Washington-Slagbaai Park
This morning we awoke to partly cloudy skies, but no rain. We had to bail a ton of water out of the dinghy and there were big pools of water in the street, which we took as a bad sign for the long road...
View ArticleThe Mangazina di Rei
Continued from yesterday”¦ After we finished at the museum, we headed to Rincon to go to the Mangazina di Rei cultural center. It is housed in the second oldest stone building on the island, built in...
View ArticleDiving Cliff and Snorkeling Near the Venezuelan Embassy
This morning we returned the car and ran some errands. One was the boat store, where we had the shock of a life time. They had one and only one Shurflo 5.7 pump in stock. We couldn’t believe it! The...
View ArticleThe Clean Up Operation in Kralendijk Mooring Area
As instructed, we were at the rendezvous spot right at 1000, in full dive gear and ready to jump into the water. The rendezvous spot was another boat in the mooring area. We tied up to it. Another...
View ArticleLand Sailing, Windsurfing and the New “Welcoming Committee”
Yesterday was another errand day. First thing, we were back on the camera hunt. We heard about a place at the south end of town that might have one. We walked down there, but still no luck. Every place...
View ArticleTouring the Northeast Part of Bonaire
Yesterday we had rented the car at 0800, but the car wasn’t actually due back until 1300 today. Nice! We decided to make the most of our time and took a drive over to the northeast corner of the...
View ArticleDiving Sharon’s Serenity on Klein Bonaire
We had managed to sweet talk two of the crew on Arielle into taking us diving on Klein Bonaire, which is supposed to have the best diving of all in Bonaire. We have been wanting to go, but the wind and...
View ArticleDiving Class Bottom
We again talked Jack and Mike into taking us diving. This time we headed north to a wreck dive we had heard about. The wreck is in front of a dive center, and there was no mooring to tie to. We asked...
View ArticleDiving Hilma Hooker
We plan to leave tomorrow for a 5 day passage. The grocery stores in Bonaire, like most places in the world, have a poor selection of frozen foods, so Christi needed to make some freezer meals. She...
View ArticlePassage to San Blas, Panama – Days 1 & 2
Yesterday, Christi woke up not feeling very good. Her tummy hurt and her digestive system was unhappy. Despite that, she had a busy morning. She continued cooking for the passage, and while food was in...
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