Today we had to set our alarm because we needed to leave the house by 7:15 or so. Neither of us slept all that great. I was hot, even with the A/C set to 25. Perhaps it was the red snapper I ate even though the travel pharmacist at Kaiser said not to. Because of warming ocean waters and climate change, some weird toxin accumulates in bigger reef fish and makes hot feel cold and vice versa. Anyway, snapper is good, and Kaiser is there to put me back together again, so c’est la vie or whatever the Dutch equivalent would be.
We had an early breakfast on our barely light terrace and jumped on our bikes to ride the 9 or so kilometers to Horse Ranch Bonaire. We arrived, early for our 8 am horse ride. The Dutch girl arrived by 8:30, and away we went on our horses to Lac Cai. On our way there we saw wild donkeys and goats, iguanas, parrots, and real-live pink flamingos!
The trail itself was no RMNP, but you win some, you lose some. When we got to the beautiful bay, the guide Simone took the saddle off her horse Macho, and we all got to swim with him. He seemed to really enjoy the water, swimming and also rolling around in the sand.
The return trip to the ranch was pretty much the same with cactus, lizards, donkeys, and flamingos.
We got done at noon and pedaled our way to a nice sand beach on this side of the airport called Te Amo.
We set up our wonderful, worth every penny, shade tent, and snorkeled and swam the afternoon away. Lunch was from a food truck on the beach – red snapper burgers. What can I say, it’s delicious. Worth getting sick for, who knows?
We spent the afternoon snorkeling, reading, and lazing about under our tent. Late in the afternoon, we packed up and headed home on our bikes.
After showering, we headed downtown to the local Bonaire Brewery for dinner. Gelato was a given for dessert as we made our way home. Any day that ends in gelato is a good day.