By Snorkelguy {Scott} on Saturday, December 7, 2002 - 12:52 am: |
November 26th – This is not my beautiful house! We were several times visited by a shoal of browsing Blue Tangs which I don’t think I’ll ever get tiered of watching. Over all still a nice spot, but I have a feeling the right side of the dock may be better. I give it a 6 out of 10, nice entrance, a little too sandy (makes a nice beach), coral is in great shape and lots of interesting life in the shallows. However the 10-20 foot level is fairly sparse. Please note my rating may be a little biased because of past experience. We decided on another afternoon road trip, this time to Gotomeer, the large Salina on the north end of the island. On the previous visit to the island we saw an amazing amount of bird life here. Lots of flamingos, orange birds that look like Orioles (O’s!), and a huge Cara Cara (Wara Wara) that flew overhead. This time the lake was very low and there were fewer birds. I imagine that it varies with the time of year and the rainfall and perhaps even with the time of day. Still a beautiful unusual place that is just humming with cicadas and bird songs punctuated with the occasional goat. We again headed across the island and towards the sleepy little town of Rincon. Then we headed over to the east coast to watch the waves breaking at Boka Onima. On the way we saw a group of people, one of which was squatting down by their right rear tire. I was concerned that they needed help and asked Emi if they were trying to change their tire, after all were on unpaved roads at the time. Emi said, no, she’s going to the bathroom, not changing the tire. At this point I noticed, oh yes, glad I didn’t stop to help. We were certainly far from any facilities. Boka Onima was spectacular and I love to go right to the edge and feel the spray of the ocean as it crashes on the rocks, and then watch the waves roll into the inlet. It’s a really dramatic spot that’s old coral worn by the waves of the sea and does indeed look like the moon as Dean had described in his trip report (might be the same spot.) We spent a little time walking around back in town before heading back to the hotel. After a long day it was time to head back to Buddy’s and relax and enjoy the view. And oh yes cash in our free rum punch ticket and watch the sunset. Dinner was at Zeezicht and was disappointing. Very bland snapper with an anemic salad, but at least the rice was good. The company was great, and we were visited by 2 creatures, one adorable and one that made me glad I was finished eating. You should have seen how big the cat’s tail got when he caught eye of it. We were outside mind you and right by the water. Unfortunately a woman was feeding chicken bones to the cat and he would choke on each one of them. It bothered us both a bit as we were worried about the kitty, but I reminder both of us that cats have been eating birds for eons, and it’s only in the last 40 years that we’ve been concerned about them eating chicken bones.
|
By Kay Powers on Saturday, December 7, 2002 - 1:05 am: |
Snork...you need to publish this trip report! Awesome!!
|
By Karl H on Saturday, December 7, 2002 - 3:20 am: |
Scott,
|
By Igor van Riel on Saturday, December 7, 2002 - 5:58 am: |
Thanks again Scott!!!
|
By Igor van Riel on Saturday, December 7, 2002 - 6:01 am: |
Sorry Karl,
|
By Snorkelguy {Scott} on Saturday, December 7, 2002 - 11:19 am: |
Yes Karl, I’m very proud to say I did indeed take that picture of the squid, and on our snorkel at Windsock. They were certainly watching us as we were watching them. One of the nice things about snorkeling is you can be really quite, no bubbles etc. and keep your movements very slow and controlled. I’ve found that the slower and quieter I learn to be, the more closely squid will approach me. It was fascinating watching all the different positions they would get into, how they would change color and move in synchronization some times and then independently other times.
|
By Snorkelguy {Scott} on Saturday, December 7, 2002 - 11:20 am: |
BTW, after this busy day of adventure we went on a night snorkel at Oil Slick Leap. I have a couple of nice shots from then that I’ll post later. Need to do some work today.
|
By Carole Baker on Saturday, December 7, 2002 - 4:00 pm: |
Snork, you have so inspired me that I called Air Jamaica today and booked our flights for May/June. I had been putting off making our return reservations for a few reasons (nothing to do with not wanting to be in Boniare, tho) and now we are psyched about being there again. Your trip reports and photos are absolutely spectacular! When you get to the "end", could you start all over again for us??? Please, please! They are that entertaining and enjoyable. Thanks again, Snork. Carole (Shutterbug).
|
By Meryl Virga on Saturday, December 7, 2002 - 9:23 pm: |
Carole,,,I agree....Great job....do I hear movie....(that could be an idea....The Vacation...I'd watch...)
|
By Snorkelguy {Scott} on Saturday, December 7, 2002 - 11:27 pm: |
Alright Carole! So glad you’re going to make it back. I know you’ve wanted to get back to Bonaire for a while.
|
By Meryl Virga on Monday, December 9, 2002 - 11:56 pm: |
Well then we will have to film it in the water!
|
Visit: The Bonaire WebCams - Current Bonaire images and weather!
The Bonaire Insider - the latest tourism news about Bonaire
The Bonaire Information Site, InfoBonaire
Search Bonaire - Search top Bonaire Web sites