Bonaire 3/28 tru 4/5
Overview....
The GOOD
Richards/Bobbejans/The Rib FActory(seldom mentioned)/Bambu/Salsa....Vinibu @ Bellevue/Washington park/*Jibe City/Sea Cow/ In town snorkeling***Bonaire has more fish in every spot than almost anywhere...coral,tons of fish..chunk of cement, tons of fish
Downers
Our meal at Chibi Chibi/overall $$ in nice restaurants (up quite a bit from 6 yrs ago)/ bugs (not terrible but bugs)/Hard wood chairs in most places (please buy comfortable chairs for my next visit...pleeeease)
Arrival..Richards/great food and no question that right on the water is better than not!! eels hunting in puddles and in no h2o at all very interesting!
Day one..Moving into Vinibu. Beautiful condo/all new stuff/beautiful view with porch/right on water with small beach/all perfect except small water heater.
Lunch at Bobbejans..quite good/ Din at Salsa..great food all around but the server disappeared the last 1/3 of the meal,still a hit!
Day 2..Snork with Rene'..thought this would be a boat thing but was a mini van thing/good first snork right by the entrance to the airport saw lots of stuff//did an in town snork next and quite surpised at all the stuff..seahorse,octopus and watched fishermen clean fish throwing stuff in front of us as the fish fight over it (big tarpon too) soooo rob & i went to a different part of town and went in right by the main road...great snorkel..god i love those squid best! oh and i learned that the white eels are really full of beautiful colors when in shallow water & good light! Din at Will's...nice din nice people nice place..the only thing missing is it's not on the water.
day 3..Sail on Woodwind..nice time,sailed all the way around Klien and snorkeled 2 places...beer & lunch all inc. (turtles & fish too) for $50 a man..good value. Din at The Rib Factory...why is this place so unknown?? Great waterfront location/view, great ribs & brisket and the price is much lower than most good places (oh and great people!!)
Day 4..Washington Park...** DON"T LEAVE LATE! Go early stay all day! 2 out of 3 tourists don't even go there!!wow big mistake! Beautiful place/bad ass roads (i liked the tough roads) great views/ great snorkels...eat out of your hand lizards..eat out of your hand angel fish (at wayaca, don't miss this snork) AND NOW A RESTAURANT in the park (beer too)turtles/cuda ect.
Went to Chibi Chibi for din
The good, it is on the water and you feed the fish your bread(i love this)
The bad!! 3 of us order the "land & sea" Filet & shrimp, how could this be bad? All filets were the same..very tiny, about 2 ounces (like 2 chicken mcnuggets) the smallest steak i have ever been served. And 3 shrimp (no not large shrimp) This is a big nice restaurant, the manager should jack the price up $7 to $10 and serve a good steak (it was $22) Did i mention that you can't get a steak med rare when it's 1/4" thick..oh and it said bearnaise sauce and that was missing as well!
Ok tired of typing will finish later....