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| Posted On: | 16-Jun-2005 |
| From: | Ted OBrien [bayislandsboy.....com] |
| Subject: | Re: [roatan] Re: Bay Islands Beach Resort |
I normally would not comment on a report like Mark's because I have an obvious ax to grind in that I own and operate Bay Islands Beach Resort. I think Mark's comments are accurate. But since he was stayed with us, we have gotten 2 new dive boats - Island Hopper 32's, one of which is, we believe, the fastest dive boat on the island. We also think our dive operation is as good or better than any anywhere. We are a NAUI Tech Facility (#:5 in the world) which means we do trimix, rebreathers, heliox, and heliair in addition to recreational diving which is all most people are interested in. We are the only resort in the Bay Islands that does this. We were the first to do Nitrox when everyone else, including PADI, was saying it's voodoo gas and will kill everybody. Boats have radios, DAN oxygen, first aid kits, etc, and the captains and divemasters are trained to use them. We actually tumble and clean our scuba cylinders regularly, VIP them annually, and hydro them every 5 years - things that are rare in the islands. I also appreciate Mark's kind comments and hope he will come back again, as a very high percentage of our guests do. BTW, Gustavo, is still with us. Again, I'm clearly biased but the above is true. Ted O'Brien Bay Islands Beach Resort Sandy Bay, Roatan 1-800-4-ROATAN www.bibr.com escape.....com --- Mark Michaelsen wrote: > I assume you've seen their website at > http://www.bibr.com > > My girlfriend and I stayed with them for 8 nights > over Thanksgiving > in 2003. We enjoyed it very much and would highly > recommend them to > anyone. They don't get much discussion I think > because they are > relatively small, only accomodating roughly 30 or so > guests at one > time. But that's precisely why we liked them. > It's an intimate > setting as you really get to know everyone there. > Grounds are > beautiful. Food was very good. Bar was decent. > Their dive > operation was pretty good, not great compared with > Coco View or > AKR. Their boats were a bit slow but most sites > are within easy and > short range, save for Mary's Place et al... on the > other side of the > island obviously. Dive masters were a mixed bag. > We liked Gustavo > the best, if he's still there. It's a short ride > to West End and > all the fun that offers, but is still a very quiet > area by > contrast. It was one of the most relaxing, > restfull, enjoyable > weeks of my life. You'll have a blast! > > Enjoy, > > Mark > > --- In roatan.....com, "thenagtx" > wrote: > > Will be there this weekend! Does anybody know > anything about them? > > There name doesnt show up much in searches...... > > > > > _______ Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com http://www.roatanet.com To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/roatan/ roatan- : | |
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