Back From Bonaire
Stageleft:. Life on the left side (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Great trip, thirty dives. And not one second spent on the Internet.
Bonaire
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Plane Crash Near Island of Bonaire
Sify (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
A small plane carrying nine passengers has crashed near the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire.
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Sea Things #20: Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles
Somewhere in the Sun (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Sea Things is a regular feature on my blog where I profile a different sea creature. Look for it weekly, or something close to weekly. When I'm talking about Sea Things, you don't normally think of an island, I suppose. But, still, let's talk a little bit about one of the islands that I visit and that is my love. Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. We've traveled to Bonaire three times. Well,...
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BonAire Auto polisher with 10 Bonnets and adjustable handles
Automotive Parts (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Product Description The BonAire Auto Polisher comes with handles that adjust separately to create a variety of comfortable and functional combinatiions. Weighs less then 6lbs for easy handling. (more…)
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Kralendijk: Captain Don's Habitat in Bonaire Has Plans to Be Beautified
HotelChatter - (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Back in August, we told you about our brush with sucky service at the Captain Don's Habitat in Bonaire, Netherland Antilles. The whole debacle left us feeling kinda icky, mostly because we really fell hard for the island of Bonaire, and well...for the most part, the situation could have been avoided. But hang onto your swim fins, because there may be a happy ending to our scuba sob story....
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BONAire Inflate & GO Air Pump
Automotive Parts (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Product Description Compact design with the pump in the bag. Has 14 foot hose with built in pressure gauge to reach almost anywhere. 12V power with 8 foot power cord. Includes 12 accessories/tools to inflate tires, inflatables and sports equipment (more…)
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Sea Things #23: White-Speckled Nudibranch
Somewhere in the Sun (Free subscription) | yesterday
... a dive. During our first full-fledged dive trip that Todd and I ever took together, which was in Bonaire in May of 2007, Todd got it in his head that he wanted to find a nudibranch. Well, it's possible that he had decided this before that, but the first I ever heard of it was while we were in Bonaire. A nudibranch is a sea snail with no shell, like a slug. They tend to be pretty small,...
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songs of praise: sunday's 6pm-8pm. Nov 1st show.
Space Invader (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... Martin Brew Link To Selected: Codine 45:33 (Theo Parrish's Space Cadet Remix): LCD Soundsystem Bonaire: Dutch Rhythm Combo Mirror Dance: Afefe Iku Following The Noughties: J-Walk Songs Of Praise Nov 1 09 by cubikmusik
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Fashion designer honored for her skill at child's play
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... Ditirro )The name means "blue sea" in Papiamento, the language spoken on the islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao. While she says she loves living in the foothills of Colorado, the islands are "a great source of inspiration because they are so beautiful."For Gibson's spring collection, one of the groups is nautically themed and made from linen. The dresses are trimmed with real shell buttons,...
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Aeriel view of Old San Juan
stuartshepherd human name male (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
The geography and climate in the Caribbean region varies. Some islands in the region have relatively flat terrain of non-volcanic origin. These islands include Aruba , Barbados, Bonaire, the Cayman Islands, Saint Croix, The Bahamas or Antigua. Others possess rugged towering mountain-ranges like the islands of Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saba,...
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Family Pleads For Return Of Hero Pilot's Body
Sky News (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
12:31am UK, Tuesday November 03, 2009 Hannah Thomas-Peter, Sky News reporter The sister of a pilot feared dead after heroically saving the lives of his passengers has pleaded for help to get his body back home. Efforts to release Mr Mansell from his seat failed. Photo sxmislandtime.comBritish pilot Robert Mansell ditched his small plane in to the ocean off the tiny Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire...
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Sea Things #21: Common Octopus
Somewhere in the Sun (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
... got some great photos, and again we were able to pet him. There was another octopus that we saw in Bonaire in the spring. It was right outside of our hotel on the house reef, and only his eye and a couple of suckers could be seen in this tiny little hole. Todd happened to spot him, but since he was cornered, I didn't feel comfortable touching him (others we'd touched were out in the open...
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UTS Rolls Out Comverse® ONE™ Billing & Active Customer Management for Quad-Play Services in Caribbean
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
... flagship offering for Business Support Systems (BSS) in seven territories (Curacao, Bonaire, Sint Maarten [Dutch], Saint Martin [French], Sint Eustatius, Saba and S
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Operator News in Brief - 29th Oct 2009
cellular-news (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Comverse has announced that United Telecommunications Services (UTS), an incumbent telecommunications provider in the Caribbean, is in the final stages of deploying its ONE Billing and Active Customer Management solution across its entire subscriber base. UTS is deploying BSS in seven territories (Curacao, Bonaire, Sint Maarten [Dutch], Saint Martin [French], Sint Eustatius, Saba and Suriname).Ericsson...
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British pilot dies to save 9 in Caribbean
The Empire Chronicles (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
A British pilot drowned after saving the lives of nine passengers by ditching his plane into the sea when one of his engines failed, The Times reports. Robert Mansell, 32, was hailed as a hero after carrying out a forced landing of a light aircraft in the Caribbean between the islands of Curaçao and Bonaire. Last night it emerged that his final words to air traffic ...