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<\/a>Cactus Fence Country Club -- Anyone want to join? Location -- just outside the national park<\/p><\/div>Yesterday we traded the Toyota Tercel we had been driving for the Suzuki Samurai, a 4 wheel drive jeep type vehicle. We left home about 7am to go to Washington Slagbaai National Park<\/a> on the north end of Bonaire for the day. The entrance <\/a> Road to the park is marked on every other telephone pole.<\/p><\/div>opens at 8am and we were the second vehicle to enter. Here are photos of our day: Interesting origin of park's name.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n Playa Chikitu -- Notice wind turbines in distance<\/p><\/div>\n Click Playa Chikitu<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n Boka Chitiku<\/p><\/div>\n Seru Grandi<\/p><\/div>\n NOTE \u2014 To see a bigger (and in some cases, expanded) version of any of the images, just click on the one you want to enlarge.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p><\/div>\n Water Well under water!!<\/p><\/div>\n Boka Kokolishi<\/p><\/div>\n One of many reasons for high clearance vehicle!<\/p><\/div>\n Seru Bentana translates 'hill window'<\/p><\/div>\n Seru Bentana (North) Lighthouse <\/p><\/div>\n Boka Bartol<\/p><\/div>\n BokaBartol<\/a> panorama<\/p>\n Playa Funchi (Playa = Beach)<\/p><\/div>\n Flamingos next to Playa Funchi<\/p><\/div>\n Flying Flamingo<\/p><\/div>\n Wayaka Beach with some pink sand<\/p><\/div>\n Virginia and a French Angel Fish<\/p><\/div>\n At Wayaka beach, several varieties of fish came right up to us. There were Blue Tang<\/a>, Sargent Major<\/a>, Yellow Goatfish<\/a>, and most impressive of all, French Angelfish<\/a>. There was also one that looked like a Bar Jack<\/a> and then some small black ones. The only black ones we could find listed at a nearby dive site were Black Durgon<\/a>, 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!<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n Slagbaai looking south<\/p><\/div>\n Flamingos at Salina Slagbaai<\/p><\/div>\n Slagbaai looking north<\/p><\/div>\n Click on Slagbaai panorama<\/a>.<\/p>\n Parrot #1 is located on the extreme right arm of the rightmost cactus.<\/p><\/div>\n There were at least 6 parrots on this cactus. We have located two. Can you locate them, and others?<\/p><\/div>\n Parrrot #2 is located just to the right of the tallest 'arm' of the left cactus and down about 5 feet.<\/p><\/div>\n Drain trough, tank, and oven used in making of aloe extract.<\/p><\/div>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p><\/div>1499 and claimed it for Spain. This, the north part of Bonaire, was settled around 1580 A.D. by the Spaniards. In 1633, the Dutch took control of the island. <\/p>\n Aloe Plants<\/p><\/div>\n Fontein, between Rincon and Kralendijk, is the site of a spring around which an early settlement was established.<\/p><\/div>\n 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.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/a>
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