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Jorge A Ramirez wrote:
>Try Cpt Elick Hernandez of Tourmarine Adventures. tourmarine@yahoo.com
>787-851-9259 or 787-375-2625
Thanks; I've called them and they were quite helpful. It looks like
we'll be able to join a group that's goiug to Mona at the end of the month.
>I believe that Mona Aquatics goes to Mona on the Orca II which is a
>larger vessel than the one a Tourmarine, but for that same reason I
>guess the frecuency of trips can be less. I've gone on diving trips
>with Elick with great results, but only up to Desecheo Island, not to
>Mona.
We're not scuba-certified, unfortunately, but the land environment on
Mona sounds pretty neat, too, with iguanas and birds and caves.
>I'm pretty sure that you need camping permits to go to Mona through
>the "Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales" (DRNA)
>government agency. I think the operators should take care of that for
>you, just make sure beforehand ;)
Yes, Tourmarine said they'd handle that.
>Are you going by yourself or on a group? If there's no trip
>scheduled, then a small party is going to be rather expensive.
That's the impression I got as well. There are just two of us, but
there should be a way for us to tag along.
>let me know if you found some help (to see if I can do anything else)
Thanks again for a prompt and helpful reply.
>Jorge
>
>Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
Tony
>On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 04:06:11 +0000 (UTC), tdavis@Turing.Stanford.EDU
>(Tony Davis) wrote:
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>>I'll be in Puerto Rico for a week at the end of July, and want to
>>visit Mona Island for a couple of days. Poking around the web hasn't
>>yielded much useful information about companies that will take you
>>there, so I'd be interested in hearing how others have gotten there,
>>and whether these companies can get the needed camping permits or if I
>>need to do that.
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>>I've talked with Mona Aquatics in Boqueron so far; they are friendly
>>on the phone but don't call back, and I'm starting to wonder if
>>there's still enough time to arrange this.
>>
>>Thanks for any help!
>>
>>Tony Davis
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