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Kralendijk, Bonaire
... word for the location as it was far from any of the town sites. As we walked past the fort we came upon a vendor’s market full of items to temp the Cruise Ship passenger. As we were here at the start of the season, everything appeared clean and fresh. A rain storm had been thru the town on the previous day and evening and we could see some of the excess water that it left behind. The town consisted of only a few streets that ran the length of town and intersecting street ...
Kayaking in the Mangroves
... I was sitting on it. Then when I got finished with the white slave huts, I couldn't start it by jump-starting it anymore. I went
to ask some people not far away: an older couple and a younger couple. The wife asked the older man to help me. He came along but said he was not familiar with scooters but he found the starter button for me....now I didn't have to jump-start anymore. Although jump-starting usually worked. I ...
Scooter Ride To Rincon
... br> After I rounded the eastern part of the island, I was lucky to get on the right road to Rincon. I passed some rugged coastline with crashing waves, hills with tons of cactus and some grazing goats and was beginning to question where I was when I came into a town. I looked and there was a sign that said . Oh, I forgot, I stopped once when I saw a couple stopped by their scooter to ask how to get the kickstand down. The ...
Snorkeling at Klein Bonaire and Kralendijk
... I successfully found the grocery store but no coils there. I happened upon a smaller grocery on the way back and they had a box of coils! Hurray! Anna had suggested that I return by some back streets but this did not work out so well since I got on a road going out of town somewhere. I realized my mistake but it cost me valuable time and I only had time to change into my bathing suit and put some stuff in the refrigerator before dashing out to catch my ...
Wet on land and underwater
... them out to dry.
Dinner was at Patagonia, an Argentinian steak house north of Kralendijk. We had some excellent steaks (even Paul had steak!) and got to sit on the waterfront.
Bonaire fact of the day:
Bonaire’s airport is Flamingo International Airport which was originally built by US soldiers in WWII. Its single runway is long enough to handle a 777 and KLM has direct flights to/from Amsterdam. The terminal is painted bright ...


