http://www.mvpix.com/photographers/archives/travel-bonaire/index.html Copyright MVPix.com - All Rights Reserved. Photographer Weblogs on MVPix.com : Photography : Stock Photos Category Mon, 19 Jul 2004 19:23:33 -0500 Mon, 19 Jul 2004 19:23:33 -0500 en-us webmaster@mvpix.com Melanie Vallee weekly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.mvpix.com/photographers/archives/travel-bonaire/index.html http://www.mvpix.com/images/logo4xml.gif MVPix Photographers : Photography : Stock Photos Category http://www.mvpix.com/photographers/archives/travel-bonaire/labc-de-la-plongee-de-bord-a-bonaire.html Travel : Bonaire Mon, 19 Jul 2004 19:23:33 -0500 L'île de Bonaire est reconnue pour la richesse de ses fonds marins, ses petites créatures et la facilité d'y plonger de la rive tout au long de sa cote ouest. Bonaire offre plus de 80 sites de plongée identifiés avec des bouées sur l'eau ou avec des pierres peinturées jaunes sur le long de la route. Les sites non identifiés sont très nombreux. Il faut seulement choisir un point d'entrée, stationner son véhicule sur le coté de la route et plonger à l'aventure !! Pour profiter et apprécier pleinement la plongée de bord, il y a plusieurs trucs qu'il faut connaître et mettre en pratique... 146@http://www.mvpix.com/photographers/ http://www.mvpix.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-post.cgi?entry_id=146 Melanie Vallee MVPix Photographers : Photography : Stock Photos Category http://www.mvpix.com/photographers/archives/travel-bonaire/iridescent-caribbean-reef-squid.html Travel : Bonaire Mon, 19 Jul 2004 16:21:42 -0500 On the afternoon of May 13th 2004, Melanie, Eric and I dove the Salt Pier in Bonaire. We opted for a simple dive profile - out from the shore to the central pier, then north to the neighboring pier, then back along the same route. The visibility was a little worse than usual, so extra care had to be taken with substrobe placement. The dive was fairly un-eventful, until we headed back to shore from the central pier... 141@http://www.mvpix.com/photographers/ http://www.mvpix.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-post.cgi?entry_id=141 Jean-Sebastien Morisset MVPix Photographers : Photography : Stock Photos Category http://www.mvpix.com/photographers/archives/travel-bonaire/update-on-petries-pillar-for-2004.html Travel : Bonaire Mon, 19 Jul 2004 16:09:57 -0500 The common description of Petrie's Pillar goes something like: "A shore dive for the beginner, with moderate currents and an average depth of 30-100 feet. The terrain is much like Andrea I and II. Large stands of Pillar Coral are found in the shallows along with schools of Blue Tangs. This site was named by Capt. Don as a wedding present for a friend." If you believe this description, you're likely to abort the dive before setting foot in the water!... 139@http://www.mvpix.com/photographers/ http://www.mvpix.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-post.cgi?entry_id=139 Jean-Sebastien Morisset MVPix Photographers : Photography : Stock Photos Category http://www.mvpix.com/photographers/archives/travel-bonaire/under-the-salt-pier.html Travel : Bonaire Mon, 19 Jul 2004 03:16:15 -0500 We arrived late Saturday night on Bonaire, did some grocery shopping, etc. on Sunday, and started diving on Monday morning. On our second dive, I knew something was wrong. I couldn't equalize no matter how hard I tried. The cold symptoms hit hard that night, and I would be unable to dive for the next 3 days. Once I could equalize again, I took some decongestant and we tried a very conservative dive profile from the hotel's pier. My ears cleared up quickly over the next few days, but my sinuses took a little longer... 53@http://www.mvpix.com/photographers/ http://www.mvpix.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-post.cgi?entry_id=53 Jean-Sebastien Morisset MVPix Photographers : Photography : Stock Photos Category http://www.mvpix.com/photographers/archives/travel-bonaire/bonaire-paradis-pour-plongeurs.html Travel : Bonaire Thu, 07 Aug 2003 00:38:47 -0500 Un regard sur la petite ile de Bonaire. Un reportage sur le voyage, hotel, restaurants, sites de plongee, location de voiture, le parc national, les oiseaux, les mangroves, le sanctuaire d'anes, etc. pour aider les plongeurs a planifier leur prochaines vacances sur cette ile... 160@http://www.mvpix.com/photographers/ http://www.mvpix.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-post.cgi?entry_id=160 Melanie Vallee