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We are going to Curacao the end of April. I just can't decide where to stay. I have been looking at several properties. Marriott, Avila, Hilton, Breezes and Sunset waters. Sunset waters seems far out and I don't really like AI. But the diving is better up there. Read some bad things about Breezes and Hilton. Was really leaning towards Marriott but then read a bad report on their dive operation. So now I am leaning more towards Avila. Which is more our type of place to stay I think. I really like smaller and a kitchen so I can do something simple for breakfast and lunch and then eat dinner out. And thinking about Going with Ocean Encounters for the diving. Not really what I prefer for diving. I am use to small companies that take out small groups. But, I have not really found that on Curacao. Any input on those topics would be most apprectiated. Thank you in advance Jeanette
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We got certified in Curacao - and I second the bad review of the dive shop at the Marriott.... We stayed at the Marriott (really liked the hotel), but they were really not into safety at the dive shop. If you're an experienced diver, and you probably have your own gear - they would be fine, I would think, but it seems to be alot of really young people working there that were not that experienced.....
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We stayed at the Marriott and went diving with their operation and it was great, we had no complaints at all. The group was small but that might be the time of year and they had a schedule of where they were going each day, as opposed to others who didn't know from one day to the next what sites they were going to.
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Thanks for the info Debi and Odin. Seems to be right on par with what I have read about the dive operation at Marriott in Undercurrent. Love it or hate it. One bad one I read though was about bad smelling air fills. And that really kinda freaks me out. So I am still up in the air about what to do.
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We're leaving for Curacao in Feb.
We're planning to do one day of diving with Ocean Encounters and then doing one day with the Dive Bus...guided shore dives. Depending on how these operations run we'll pick up another day with them.
Other then that, we're planning on renting a car and just doing shore dives on our own.
I'll send in a report when I get back.
Have you checked out Scubaboard.com
They have a good message board to bounce diving question arounds.
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Thanks Coop I would love a report after you get back. I am now kinda leaning towards diving with Ocean Encouters. I also had someone on another board reccomend the dive bus also. We are fairly new divers and only dive once a year on vacation so we are not really into the shore diving on our own. Which I know is what Curacao is good for. Anyway if you find the time when you get back I would love to hear what you think about Ocean Encounters and the Dive Bus. Jeanette firstname.lastname@example.com
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I wanted to report back to you about the diving in Curacao. We just got back from Curacao on 2/17 and had a great time. The diving was better then I was expecting, so that's all good.
We did 3 1/2 days of diving while there. 2 tank dive with Ocean Encounters (the one by Lions Dive), 3 guided shore dives with the Dive Bus, and 2 dives just on our own.
Ocean Encounters is a large operations with big boats with plenty of shade. They do try and fill those boat up and the day we went (mushroom forest) there were 27 divers on board. Trip took about 1:15 via boat to get to the 1st site. A quick briefing took place on how the dive would be lead (drift diving). however, nothing was really said about what to look out of in way of fishes, types of coral etc. Dive was lead by one Dive master and the other DM took up the back. DM's really didn't take the time to point out things of interest. Dive went quickly, and I came up with 1200psi (my buddy came up with 1000psi). 2nd dive (Hells Corner) was basically lead the same way. Seems like the DM's just drifted above everything without getting down in to the fun stuff. Lunch was served (sandwices on the trip back to the shop).
Dive Bus-They do guided shore dive. They picked us up at our hotel in a 9 person van. They we went back to their 'hut' and met with some other divers. 6 divers climbed in the bus and 4 other divers followed in their vehicle. The plan was to do 2 dives at the same area. At the site everyone gets their gear and sets up. Dive breifing was made, buddies set up, and we went over underwater signals. Especially signals for different things we would see (spotted drums, eels, turtles, sea horse, trumpet fish). One dive master was in the water while another stayed on the beach to watch our stuff. (came up with 800psi, on both dives0. On the second dive, basically the same thing was done but we headed in the other direction. DM advise that at the end of the dive he may get out early, and can follow him on the exit. There were 2 newbie divers on this trip and the DM advise them to follow him on this exit. However for the experience divers he said if you have more air, no problem with saying and enjoying the site, as long as you stay with a buddy.
On another day we went back to the Dive Bus and dove their house reef, Carpile. Really a nice site. Easy dive.
