I believe that is being discussed at rec.scuba and not at
rec.scuba.locations.  We generally try (not always successful) to keep this
ng pure.

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Chris is correct. You are wrong, apparently because you don't have a "clue"
to the difference between rec.scuba and rec.scuba.locations.

Great, good and decent resorts go about like this: Harbour Village (great),
Buddies, Habitat, Plaza, Lions Den (good), Divi, Sandollar (decent).
Personally I think Sandollar is the worst of the "known" resorts on Bonaire,
but it's doors stay open so obviously there are people whose opinions differ
from mine. Personally I wouldn't stay at any of them anymore, except Harbour
Village, because Bonaire now has a great number of condos/apartments/houses
to rent. And since almost any of the dive ops at any of the resorts is as
good as the next one, you can book your scuba at the one closest to you.

Restaurants, though there are many and people obviously have their
preferences, pretty much fall like this: Capriccio's, Rains Fishes, Mona
Lisa, Blue Moon, Amadeus (sometimes) are all respected for having
predictably good food. My favorite is Capriccio's and I like the others
listed, though I also enjoy Beefeaters and De Tuin, There are a lot of other
good restaurants on Bonaire. Richard's has a wonderful setting, but a split
reputation. Some people swear by it and have had nothing but great meals and
service, others find it mediocre at best with maybe some of the worst
service on the island. It's a strange restaurant in the sense that there
doesn't seem to be a constant standard.

There is a little cafe down town called City Seahorse, which we like to
visit some mornings for coffee, juice and bakery goods. It's a pleasant
little place.

I have usually rent cars from ABCarental. But there isn't any difference
between them, Island, Avis, Total, Budget etc. Anyone at the airport is
going to be pretty good. But once on the island there are Mom/Pop rental
places that offer real good deals on older, higher mileage cars and trucks.

Almost everything about Bonaire is good, except getting there. Lately we've
been using AJ and they have been as good as anyone else we have ever flown
to Bonaire on. You spoke about the San Juan stop, but be aware American
Eagle has the worst schedule record of anyone currently flying to the ABC's.
The other thing I like about AJ is that they have not once hassled me about
luggage weight, and I am always way over.

Still, I have heard other's here complain about AJ and the bottom line is
that for a Caribbean destination, Bonaire is kind of a pain to get to, and
the air service, for decades, hasn't been equal to the service the most of
the Caribbean gets.