Category Archives: Bonaire

Today we woke up in Bonaire, said goodbye to Bob from the dive shop, and hopped aboard our tiny, again sold-out flight to Curacao. We had a 9th passenger today, and he got to sit next to the pilot in the copilot’s seat. Just don’t touch anything dude. From Curacao, we boarded a jet forContinue reading “Eddie was Solid Gold!”

Today we got up early, ate breakfast in the dark on our terrace, and drove our scooter south to the Mangrove Kayak Center. The whole plan was a little dicey because we have never driven a scooter before, in traffic, fully loaded with backpacks, shade tents, and messenger bags, or on muddy dirt roads, whichContinue reading “It’s Karen from the Caribbean!”

We woke up with the sunrise and had a casual breakfast on our terrace. Eggs, cinnamon raisin toast, and coffee. Our terrace is nice and private since it is on the third floor. It also has a good view and we were able to see that a second cruise ship came in during the 6Continue reading “Lionfish Ceviche!”

We had arranged to dive with our same guide Bob today. Bob is Dutch, from Amsterdam, by way of SE Asia, Borneo, Australia, and New Zealand. He assumed we were in our early 30’s, so I liked Bob. His girlfriend Fieke also worked in the shop. Bob intended to take us south to the SaltContinue reading “Sorry guys. There’s a ship.”

We decided to try to make our way to 1000 Steps today. Google maps said it was about 4 or 5 miles from our house here, and the local Dutch people thought we were nuts for trying to attempt it on push bikes. It’s far and windy they said. It was windy, but we setContinue reading “Donkey crossing. It should say goat crossing.”

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 ofContinue reading “Oh shit. He’s pooping.”

We arranged to go diving with Gooodive, a local PADI 5 star diving company, which just happens to be about 20 steps from our home here. Since this is our first dive vacation as certified divers, I wanted to go with a guide and company that would help us develop our skills and be patientContinue reading “Eww! Free swimming eel!”

Our first full day on Bonaire. Since we managed to walk to the Bonaire version of Whole Foods the night before, we made ourselves breakfast on our terrace. We couldn’t figure out how to light our propane stove, so we opted for Greek yogurt, honey, bread with jam, juice, and coffee. Eggs and toast wouldContinue reading “Oh, Muffin!”

Bonaire. Our first vacation as certified divers. We arrived via jet from Denver and Panama City, to find ourselves on the tiniest little plane from Willemstad, Curacao. Wait, whaat? The copilot’s seat was empty, so just stay positive about the pilot and his health for the 24-minute flight. On the ground, he drove it likeContinue reading “Sold out flight. 8 passengers and a handheld infant.”