I personally like the Dive Bus better then Ocean Encounters. OE just had too many divers on board for my taste. Plus Ocean Encounters is much more expensive (if you don't do a package deal). We are planning to return to Curacao and we would do all our diving with the Dive Bus.
Hopefully this helps. If you have any questions....ask away and I'll try and help.
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We were at the Marriott the first week of January. The snorkeling off the Marriott beach on the Hilton side of the property was fantastic.
We scuba dived with the dive operator at Hook's Hut which is on the other side on the Hilton. The diving around Hook's Hut and the Hilton is NOT terrific. It would be worth going somewhere better on the island. The operator next to Hook's Hut seemed reliable and I think had many trip options. It is in walking distance of the Marriott.
We rented a car for a few days and drove around the island.
Had a good meal at Goveneurs (Wilhelmstad) and Sjolette (across from the Marriott)
If you stay at the Marriot ask for a room on the end on the Hilton side of the hotel. You get windows on two sides and it is quieter.
In general, the Marriott was nicer than the Hilton. We don't like all inclusives.
Kitchenette kind of places are nice, but you might not find one on a good beach.
Have a great time.
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Bryce Canyon National Park: This Small Corner of Utah Packs a Colorful Punch
Bryce is one of my favorite parks. I have cycled through the park twice and hope to do it again. The park road system offers a superb route along the rim of Bryce Canyon with vistas of amazing rock formations. For those thinking of cycling the park road, be sure to carry plenty of water. The high desert air quickly sucks the moisture out of you. My last trip to Utah included a bike trip that took in Cedar Breaks NM, Bryce NP, Escalante, Capitol Reef and Zion. All special in their own way.
How'd They Do That?
Hey Beamis,
I know them winds well and yes I am a believer in theory :-))
And to be witness to, well that would be something else entirely!
A National Park Service Regional Director Shares His Priority List for 2009
It was interesting reading Mike Snyder's comments; and it was even more interesting having one of our regional directors participating in the National Parks Traveler! (I was impressed!)
As an "outsider looking in", I would like to suggest another priority to Mike.......
Like so many government agencies and programs, the National Park Service needs money; it needs to repair old buildings and trails, it needs to renovate tired visitor centers and museums, and it needs funding for more rangers, more naturalists, and more staff. But it needs not only money; it needs to address a number of very basic and very important personnel problems.
After working for 27 years as the president of a very successful manufacturing company, my wife and I began working three years ago as seasonal Park Rangers (Interpretation). Our experiences have been rewarding and exciting. We love being Rangers and we love helping people as they explore and experience our national parks. On the other hand, seeing how our national parks work from the inside and seeing how they manage their human resources often has been frustrating and exasperating.
For instance, the National Park Service seems to be ignoring and mismanaging the need to train and maintain future leaders. For young people graduating from college and seeking a career in the Park Service, there are only seasonal jobs. At many parks, seasonal rangers are treated more or less like warm bodies, hired to be present at certain positions for a limited period of time, and expected to leave and disappear at the end of a season. There are no benefits, no effort to hold on to the better "kids", and no help given to the better rangers in acquiring year-round employment at other parks. And worse still, young people quickly discover there are virtually no full time, year round jobs available. Instead, they face years and years of seasonal jobs, years of moving from park to park as temporary employees, and must attempt to function in a system which is difficult for individuals and almost impossible for couples. Eventually, the younger, better, and more serious Rangers just give-up, leave the Park Service, and get "real" jobs.
What a shame, and what a loss to the NPS!
It's projected that many of the baby boomers will retire soon. For instance, in a recent speech, OPM director Linda Springer said, "Sixty percent of the government's 1.6 million white-collar employees and 90 percent of about 6,000 federal executives will be eligible for retirement over the next 10 years."
So what is the National Park Service doing to attract tomorrow's leaders? What is it doing to identify and develop its future leaders? What is it doing to make sure some of the wonderful, dedicated, and talented young people who work for the Park Service every summer don't end up leaving in frustration, or feeling they were never recognized, or that no one cared about them professionally? What are we doing to encourage them, and support them, and guide them? Simply stated, what are we doing to convince the better and the more talented and dedicated young people who work as seasonal Rangers to continue working for the National Park Service?
