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Isla Nena weight Limit and Publico Hours of Operation
Culebra, Puerto Rico
Author: DD (12.199.244.---)
Date:   01-07-08 14:22

Hopefully this isn't a duplicate posting, my last one didn't show.

I am flying to Culebra on Saturday 1/12 and planning to camp. Not sure what the actual weight limit is, will I have a problem with gear and 3 days worth of beach clothes?

Also, I was planning on staying at the Beach Villas at Flamenco but am wary that the publico will not run late if I go to town for dinner. Should I rent a Jeep or stay on the other side instead? If so, I was looking at Villa Boheme, any feedback?
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Re: Isla Nena weight Limit and Publico Hours of Operation
Culebra, Puerto Rico
Author: bosie (---.ulmer.com)
Date:   01-07-08 15:17

I think the weight limit is 25lbs. and if you go over the limit, you pay a small fee, however sometimes they don't charge you for this.

If you stay in town, you can easily catch a publico to Flamenco Beach and walk to restaurants and your lodging. Then you might want to rent a jeep for a few days to see the other sights and beaches on Culebra. Plus, you won't have to lug that gear. My vote is for staying in town.
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Re: Isla Nena weight Limit and Publico Hours of Operation
Culebra, Puerto Rico
Author: R. Emmett (---.um.maine.edu)
Date:   01-07-08 16:01

I just learned that Air Flamenco has 25# weight limit and .45 per lb. each additional lb.

Owlihoot2
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Re: Isla Nena weight Limit and Publico Hours of Operation
Culebra, Puerto Rico
Author: Christene (---.cable.mindspring.com)
Date:   01-09-08 00:32

I was able to call a publico to pick me up/drop me off even at later hours. I think it is called Playa Flamenco with these numbers: 787-224-3377 or 787-473-2594.
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Re: Isla Nena weight Limit and Publico Hours of Operation
Culebra, Puerto Rico
Author: Vicki moore (---.dhcp.jcsn.tn.charter.com)
Date:   01-09-08 00:35

Ouch!! We will be bringing our diving equipment with us in July, all but wt belts and tanks, plus everything needed for a 2 week stay. The dive bag is always right at 50 lbs. Plus another bag for clothes, etc. And a carry on with our regulators, dive computers and dive camera. I need to start saving right now for my additional 0.45 a pound over the limit!!

Vicki in Tennessee
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Re: Isla Nena weight Limit and Publico Hours of Operation
Culebra, Puerto Rico
Author: Debbie (63.175.186.---)
Date:   01-09-08 07:21

Vicki -

You should also be mentally prepared to have to leave your dive equipment behind to be sent on the next plane. If the passenger manifest is filled and you bring that much weight, they will likely not be able to get everything on the same plane. We have left behind items many times and they have always shown up safe and sound on Culebra. It will inconvenience you and it will be a pain in the rear to have to keep going to the airport to see what made the next plane, but the weight of the plane is imperative to everyone's safety.

As a hard core diver, we always carried our gear with us, but now that I know the two diver operators intimately, I would not do so again. Each has excellent ScubaPro equipment - everything from mask, fins, snorkel to BCs, regulators and wetsuits. If you're diving with Taz, he does not have any smallish fins. I wear a 7 1/2 shoe, and he does not have anything to fit me. If you're diving with Walter & Monika, I think they charge extra for rental gear. I'm not sure whether Taz charges, but I'll ask him today (my last dives for this trip.) :(

Happy Diving!
Debbie
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