Blogs from Caribbean Netherlands, Central America Caribbean - page 6

After a whirlwind tour of Genada, Trinidad & Tobago and Venezuela which was viewed from a porthole we arrived in Bonaire to stay for a week. Bonaire is a small caribbean island, surrounded by amazing dive sites and with salt flats and flamingoes. We arrived during carnival so I was able to watch a few of the street parades with the glittering costumes and steel pan bands, they get everyone dancing in the streets. Was able to have a couple of days off so I did my Advanced Open Water Dive course with a company right across the road from the port. The dive site was also close (under the boat and the pier!) so we waddled across the street with our tanks and BCDs and jumped straight in the water. Under the town pier was ... read more

This is a week long blog consolidated to one entry. Why Bonaire? We are often asked that. Lots of people, excluding divers, don't really even know where it is located. It is considered one of the top diving spots in the world. We chose Bonaire because of our love for flamingos. Still, people wondered why Bonaire and not Hawaii or Cancun. My wife and I were married on Saturday May 16, 1998 at 2pm in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Treasure Island Hotel. After the wedding and reception, we left for McCarran International Airport to catch our red eye flight to Fort Lauderdale. We were flying nonrevenue standby for our honeymoon and most people thought that was crazy. We had many back up plans though, so no worries! At around 11pm, we were on an America ... read more