Hello from Statia,

Michele and I and the rest of the staff here just wanted to let you know
that we are all doing fine and things are better than ever. Lisa is still
singing in the band, Reynaldo is fishing and fixing boats,  Toots has
made a 180’ turn and even cut off his dreads, Duncan is the same only older, and we have a new member Stefan who is fitting in nicely.
We have been selected once again for Sport Divers Best Diving & Resorts publication this is our third year, so we are happy for that. We are also excited about some new things we are doing with the web site, we have 3 downloadable U/W videos and will eventually have 5 to see to view. The downloadable will be a 20mb file size but we also have flash version on
the site. They are each of a different ecosystem and showcases the
diversity of diving we have to choose from.
Please let us know how you like them. 

www.trigital.tv/duikeninbeeld/statia/charly.wmv

www.trigital.tv/duikeninbeeld/statia/lava.wmv

www.trigital.tv/duikeninbeeld/statia/macro.wmv

Here are some other things going on........

Good and bad news from the Old Gin House, first the bad, Chef Marc 
has chosen to move on to new challenges and we all wish him much 
success. As for the good news we have been very lucky to have found 
Chef Tadd who is an award winning chef with nine years of experience 
in the Caribbean having worked at many prestigious resorts in the area. 
When asked why Chef took this position he said for the small island 
feel and the diving, you see, Chef is also a dive instructor. 
Since his arrival we have had good comments from the guests about 
his personal attention and interest in food quality, 
and for the food itself…….. WOW!!!

The first hatchlings of Leatherbacks Sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) 
are out and hitting the water on St. Eustatius. If you have never seen 
little turtles on there way before it is something you should not miss. 
Watching them going out into the world with all the hopes that one day

they well return to the very beach where you watched them emerge is a 
special moment you won’t forget. The nesting season is from early May 
to the beginning of October. Nightly patrols are conducted by the 
National Parks volunteers to view the mothers creating nests and laying 
there eggs. It is useful to know when and where they were laid as this 
will help the park volunteers determine when they will hatch. Guests are 
welcome to join in the nightly patrols to observe the nesting, and the 
hatchings to see the juvenile turtles making their way to the sea for 
the first time. For more info go to www.statiapark.org/

For anyone attending DEMA 2007 we will be at  booth #759 please 

stop by and say hello as we always enjoy seeing you! Glenn will also 

be giving a lecture on dive travel on Friday the 11/02/07 at 10:00 in 

room S319A  if you need info on coming to Statia, you know its

sometimes hard to get here but well worth it!

On the top of the page a fun picture I made of the Charley Brown 
reef (click to enlarge), hope you like it!

Talk to you soon, Glenn & Michele and “The gang”.