Bonaire

The most incredible moments underwater were seeing the tiny bioluminescent ostracods and the little seahorses.  SCUBA magic!!

Bonaire is a little Dutch island, near Aruba and Curaçao in the southern Caribbean.  Only 150 miles from Venezuela, there were plenty of Venezuelan immigrants here, due to their political unrest.  On this trip, we [...]

Bonaire has a sleepy quality.  It's outside the hurricane belt, and isn't developed with major hotel chains.  Life is simple here, with only 17,000 inhabitants and mostly diver tourism.

Bonaire is a small island, part of the ABC islands (Abaco, Bonaire, Curacao), near Venezuela and is governed by the Netherlands.  It's very odd to hear someone breaking into Dutch, which they do on a [...]