Well hello everyone, Aimee here! I am a bachelorette, it seems! I got Barry off to the airport yesterday evening and he arrived safely and hopefully spent the day hard at work (diving, that is).  Now, we have been here almost 6 years and just when we think we have had all the “Curacao experiences” we could have, one more drops in our laps.  That happened yesterday at the airport. Let me explain. When Barry was packing we already knew he would be overweight.  He had little regular luggage, but with all the dive gear and the camera, housing, lights etc, there is no way he would not be overweight. We were prepared for that.  So, as we checked in the girls put the luggage on the scale and told him he would have to pay more, naturally. He handed them his credit card and to our surprise, they shook their heads and said “no, you don’t pay here, you have to walk to the next building down the street, go wait in line and pay there’.  Huh? Seriously? We both looked at each other and actually asked them once again and they explained that they did not accept money (cash or credit) and we had to go to the other place, a 10 minute walk!  So, I waited with the bags as Barry went and paid. I asked them for the little tags to place on the bags and she said she only had ones for Caracas, Venezuela. Well, that would not be too good.  I asked her if she could look some more and she then opened another drawer, thank goodness and, hello; there were some for Bonaire! Well, Barry got back, we got him finished off and he headed upstairs.  We had to have him there 2 hours ahead of time for a 15 minute flight from Curacao to Bonaire. Funny.

 

Well, here is a wonderful photo of Zenzi, Tela and Pasku out on the reef diving. This little guy is a super-star, as his mother is already. Hope you enjoy the photo and the story. I am sure Barry will have many stories of his own when he gets back. I hope he is having a wonderful time with all his new dive buddies and a special thanks to the Wannadive Hut for taking care of him! See you tomorrow!

 

Aimee