Bryce Canyon National Park: This Small Corner of Utah Packs a Colorful Punch
I have been to Bryce numerous times, and hiked pretty much every trail there. I have been to parks such as Glacier, Yosemite, Yellowstone, Teton ect.. While these parks are no doubt beautiful, there is, in my mind something very special about Bryce. Hiking the back of the canyon is like being on the set of an old "Star Trek" episode, with the purple sparkling hoodoos and colors for as far as you can see. As for the night sky... It is very hard to get to sleep at night while camping because the star gazeing is addictive, I have even put out the campfire to get a better view of the sky. My favorite trip was a few years ago in September (when all the kids go back to school). I was camping, had a great day hiking. Looking at the stars that night, watching some clouds roll in. I woke up the next mornig to about 6 inches of snow. One of the most beautiful scenes I have witnessed, with the snow covered orange formations, it was truely amazing! If ever you get the chance to go, TAKE IT! You won't be disappointed! Oh Ya, stop in at Zion while your at it.
Echoes of the Cold War in the Tropical Warmth of Everglades National Park
Hi Kurt,
I read your comment and just have few bits of info you may not realize.The site isnt just an empty shell sitting there it is a working national Park service facility that does research for the Everglades.It is fully staffed and allows a place for College students to come and visit and do scientific type research.It is a well maintained facilty where the radars were located with people coming back and forth to work every day.It gave them operable buildings that were already in place.Down range where the missiles were is kept up fairly well but there is nothing there but missile barns and a few out buildings.Im not sure what you meant by a footprint but since it was a solid fuels missile there is no waste left around that could harm the environment.I personally think this is worth preserving since within 200 miles from here their are people that were living in Cuba that lived thru the missile crisis form Cuba.Its just a piece of history that I honestly think is as interesting as seeing the cabin Lincoln lived in or visiting a civil war cemetary.
Bush Administration's Haste Could Doom New Gun Rules In National Parks
#1 We don't need a "reason" to carry firearms in national parks. It is the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution garuntees the right of the PEOPLE to keep and Bear Arms.
#2 Crime could happen any where and any time. Do you think you anti-gun commies could engage a little of that good ole common sense and put your rhetoric aside.
#3 Besides the criminal element (park kidnapping of children, violent robberies of campers.) There are wild animals that have also, on rare occasion, attack hikers and recreationalists. Now they would have a fighting chance.. Wouldn't you want that too?
#4 Being forced to use a firearm to thwart criminals, animals, or otherwise is extremely rare. You have better chances of being killed under a doctors care than by a criminals bullets. So why try and block responsible, law abiding Americans from being able to protect their families any where including National Parks?
Apparent Clumsiness Claims Life Of Famed Bull Elk In Yellowstone National Park
Heres some pics I took of him in my yard in Gardiner
and some videos
This elk was one in a million and he will be missed. He wasnt aggresive in the winter. After the rut he was soo chill. Just hanging out in Gardiner.
What Would Wildlife Say About Concealed Carry in National Parks?
What would the wildlife say?
Nothing...they can't talk, and if they could they would say "what's that thing? if they could see it...but they can't 'cause it's CONCEALED.
Rocky Mountain National Park Ends Elk Culling for This Winter
I read your previous article on limiting the elk numbers in the Rocky Mountain National Park. I also reviewed the Park Video and was interested in their stated goal of limiting the elk foraging on the willows. As they stated in the video this would lead to an improvement in the water table and other park resource. At the time I thought it a little odd that the Park Service was once again trying to manage elk numbers to aid the willow environment. As reported in the book, Where the Wild Things Were, the only permanent solution in the Lamar Valley of Yellowstone was placing a grey and hungry menace in the thickets. Yes I mean wolves. Rangers and hunters occasionally chasing the elk around the flats never resolved the problem. It only put a different 40 elks in the willow grove. Only fear of a fanged ambush on a regular basis had any effect on the willow predation. This forced the elk out onto the plains where they could more effectively flee from the wolves. Has anyone else noticed this retro management approach might not resolve the problem?
NPCA, PEER Voice Concerns Over Proposed Mountain Bike Rule Change In National Parks
Ray. Good points, however, let me suggest the following:
- we are already proposing everything you're suggesting: doing trailwork, proposing odd/even days, etc.
