Travel Blogs from Bonaire, Bonaire
final destination
This is a top pick! Los Roques is an archipelago of low lying coral islands strung like pearls in the Caribbean Sea. Many compare them to the better known Maldives in the Indian Ocean on account of the size and distribution of the islands, not to mention the fine white ...
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Bonaire, am I impressed yet???
This is a top pick! ... or what?) while I talk to my brother. We call a taxi and ask for the price for a rite to Kralendijk, the capital of Bonaire. Seven $. Done! The taxi arrives within 5 minutes and arriving in Kralendijk, he charges us: 13 $. This island and me is NOT a ...
NOT happy holiday homes
This is a top pick! ... : IF WE DO NOT TURN OFF OUR AIRCO WHEN WE ARE NOT AROUND, THEY WILL CHARGE US 15$ EXTRA A DAY. I do not like Bonaire and hate those people's attitude. How do those people stay in business? They have NO business in my apartment if I am not around and ...
Cry baby, cry
This is a top pick! ... life and a HUGE moray eel. By now, the dives are no challenge for us anymore, just the getting out. This is it for me for Bonaire, it was good but enough! It is the next morning and OK, I'll do another dive. Hubby chose an easy entry/exit. I chat ...
I am the man
This is a top pick! ... a spotted stingray. I am the man! Let's go shopping now. Forget it: nothing is open. We drive around and around. Bonaire has a land area of 288 km; population 14,000. Which is almost half of the size of Bonaire and same population. But ...
My Hubby my Hero
This is a top pick! ... innocent: I have a scar of them from Mexico, months ago. Dr T took the picture of the day, actually the best picture of Bonaire: a cactus growong on a rock. After all that nature: time for a pub and a game of cards: Tony ALMOST beat me, Broere!!!! ...
No diving but ...
This is a top pick! ... toilet! Is this the meal, which did it? Did what? Send me off to the toilet for hours!!! Looks pretty innocent to me! And Dr T had almost the same. This time it was me: the tourista. I bring Tony's coffee an hour later than usual and ...
spoiled
We were lucky to arrive in Bonaire during a down time. It wasn't supposed to be a low season but it was. For that, I think we were very lucky. The boats at Captain Don's take out 20 divers. And ...
diving in bonaire
... of time to eat lunch and head out to dive some more. Bonaire abounds with dive sites all over the island and there is Klein Bonaire, a small island close to our resort and it is ...
Wildlife of Bonaire or Dinner and a Show
Bonaire abounds in wildlife. Ok, most of it is marine, under the water, diving to see it wildlife but defintiely abundant. On top of the water, it seems to be birds and ...
Bonaire--a divers'--uh, snorkeler's--heaven
... ;Lots of beautiful fish! All right off the back of the boat which was moored right off the shore of Kralendijk, Bonaire's major city. Thanksgiving with good friends, Karen and Jason of YOLO--and a great tour of the pretty island--with sights ...
nok en dykkeperle venter..De Nederlandske Antiller
... innen da, hehe! stay tuned :) og vær misunnelig ;) De nederlandske antiller, eller ABC øyene består av Aruba, Curacao og Bonaire. Aruba er amerikanernes bryllups reise drøm, Curacao den største og mest siviliserte av øyene og Bonaire er dykke øya. ...
Bonaire Baby!
... made for very little sleep before leaving New York for Bonaire. Needless to say, we didn't see much of the flight to Bonaire. My friend Timothy and I stayed at the Deep Blue Inn Bed and Breakfast. Mennos, the husband and resident dive instructor ...
and the camera went away
... early with so very little sleep, we took a couple of hours sleep before heading over to the dive shop for this orientation. Bonaire is quite the "dive where and when you want as we trust you because you are a certified diver". Very different ...
Driving the Island
... is mostly a national park. The road follows the coastline and we passed people getting ready to dive at several sites. Bonaire has many dive sites but the guide book says only about 16 of them are really good for shore dives. There are ...
Last hop
... flight got delayed too, then cancelled, had to take the next one in three hours. After a 15 minutes flight I finally landed on Bonaire, the first country on this trip where I didn't have to fill out any migration form. It was already dark when I arrived ...
And finally some kitesurfing
First day I learned the steering on a little kite, all the theory, the handling and preparation of the material, but when we went into the water, there was again not enough wind. Second day finally the wind came back! Did a lot of bodydragging, I am very ...
Donkey Sanctuary
Our last visit while driving around Bonaire was the donkey Sanctuary. it is on a dirt road at the end of the airport. Their sign says, as you drive into the sanctuary, that there are over 300 ...
A Diver's Paradise
... in the right place. We rented a cute little car (which turned out to be a mistake, since most of the roads in Bonaire are partly dirt roads, completely dirt roads, or simply impossible), and dedicated our first day to exploring the island. We drove up ...
Last stop
Relaxing last stop on Bonaire, not a lot of adventures, rented a scooter and drove around the little island and took some pictures. ...
Bonaire, the Paradise Island
One of the best islands of the Caribbean, Bonaire is a unique destination for those who seek relaxation, water sports, snorkeling and are eager to discover a rich Caribbean culture. We have been to most of the Caribbean Islands ...
Bonaire
It turns out that I had another friend from Utila living on Bonaire, that I only found out about once I got to Curacao. So I jumped over there and stayed on his couch for three days. Bonaire has only about 14,000 people on it, and is much drier. ...
The beautiful little island
... a 2 hours wait due to delay I get the plane to Bonaire. On the 16.06 I touch the ground of the paradise island Bonaire. Yeah ! I direct feel the warm/hot air, finally ! I think to know that there are no taxis or public transportations on the island, ...
Let the games begin!...
... the doctor ordered. Lots of seemingly hard core divers around babling on about their latest escapades & comparing their latest kit. Bonaire itself is a curious little Dutch outpost in the Carribean. They still use Guilders here even though Holland now ...
Sort of Solid Ground
This was a day I had really longed for. I have never been anywhere near the Caribbean before, so I was really excited. And we were kind of desperate to set foot on solid ground again after all these days at sea! For the first (and only ) time on ...
island living
... ; One thing going for the people are the cruise ships which come into Bonaire almost daily during the season. The whole downtown area opens up with the expensive shops and restaurants and open ...
Los Roques Islands in the Caribiean
Buenos de Margerita Im back in El Yaque on Margerita after a few days of amazing diving off the Los Roques archipelago of island due north of Caracas in the Caribiean. The main Island, Grand Roque is tiny but has an airstrip and a village with about ...