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| Posted On: | 17-Jun-2005 |
| From: | "Mark Michaelsen" [marcus8.....netcom.com] |
| Subject: | [roatan] Re: Bay Islands Beach Resort |
Wow, that's great to hear Ted! You have good reason to be proud of your resort. Mark --- In roatan.....com, Ted OBrien wrote: > 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....... > > > > --- 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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