Hotel Restaurant Rochaline Kralendijk

Our last day of snorkeling, and we saw an octopus! How cool. It wasn't hiding in a hole, either. We watched it launch itself from a rock, glide a few feet, and stick to the next one, over and over.<br><br>Reflecting on our favorites..... Last Bite Bakery, Gary, Linda's dive instructor at Carib Inn, pumpkin ravioli at Capriccios, diving ...

... tried to call them, but that didn't work, so we hopped in the car and asked a bunch of people until we found the place. <br> <br>Turns out we got there in time. Rusty joined us in the morning for a refresher and then went out on a boat dive in the afternoon. Two sweet girls were in my class with me. Claire and Haley, the oldest of 5 kids, were 12 and 14 years old. They had been snorkeling ...

... juvenile spottet drum, store baracudaer, flere forskellige moræner og smukt farvede svampe samt koraller på pillerne. Lidt vildt var det dog også - godt vi havde guide med :-)<br><br>Derudover har vi lejet en bil og på det nærmeste kørt øen tynd. Bl. a. var vi på rundtur i en stor nationalpark, hvor mange flamingoer flokkedes tæt ved os. Sidst men ikke mindst fandt vi en skøn lille strand, hvor vi nød det tyrkise vand i fulde drag.<br><br>

... today, too.<br><br>After the boat dives were over, we ate lunch at Buddy&#8217;s Resort, where our boat docked.  We were entertained by a blue-blue lizard who really wanted to come over and visit us.  I much preferred him with a 3 foot distance!<br><br>We then headed north of town for a shore dive.  We checked out a site called Andrea II, but decided that we&#8217;d have to carry our gear way too far ...

... combined with the fact that we were all still very tired, we decided we were done diving for the day.<br><br>That didn&#8217;t mean that we were done with the water, though.  We headed out for a pre-dinner snorkel at one of the officially marked dive sites.  Bonaire is known for shore diving, meaning that you don&#8217;t have to go out on a boat to get to most of the sites.  As you drive along the main coastal road you see rocks that have been ...

... All participants are given life jackets. You leave your shoes at the shore and head out on sea kayaks on a guided tour. Most Kayaks seat 2 people. It's amazing to manuever through the intricate web of roots and branches. The kayak portion can be considered moderate to easy exercise. You take a break halfway through and then get back into the kayaks for the ...

Dear Blog,<br><br>Today is BONAIRE day. The ship made its way into the port at 7:00am. We were up and ready by that time and looking from our balcony the island welcoming us.<br><br>Bon Bini, as you will hear from the friendly locals say, means welcome to the island of Bonaire. It is located off the coast of Venezuela and has for years been known as a world class diving and snorkeling destination ...

... We played with it and took lots of photos - the best of which are included here. It is non-trivial to take these underwater photos, even though we know a decent amount about photography and studied up on various aspects of using this camera and underwater photography in general before we left home. We're not the most experienced divers, either, and it's very difficult to deal with tricky lighting considerations and macro or zoom settings while also ...

... of our hotel restaurant), and damaged some of the coral near shore. Bonaire is part of the Netherlands Antilles; they recently voted to strengthen their ties to the Netherlands and are basically regular Netherlands citizens (as I understand it - their status has changed recently). There are direct flights from Amsterdam. The official language is Dutch, many people speak Spanish, and almost everyone speaks English as well. The local ...

Gorgeous water! 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 including pink flamingoes! All this and more made for a wondeful stop along the way.<br><br>Some other things of note: <br>-- A donkey farm and wild donkeys--Donkeys were used in the 1800s for the ...