Cactus Fence Country Club -- Anyone want to join? Location -- just outside the national park
Road to the park is marked on every other telephone pole.
Interesting origin of park's name.
Playa Chikitu -- Notice wind turbines in distance
Click Playa Chikitu for panoramic view, but notice the big difference in apparent distances. Panorama camera uses a very wide angle lens making objects appear more distant than they are.
Boka Chitiku
Seru Grandi
NOTE — To see a bigger (and in some cases, expanded) version of any of the images, just click on the one you want to enlarge.
Suplado (Blow Hole) -- this one is different than the one shown previously. A wave compressed air and water into the hole which is later released with spectacular spray.
Water Well under water!!
Boka Kokolishi
One of many reasons for high clearance vehicle!
Seru Bentana translates 'hill window'
Seru Bentana (North) Lighthouse
Boka Bartol
BokaBartol panorama
Playa Funchi (Playa = Beach)
Flamingos next to Playa Funchi
Flying Flamingo
Wayaka Beach with some pink sand
Virginia and a French Angel Fish
At Wayaka beach, several varieties of fish came right up to us. There were Blue Tang, Sargent Major, Yellow Goatfish, and most impressive of all, French Angelfish. There was also one that looked like a Bar Jack and then some small black ones. The only black ones we could find listed at a nearby dive site were Black Durgon, but, if so, these were small ones.
As we ate our lunch, dozens of lizarda gathered under our feet to catch any crumbs. Virginia had one crawl over her bare foot!
Slagbaai looking south
Flamingos at Salina Slagbaai
Slagbaai looking north
Click on Slagbaai panorama.
Parrot #1 is located on the extreme right arm of the rightmost cactus.
There were at least 6 parrots on this cactus. We have located two. Can you locate them, and others?
Parrrot #2 is located just to the right of the tallest 'arm' of the left cactus and down about 5 feet.
Drain trough, tank, and oven used in making of aloe extract.
We arrived back at the entrance gate about 3pm, and then it began to rain. We got out just in time! Now we spent a few minutes at the museum and displays.
Alonso de Ojeda and Amerigo Vespucci landed on Bonaire in
Notice the 'pot' used in the oven for making aloe extract to the right of this sign.
Aloe Plants
Fontein, between Rincon and Kralendijk, is the site of a spring around which an early settlement was established.
One of two stop signs on the island of Bonaire. There are no traffic lights. Traffic moves surprisingly well using mostly yield symbols painted on the pavement.
We bought some 'poffertjes' from a vendor next to Warehouse Bonaire Supermarket. They are like mini pancakes with butter and powdered sugar.
An example of yield sign painted on the road
This evening we went for a swim, but ended it after a few minutes of being tossed about by the heavy surf.
Interesting site for fish sightings at dive sites around Bonaire:
http://www.reef.org/db/reports/geo/TWA/8503/1993-01-01/2008-12-31
Wow, Very nice!