJDiver" <NJDiver@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>The food is good, not great. The Habitat runs a shuttle into town on a
>>regular basis. There are some really great restaurants in town.The bar
>>is outside, open air and overlooking the water - very nice set up.
>
>From Atlanta, Air Jamaica offers a one-stop to Curacao. Can anyone
>top that?

Assuming that Air Jamaica has the flight that day at all. They were
basically shut down for two weeks earlier this year due to maintenance
issues. And they seem to be willing to cancel flights for no
particularly good reason.

At least it's a one stop and not a connection. I've lost count of the
number of people who have spent a night in Montego Bay because of
squirrely connections. Who the hell ever heard of a half empty flight
leaving early?

>
>-HW "Skip" Weldon
> Columbia, SC
--
dillon

666 permissions of the beast

Actually, the Continental non-stop only flies on Saturday. American
Airlines is also a good choice, with a quick stop over in Miami. I
won't fly Air Jamaica any more.

Actually, the Continental non-stop only flies on Saturday. American
Airlines is also a good choice, with a quick stop over in Miami. I
won't fly Air Jamaica any more.

I prefer Lions Dive by far. Here you can walk to happy hour at Mambo Beach,
visit the sea aquarium, visit
the town or nearby restaurants. Rent a car and go out diving anywhere on
the island at any hour you want.
Why be a slave to a dive boat schedule...arent you here to shore dive? When
you take a boat they almost
always just drive a ways down the shore to a spot you could just as easily
got to on your own from shore. The
big exeption is Mushroom Forest which you need a boat.

Hope this helps.


"BOB MORRIS" <ACTIONGAME@BROADVIEWNET.NET> wrote in message
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> anybody have recent experience with either habitat,lions or sunset.
> does anyone know which hotel has the quickest boat trips to the best
> reefs?
> thanks
> bob
>
>

I prefer Lions Dive by far. Here you can walk to happy hour at Mambo Beach,
visit the sea aquarium, visit
the town or nearby restaurants. Rent a car and go out diving anywhere on
the island at any hour you want.
Why be a slave to a dive boat schedule...arent you here to shore dive? When
you take a boat they almost
always just drive a ways down the shore to a spot you could just as easily
got to on your own from shore. The
big exeption is Mushroom Forest which you need a boat.

Hope this helps.


"BOB MORRIS" <ACTIONGAME@BROADVIEWNET.NET> wrote in message
news:08SdnVchn7fLiwzenZ2dnUVZ_tOdnZ2d@broadviewnet .net...
> anybody have recent experience with either habitat,lions or sunset.
> does anyone know which hotel has the quickest boat trips to the best
> reefs?
> thanks
> bob
>
>

"Billy Winter" <jberner@optonline.net> pounded away at his keyboard
resulting in:
:Why be a slave to a dive boat schedule...arent you here to shore dive? When
:you take a boat they almost
:always just drive a ways down the shore to a spot you could just as easily
:got to on your own from shore. The
:big exeption is Mushroom Forest which you need a boat.

That was not the case when I stayed at Habitat Curacao. In fact, I
don't think I've been anywhere where the boat took us somewhere we
could dive from shore, except the last day of my Cayman Islands
Aggressor trip when we dove Devil's Grotto.

Dan Bracuk
If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.

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"Billy Winter" <jberner@optonline.net> pounded away at his keyboard
resulting in:
:Why be a slave to a dive boat schedule...arent you here to shore dive? When
:you take a boat they almost
:always just drive a ways down the shore to a spot you could just as easily
:got to on your own from shore. The
:big exeption is Mushroom Forest which you need a boat.

That was not the case when I stayed at Habitat Curacao. In fact, I
don't think I've been anywhere where the boat took us somewhere we
could dive from shore, except the last day of my Cayman Islands
Aggressor trip when we dove Devil's Grotto.

Dan Bracuk
If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.

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