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<\/a>The Red Submarine at Karel Beach Bar’s dock<\/p><\/div>\n
We went into town for the noon excursion that Virginia arranged yesterday.\u00a0 We arrived at the Karel Beach Bar where we boarded the Red (semi-)Submarine.\u00a0 [http:\/\/bon-sea.com — Virginia managed to get a better rate than any listed on their website!]\u00a0\u00a0 There were only four passengers on board–two Dutch men and us.\u00a0 The captain, probably in his 20s, told us the water was too deep to see anything at first and had us stay on top for the short trip to the island, Klein(small) Bonaire.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Passing a Sea Research vessel [https:\/\/www.infobonaire.com\/caribbean\/] as we head to Klein Bonaire in the distance.<\/p><\/div>When it started to drizzle rain a couple times, the captain asked if we wanted to shelter below, but we all declined. Once we got to shallow water near Klein Bonaire, we went down into the ‘submarine’ and viewed the marine life through the underwater windows for the next 30 minutes.<\/p>\n
<\/a>We saw lots of fish, but getting a good photo proved illusive<\/p><\/div>\n
It was like snorkeling, but without getting wet and covering a whole lot more territory.\u00a0 We saw all types of coral and thousands of fish, but nothing big, like turtles, stingrays, dolphins or shark.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Several types of coral–the most obvious one being tube coral.<\/p><\/div>\n
Most of the time one side had a good view, while the other side was towards deep dark water with no bottom in sight.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Virginia was getting ready to take a photo of me with her Kindle, then saw ‘my’ camera!<\/p><\/div>\n
We were grateful that there were lots of empty seats so we could move to whichever side had the best view.\u00a0 Virginia and I stayed below for most of the return trip.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Heading back to Kralendijk where the ‘small’ cruise ship The World (Nassau) is docked<\/p><\/div>\n
We wanted to see the marine life near the docking point.\u00a0 The water is very deep until within about a couple hundred feet of shore.\u00a0 There the bottom was almost all sand with hundreds of small fish swimming around the piers near shore.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Hundreds of fish–most are yellow ones that blend in with the sand–some can be seen as faint shadows on the bottom<\/p><\/div>\n
We next went to Kooymans, the large hardware store, to get a 2 foot flourescent tube and some LED bulbs for the duplex.\u00a0 Kooymans could be compared with a Lowe’s at home, with slightly higher prices.<\/p>\n
<\/a>It looks like the KFC across the street from Kooymans is being remodeled<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>We picked up a Doner [sounds like Donor] wrap and a Doner box at ‘Doner Station’ which is housed in a 40ft shipping container<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Across the street from Doner Station is the Bonaire Warehouse Supermarket where we do most of our shopping. It even has shaded parking inside the doors on the right. There are nicer markets on Bonaire but with higher prices<\/p><\/div>\n
We went home to eat our Doner lunch and get our suits to go for a swim at Sorobon.<\/p>\n