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Bonaire 2004

Bonaire November 2004
Sunset over Klein Bonaire (little island off the coast)

Sunset over Klein Bonaire (little island off the coast)


Nice Tube Sponges everywhere


Nice Tube Sponges everywhere

Spotted Moray eel

Spotted Moray eel

Spotted Drum (adult)

Spotted Drum (adult)

Spotted Drum (adult)

Spotted Drum (adult)

Spotted Drum (adult)

Spotted Drum (adult)

Closer look

Closer look

Churcher - Good dive buddy, close by, we were the only ones at this site

Churcher - Good dive buddy, close by, we were the only ones at this site

tube sponge

tube sponge

Large Trumpetfish

Large Trumpetfish

Trumpetfish

Trumpetfish

Trumpetfish

Trumpetfish

IMGP3379.JPG Sand Diver?

Sand Diver?

View from beach at 1000 steps dive site

View from beach at 1000 steps dive site

View North from 1000 steps dive site

View North from 1000 steps dive site

Parrotfish and reef

Parrotfish and reef

Another Sand Diver

Another Sand Diver

IMGP3394.JPG Stove pipe sponge

Stove pipe sponge

IMGP3398.JPG Huge Brain Coral

Huge Brain Coral

IMGP3402.JPG 
Over-exposed picture of sponges and coral


Over-exposed picture of sponges and coral

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Scrawled filefish

Scrawled filefish

Church made some nice finds!! Good dive!!

Church made some nice finds!! Good dive!!

View climbing up 1000 steps (actually only 67 steps - feels like 1000)

View climbing up 1000 steps (actually only 67 steps - feels like 1000)

Back at our truck

Back at our truck


Truck and tanks - Diving freedom!!


Truck and tanks - Diving freedom!!

Arid dessert like terrain

Arid dessert like terrain

1000 steps - great dive

1000 steps - great dive

IMGP3418.JPG Churcho in his Men of Scuba Mr November pose

Churcho in his "Men of Scuba Mr November" pose

Goldspotted eel

Goldspotted eel

Actully think its a Sharptail eel

Actully think its a Sharptail eel

Scorpionfish!! (poisonous)

Scorpionfish!! (poisonous)

Scorpionfish!! (poisonous)

Scorpionfish!! (poisonous)

Scorpionfish!! (poisonous)

Scorpionfish!! (poisonous)

Porcupinefish

Porcupinefish

Honeycomb Cowfish

Honeycomb Cowfish

Another Spotted Drum

Another Spotted Drum

IMGP3439.JPG IMGP3440.JPG Dark out (wasn't a night dive, we started without tourches, woops)

Dark out (wasn't a night dive, we started without tourches, woops)

IMGP3445.JPG Healthy coral

Healthy coral


More Stove pipe sponges


More Stove pipe sponges

Queen Angelfish swims away

Queen Angelfish swims away

View of island on our 1st boat dive

View of island on our 1st boat dive

Spotted Drum (Juvenile)

Spotted Drum (Juvenile)

Spotted Drum (Juvenile)

Spotted Drum (Juvenile)

Trumpetfish

Trumpetfish

IMGP3463.JPG Smooth Trunkfish

Smooth Trunkfish

Barred Hamlet

Barred Hamlet

Yellowtail Snappers

Yellowtail Snappers

More Yellowtail Snappers

More Yellowtail Snappers

Filefish

Filefish

Close up of the Scrawled Filefish

Close up of the Scrawled Filefish

Trumpetfish

Trumpetfish

Trumpetfish closeup

Trumpetfish closeup

Lots of Yellowtail Snappers

Lots of Yellowtail Snappers

Dog Snapper?

Dog Snapper?

