During our briefing, a pod of dolphins swam through the channel between the resort and Klein Bonaire. Iguana and pelicans were frequent visitors at the dive dock. Surprisingly, around the neighborhood where we were staying we saw a herd of well-fed goats and a few feral donkeys grazing. Every morning, we sidestepped the iguana and blue tail lizards along the path to the dive shop. After visiting the dive facilities at Buddies Resort next door, I was reminded how much better the setup is at Bonaire Dive and Adventure, adjacent to Sand Dollar. Next trip, we will try for a unit with A/C in the living room, too. It was hotter than we've experienced before. Although it had rained the previous 2 weeks, we enjoyed the desert climate and recent greening of the environment. We returned to our favorite condo on Bonaire - Sand Dollar Condominium. SandDollar provided the space we needed to enjoy our family vacation together and still want to be a family afterward. ![]() When traveling with large groups of families, accommodations have to made for it to work for everyone. The units seemed dated but the location was outstanding. Our divers were happy with the diver staff and how close we were to the dive dock. Last thoughts, we had beautiful sunsets over the water, you really are right on the water and they have a lot of water frontage, our group really enjoyed scuba and snorkeling right on property. If we had arrived a week later I would have been happier about the exterior presentation. They were repainting exterior trim, redoing sidewalks and replaced the exterior lounge chairs along the water front during our week. They are cooked to order so it takes a few minutes if you have a large party, (we were 10+.) First off they really cater to the Divers, Dive shop is just that don't expect assistance with anything outside of dive related activities, Overall SandDollar needs maintenance, and they were working on it. Everyone was satisfied and enjoyed their meals. Dinner menu has about 10 choices our group probably tried ever one at least a couple of times. They took great care of us and we enjoyed omelets and other breakfast items there every morning and ate there for dinner a few nights. It was nice to park directly in front of your unit. You do get your money’s worth from a square foot perspective, these 3BR are large. I'm 6'2+ and stepping down from the shower almost required a leap and the mirrors were about 6' off the ground. Our bathroom off the bedroom (one of three or four baths in the unit) must have been made for a giant. Bedrooms, beds, linens and bathrooms were all acceptable to very good. Bring bug spray if you plan to site outside, we had a huge patio and stayed outside until the end of our trip when no one could put up with another bug bite. Rooms really are direct water view, just not close enough to have breezes to keep the mosquitoes away. ![]() We were in the D building on the bottom and never heard noises from any other rooms, but the place seemed pretty deserted overall. But it did have a kitchen and we used it every day. Oh yea and it was once run by the cleaning folks and it leaked all over the kitchen floor. Dishwasher was not screwed into the counters so it kept tipping out at unusual angles, Dishwasher wash arms were damaged/broken, I open it one time to find them sitting on the dished had been just washed and were still dirty. A/C is in the bedrooms, we sent a good amount of time in the living rooms and the only one of the two units had an AC unit for the main area and we had to pay an additional $10 per day for it to be activated. We were booked in adjacent 3BD units, it calls itself a condominium and means it, and decor was from the 70. We stayed at the Sand Dollar for family reunion, one set of the folks are avid divers and really enjoyed themselves, the rest of us only snorkeled and the stay was not nearly as much fun for us.
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