I was wondering: if you can.t touch anything from its marvelous sea, what are crafts made of? What should we take home as a souvenir, beside our memories?

Sea glass...there is a lot near Eden Beach...

What is wrong with just taking home memories? Want something more, take some pictures/video or buy a video of your dive and relive it (along with a glass of wine, beer or alcohol as well as some gouda) as you relive the pleasure of your dives or surface activities.

souvenir? try pachtes?? (spell?)

"...got a souvenir in bonaire, there's a lot of it about..."

(procol harum i believe)

There are lots of cool souvenirs that don't deplete from the ocean. How about: a donkey sanctuary coffee mug? Or a Hilma Hooker coffee mug? Or some really cool Bonaire t-shirts? Remember, you should always buy a t-shirt from the dive shop you use. Also, you could buy Captain Don's book - I think Michael at Chat-n-Browse sells it. I bought some really cool things from Michael. There are also those metal decorated fish and lizards and I even bought a bronze dolphin. Oh....and the artists on island are to die for! You could buy an original painting. There are lots of interesting things you could buy.

Someone brought a stinky conch shell on the flight home from Turks & Caicos... Well guess what the air on the plane just re-circulates ... Thank God Angela bought a nice aroma therapy candle at the spa ... yep I held it under my nose for the entire flight home! Wicked stench!

I buy hand made pottery & a hat and shirt from the dive shop of all the places I visit!

If you want to find really nice shells to take home, visit Sanibel Island Florida USA ...especially after a storm!!

(Message edited by muddysoapfish on June 10, 2007)

You may find decorated tamarind or calabash fruits, I got some for our Christmas tree.

How about a map of Bonaire to frame?

To heck with all the "stuff", an airlines ticket for the next trip to Bonaire is the best souvenir I have found.

You got that right, Bubba!!! Add a letter of confirmation for a room and rental truck, then plaster it on the wall. Repeat as necessary.