Honeycomb Cowfish

Honeycomb Cowfish

Peacock Flounder

Peacock Flounder

Lizards join us for lunch

Lizards join us for lunch

Lizard hiding

Lizard hiding

Lizards join us for lunch

Lizards join us for lunch

They aren't scared of people

They aren't scared of people

View of the saltmines from the water

View of the saltmines from the water

Huge Green Moray Eel

Huge Green Moray Eel

Green Moray Eel

Green Moray Eel

Spotted Moray Eel

Spotted Moray Eel

Spotted Moray Eel

Spotted Moray Eel

Spotted Moray Eel

Spotted Moray Eel

Spotted Moray Eel

Spotted Moray Eel

Great looking Scorpionfish

Great looking Scorpionfish

Tough, sharp, painful exit at alice in wonderland

Tough, sharp, painful exit at alice in wonderland

Wild Donkey

Wild Donkey

Another Donkey

Another Donkey

Wild donkies

Wild donkies

Sunset

Sunset

Sunset

Sunset

Stunning sky

Stunning sky


Wideangle of the sunset


Wideangle of the sunset

Sunset

Sunset

Think there was a seahorse here, but I can't find it or I missed it

Think there was a seahorse here, but I can't find it or I missed it

was a frogfish here that I missed with the camera

was a frogfish here that I missed with the camera

Overexposed smooth trunkfish

Overexposed smooth trunkfish

Queen Angelfish

Queen Angelfish

IMGP3543.JPG Porcupinefish

Porcupinefish

Porcupinefish

Porcupinefish

View north from a southern divesite

View north from a southern divesite

View of the saltmines

View of the saltmines

View of the beach and our truck

View of the beach and our truck

German style self portrait

German style self portrait

Hilma Hooker wreck

Hilma Hooker wreck

Church and the wreck

Church and the wreck

Church and the wreck

Church and the wreck

Tarpoon that lives at the wreck

Tarpoon that lives at the wreck

View of Church from partially inside the wreck

View of Church from partially inside the wreck

Hilma Hooker wreck

Hilma Hooker wreck

Hilma Hooker wreck

Hilma Hooker wreck

Hilma Hooker wreck

Hilma Hooker wreck

Hilma Hooker wreck

Hilma Hooker wreck

Hilma Hooker wreck

Hilma Hooker wreck

Sgt Majors

Sgt Majors

Portholes of the wreck

Portholes of the wreck

Hilma Hooker wreck

Hilma Hooker wreck

IMGP3607.JPG IMGP3610.JPG Peacock Flounder

Peacock Flounder

Sharp slippery rocks, and my tank fell off as well.  Church was nice enough to safeguard my camera for me

Sharp slippery rocks, and my tank fell off as well. Church was nice enough to safeguard my camera for me

Nice view of the beach

Nice view of the beach

Some Donkeys on the rough interior of the island

Some Donkeys on the rough interior of the island

Donkeys

Donkeys

IMGP3618.JPG Donkey

Donkey

Cactus plants everywhere

Cactus plants everywhere

Relaxing under a tree between dives

Relaxing under a tree between dives

natural umbrella

natural umbrella

As we were in the water getting ready to decend, a 747 came rediculously close to us!! Turns out this dive site is right at the end of the islands runway!!

As we were in the water getting ready to decend, a 747 came rediculously close to us!! Turns out this dive site is right at the end of the islands runway!!

Orange Sponge

Orange Sponge

IMGP3628.JPG Elephant ear sponge

Elephant ear sponge

Giant Green Moray Eel that was upset with Church for some reason

Giant Green Moray Eel that was upset with Church for some reason

Green Moray Eel

Green Moray Eel

Close up of the Green Moray Eel

Close up of the Green Moray Eel

Get close then get closer!!

Get close then get closer!!

IMGP3638.JPG Smooth trunkfish

Smooth trunkfish

Another sunset

Another sunset

Sunset

Sunset

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Sunset over Klein Bonaire


Sunset over Klein Bonaire

IMGP3658.JPG Sailboat was 2 minutes too late

Sailboat was 2 minutes too late


Buddy's dive


Buddy's dive

IMGP3666.JPG Pink Flamingos are indiginous here

Pink Flamingos are indiginous here

Pink Flamingos in the pouring rain

Pink Flamingos in the pouring rain


Slave house


Slave house

Slave huts that were used at the salt mines

Slave huts that were used at the salt mines

Slaves huts lined up

Slaves huts lined up

Me and the slave hut

Me and the slave hut

Rows of them

Rows of them

IMGP3691.JPG Me and the huts (in my indian Om shirt)

Me and the huts (in my indian Om shirt)

IMGP3696.JPG White slave huts

White slave huts

White slave huts on the beach

White slave huts on the beach


Picturesque


Picturesque

View of the ocean

View of the ocean

Pelican

Pelican