Bonaire 2024 (page 3 of 9)

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Day 3: Feb 12, 2024

Today was one of our boat dives (of which we got 3 in package from Buddy's). We headed over to Ingridients for breakfast and had similar choices as yesterday (everything omelet, fruit, bacon and coffee for Mike, scrambled eggs, bacon, meat, cheese, croissant and tea for Greta). Then back to the room to get ready for our dive and at the dock by 8 am.

With Buddy's, the guests choose the sites (or at least the general area) to dive at. Someone requested a northern site, and we requested Klein Bonaire (little Bonaire - a small, uninhabited island close to the main island). First we went to Rappel (named for Captain Don's escapades to go diving on that section, but being required to rappel down the cliff face). The buoy was just off of the cliff face, but in approximately 20 feet of water, with a white sandy bottom. Madi was our dive master, and there were under a dozen of divers. The reef was much nicer than what we've seen so far, partially because it can only be reached by boats (or someone rappelling down). There were a lot of fish, including small fry, but nothing we haven't seen before. But still, one of the best dives we've had to date.

After our surface interval, and fresh pineapple, we dove at "Keepsake" on Klein Bonaire. We were on the east side of the island, far away from the water taxis that bring beach goers and snorkelers. We could still see Bonaire from the "other" side of Klein Bonaire - it's very small with just some cactus-looking foliage on shore. This time, we had another dive master, and early on, we saw a Hawksbill Sea Turtle. He was busy eating and didn't really mind having photographers take pictures. This was another great dive - beautiful white sand on a lot of the bottom and the reef looked much more plentiful than we'd seen yesterday. Greta had seen three trunk fish (dark colored with white spots) early on, but at the end, in the white sand, we saw a white-looking trunk fish - they must adapt their coloring to their surroundings.

The boat brought us back to Buddy, we dipped our gear in chlorine then water, then headed back to our room. That afternoon, we just relaxed. Mike downloaded pictures, we ran over to Blenny's to have some Bitterballen (fried meat paste - a very Dutch snack), and then back to the room to hang out. Greta even took a nap. Later on, we read a bit, and Greta took a walk down the road and took some pictures. We watched the sunset from the shore (but very close to our room), and then headed out for our reservation at "It Rains Fishes".

Parking was a bit of a challenge but we luckily found a spot to pull into, and then Greta directed Mike the last few inches to pull the truck fully off the road. "It Rains Fishes" was recommended by Mike's cousin Eveline, and it also was highly rated by "Trip Advisor". It did NOT disappoint. We were seated at a corner table for two, and it overlooked the street and harbor. Greta started to count the right-hand-drive cars (at least 4 or 5 different cars, but saw some of them multiple times). We had a smoked tuna appetizer, and for the main course, Mike had Yellow Curry Fish with rice and Greta had Gamba's (prawns in a garlic sauce with vegetables). Greta's meal even came with fries, which was a surprise (a lot of the menu was in Dutch) but a happy surprise. The fries came with both ketchup and frites sauce, and we didn't touch the ketchup. The meal was VERY good. Mike was hoping for apple pie for dessert but we both had had enough to eat so we decided to skip it.

Then back to the room to read a bit and relax.

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