- if mtbers disturb wildlife, then the same should be true of any other user
The issue is that other users just don't want to share, as evidenced on this thread. Then again, why would they? They have their own private Idaho funded at taxpayer's expense.
Controlled Flood Proposed for the Colorado River Through Grand Canyon National Park
Who's running these dams? NASA? First its bad, then it's good, then we destroy habitat, but discover endangered species living in the new habitat, but then we decided to 'restore' the habitat, but then we harass endangered species (did I mention exotic, endangered species?). At least if we're gonna do these things, can someone send me an invitation, I'd like to see one at least.
How'd They Do That?
Yo Random Walker-----if you've ever experienced the kind of winds that can often blow in that neck o' the woods you'd be a believer too.
New Visitor Center Coming to Great Smoky Mountains National Park
As long as it does not bother the animals, I think it will be great. All the enviromental building plans are a good thing. I live in Ohio and come every year.
NPCA, PEER Voice Concerns Over Proposed Mountain Bike Rule Change In National Parks
I suggest that mt. biking can enhance their argument re: mt. bike travel in national parks by recommending reasonable regulations and limits that protect the park resources and character while also being sensitive to the wishes of others to have trails free of mechanical vehicles. This means placing some trails and areas off limits to bikes or timing trail openings to avoid disturbing sensitive wildlife activities (nesting, calving, etc.). Additionally, off-road bikers could accept the responsibility of maintaining trails open to mt. bike travel. Anyone who has done trail maintenance knows this is an important and often difficult chore. Bikers should also reach out to other park stakeholders in search of ways to work together in protecting the parks and respecting each others needs and desires.
How'd They Do That?
DV Rangers,
You have seen them move?
How'd They Do That?
He is right, wind/slimy playa=rocks move
No mystery
Tredegar Ironworks: A Civil War Icon Preserved at Richmond National Battlefield Park
This coming March is a great time to visit Richmond. Both the NPS and The American Civil War Center are co-sponsoring, along w/ Dominion and the University of Richmond, a conference entitled "Lincoln and the South." For details and/or to register, visit this site.
How'd They Do That?
It's the wind, in combination with a wet playa.
Why is Clear-cutting Allowed in Japan's Iconic Park, Daisetsuzan?
Very sad to see such an amazing park that takes hundrends of years to establish itself as we can see it today in a threat of demolition within months or a year. We as the Conservationist must fight as much as we can once we see something something is going wrong or threatened which require conservation voices regardless our nationalities.By the way, it is our right to received the respect we require at our best regarding the technical advice we deliver in term of conservation and other proffessionals must understand this. I'm very angry with these greed ( politicians!!??) who are pushing this activities, may be looking for votes and or loggers!!!?? who they think that their proffessional is much better than others!!
Bush Administration's Haste Could Doom New Gun Rules In National Parks
There do seem to be an overwhelming proportion (identified by very unscientific means) of comments in support of the rule change. So much so I had to do some digging to make sure that mine was still in there.
I haven't spent much time studying the public comment process... but is there an actual report that breaks down the 26,000+ comments into some numbers? Clicking through the comments one by one is not a very reliable way of building a conclusion. It would be pretty easy to run the comments through a qualitative analysis program to give us a better idea of what is going on. Further, it would allow for some demographic analysis to help show how statistically representative of the US population the comments are.
Even if a report shows that there is strong support from the public (that did comment on this rule change), it should not mean that the proposal is automatically made a rule. It should start the process of better understanding all the impacts associated with changing or not changing the rule.
Any decisions made concerning national parks and other protected areas need to based on the best available science, not just public opinion. (Yes, I know that you can probably find examples of bad science being used to support past rule changes in parks.)
I remember a researcher asking people about putting a new building at Logan Pass in Glacier NP. He found that there was overwhelming support by visitors to build a revolving restaurant at the pass. Just because a bunch people want something doesn't make it a good idea.
Spammers Are Targeting National Parks Traveler
We are having the same problems on our forum...the spam bots have gotten very sophisticated. We had to stop using the character recognition and switched to the question and answer - which so far has worked well.
National Park Mystery Plant 1: Will This "Lime-Green Cancer" Derail Everglades Restoration?
