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Ha! egcntrk, I'd like to see the one of you petting the shark! As long as it's not digesting your arm, I think maybe it would help soothe her rattled nerves...

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You will notice I'm touching the back end and Tulu is holding it. As long as she doesn't stick her hand in their mouth she'll be ok.

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View from the boat

Devo - I had NO intention of getting in there with those sharks but ended up being one of the first ones in as curiosity got the better of me. I went in but stayed what I thought was a safe distance from the sharks. I actually ended up hugging a really big one , quite by mistake I can assure you. There were two other ladies on our boat that had decided they would skip this part of the tour but about 15 minutes later I saw them both in the water .

Won't find a better nite dive than Hol Chan, I agree with Bobber as well do at least one Atoll trip The B.H.Light house is the best!!
The local diving is very cool for first timers.
Bobber you sound like a really interesting guy will you be there between Jan29-Feb13,Like to drink a Belikin or three with you.

Sorry JDog. I will be in Bonaire at that time (not my idea, however the negotiation involved ensures AC next trip). Feel free to drink my Belikins. Maybe next time.

Shark Ray alley is quite different than Sting Ray City. I liked being able to dive and sit on the bottom at Sting Ray City. Shark Ray is much shallower so you have to snorkle. Hol Chan is a good dive. We usually do it the first day because it is shallow just to check out our gear and get used to diving again. It is close to Shark Ray alley so you can do both at the same trip if you want.

Excellent info, one and all! Thanks to everyone who contributed. I think so far the two definite trips I'll be taking will be to Hol Chan, Shark-Ray and whatever other neighboring sites our divemaster will recommend, and then off to Lighthouse on another day. If we have enough money left over after that, perhaps we'll just ask Patojo what he thinks we should do...

Apparently Patojo's is the dive shop associated with Capt. Morgan's, where we're staying, so we'll probably go through him. I've only read good things about his operation, so I imagine we'll be fine. What other dive shops have you folks used in the past?

We stayed at Ramon's in Nov. and used their dive outfit for all our diving. Could not have been more pleased with the service. Good equipment, if you don't feel like lugging your own. Cool dive masters who weren't bored with the diving and always found something of interest for us to see. Have a great trip

Hi Devo,

The first time I saw a nurse shark, I alsmost swallowed my regulator. After years of going there, I found out that they don't bite even if you pull their tail!

Our dive instructor, we just finished Rescue Diver last year, is Sylvin Forman at Bottom Time (bottomtime@btl.net. He's just wonderful. If he's not training someone, he can take you out. If not, the other guys are great, too. Sylvin and his brother Allan were two of the first divers on Ambergris, so you'll get great knowledge and experience. Tell him Marie and John send our love! Marie Rallis

Pull a nurse shark's tail enough and it WILL bite you. Every few weeks I see someone who's done it, most recently yesterday. I'm glad to say he wasn't diving with us. But treated sensibly and reasonably they're very placid creatures.