HotelChatter - Stories about Captain Don's Habitat Resort

Kralendijk: Captain Don's Habitat in Bonaire Has Plans to Be Beautified

globetrotting gourmet — 2009-10-12T09:33:36-05:00

<![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/26601/capt_don.jpg" class="top"> Back in August, we told you about our brush with sucky service at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/23/182616/286/hotels/Great_Scuba_Sucky_Service_at_Captain_Don_s_Habitat">Captain Don's Habitat</a> in Bonaire, Netherland Antilles. The whole debacle left us feeling kinda icky, mostly because we really fell hard for the island of Bonaire, and well...for the most part, the situation could have been avoided.But hang onto your swim fins, because there may be a happy ending to our scuba sob story. We just caught wind of some good (and completely unexpected) news regarding the long-time diving institution. The folks at Captain Don's Habitat must've snapped out of 1973, because the rundown property is (gasp!) being updated and renovated. They're planning on purchasing new (desperately needed) bathroom fixtures and

Bonaire: Great Scuba, Sucky Service at Captain Don's Habitat

globetrotting gourmet — 2009-08-28T13:54:42-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/26601/capt_don.jpg" class="top">Think all press trips are free caviar and roses? Think again. What happens when a hotel invites a writer to cover their hotel for multiple publications and she ends up itching and scratching? Though HotelChatter does not usually accept comp'd stay reviews, this was a situation we thought you needed to know about. After all, as <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/globetrotting gourmet">GlobeTrotting Gourmet</a> says: "if this is how the concerns of hosted media guests of the hotel are met, what can other guests expect?" As an R&R/dive-centric island destination, we think <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotels/city/an/Bonaire">Bonaire</a> is the bees knees. However, events that unraveled during our recent stay at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Captain+Don%27s+Habitat+Resort/local/1541">Captain Dons Habitat</a> during a hosted press trip really set the bar for how

Bonaire: Dive, Windsurf, and Meet a Pirate-Esque Environmentalist in Bonaire

globetrotting gourmet — 2009-08-19T11:26:39-05:00

Bonaire has quickly become a top contender for "Favorite Caribbean Destination." We had a feeling we’d like it—the hospitality of the Bonairians coupled with the efficiency of the Dutch throughout the Netherlands Antilles creates a unique dynamic we haven’t found anywhere else in the Caribbean.

Today, we totally rocked windsurfing, mastering turns within the first hour of our first lesson with Bonaire Windsurfing Place. We also got to meet some pretty high-profile pro windsurfers, including Taty Frans, ranked the #7 windsurfer in the world. (Check him out on YouTube.)