Thanks for the information and that amazing photo, Anon. There's clearly a lot more to this Lygodium business than meets the eye. I'll watch for updates and hope that some sort of breakthrough will soon happen on the biological control front. Meanwhile I've made a few edits to the article based on the new-to-me information you've supplied. I never cease to be amazed at the breadth and depth of NPT reader expertise.
Rules! Rules! Rules!
i,ve ben told that you can not use a metal detector in a national park say like lake meade national park.
National Park Mystery Plant 1: Will This "Lime-Green Cancer" Derail Everglades Restoration?
Sorry I'm late to this party: our connection to the rest of the internet died again yesterday.
If you want to see a graphic image of Lygodium collapsing and killing a tree island, look at:
http://bio.fiu.edu/lygodium/images/DSCN1108.jpg I shot this in the Loxahatchee NWR not Everglades National Park. Currently, on the order of 1/3 or 1/2 of the tree islands in Loxahatchee are infested with Lygodium. Lygodium is still sparse in ENP: a few patches in Brazilian Pepper (itself another exotic invasive species) and mangroves on the western park of the park. [The last I knew, there actually is more Lygodium in Big Cypress than in ENP.] Tony Pernas and Jonathan Taylor of NPS deserve credit.
While Lygodium _can_ grow on sawgrass, marshes, ditches, and prairies, it doesn't grow very large there. It grows large and produces billions of spores when it climbs on trees. The reason folks are more scared about Lygodium than about Melaleuca or Australian Pine (Casuarina) or Brazilian Pepper (Schinus) or even kudzu (not a problem in south Florida) is that for the other exotic species, control actions can start on one side and roll back the infestation, because seed dispersal isn't that great. Melaleuca is "officially" extirpated in ENP because they first went after the small outlying patches that served as seed sources or foci of further spread, then they systematically went after the solid stands on the edges of the park. Lygodium doesn't have local dispersal: the spores that started the infestations in the southwest part of ENP likely blew in from Loxahatchee, 40-75km away. Therefore, Lygodium must be controlled over very large areas simultaneously.
This report is a bit out of date in the last comment about biological control. Bob Pemberton of USDA in Davie is pretty far along in testing biological control agents (a weevil and a rust fungus). However, the patchy "islands" of habitat (tree islands, bay heads, etc.) are a major problem for biological control to be effective. Lygodium produces billions of spores, which disperse very long distances, so almost every tree island receives new spores every month, and new Lygodium infestations can pop up anywhere. Effective passive biological control would require a control organism that can colonize new patches of Lygodium at least as fast as Lygodium colonizes new tree islands: a pretty tough race against a fern with spores. My little project on spore germination & growth requirements and a bit of math suggests that biological control may be feasible, but not self-sustaining: someone is likely to have to culture the rust and weevils and release them on 5-10% of the tree islands each year.
Tredegar Ironworks: A Civil War Icon Preserved at Richmond National Battlefield Park
If you'd like to see before-and-after photos of Tregedar Ironworks --in its heyday and then lying in ruins, that is -- visit http://web.ukonline.co.uk/b.gardner/tredegar/trediron.htm.


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Fergie admits she finds Cheryl Cole hot
Submitted by Kiran Pahwa on Fri, 06/18/2010 - 08:19
London, June 18 : Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie has said that Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole is so hot that she could turn any straight woman into a gay.
Fergie joked that she has a crush on Cheryl saying that she was 'hot enough to turn anyone.'
"Some girls you look at and think, 'Damn, you shouldn't look that good'. Cheryl is one of them. She has this quality that turns powerful men into giggly schoolboys. Any guy that ends up with her will be lucky," the un quoted Fergie as saying.
"It might not be a man. I''d take her out on a date and she knows it," she added. (ANI)
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Which poem of william wordsworth or Keats you like the most ? I like william wordsworth poem " solitary Repair "the most and keats " all his odes ".
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Solitary Reaper is the best; other poems are also v good.Answered by krishnaswamy thattai renganathaiyengar, 07 Mar '09 02:04 pm
Not solitary repair it is solitary reaperAnswered by Gopakumar, 26 Feb '09 05:01 pm
Keat's nightingale is very good poem
Keat's nightingale is very good poem
"a thing of beauty" - its an excerpt frm one of his works i guess. ... but i really i like it." romanticism" came frm his works ...Answered by maya, 26 Feb '09 05:00 pm


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