Fog over Mt. Sinai Harbor

No, it's not Bonaire, of course.

This is the north shore of Long Island, winter. It was a warm afternoon until the fog rolled in...it came fast and everything disappeared!

We took a few photos, most of which looked like nothing but a gray wall. Then, just as quickly, the fog lifted and was gone.

This is the harbor by Cedar Beach.

For the map of this location...Click here.

(If you're not familiar with the Google Map, you can click around the page, zoom in and out...see where Mt. Sinai is on Long Island.)

tugs and a sail

It never gets boring to me...the sun, clouds, clear water and the tropical fish. Bonaire

The obelisk...a navigation marker from the past.

The big splash...on Bonaire's windward shore. Very powerful and very large waves hit the iron shore. Eventually large chunks of rock break away. It is actually scary to stand near the edge and noisy too!

A navigational marker from the past...to guide the ships to shore for salt pickup.

Pink Beach, Bonaire...The yellow stone is a marker for divers. All dive sites on Bonaire are named and marked, and numbered on a map. The island is very "diver friendly."

The lighthouse, Bonaire...Yes, that is a truck and the lighthouse is hugh!

Para-Surfing...a cross between surfing, skateboarding, water skiing, and parachute-kite uplifting...at this point, I don't know what to call it!

doing flips over the caribbean

Reds and Blue and youth!

colorful addition to the caribbean blue...

Chris swimming to the edge of the Hilma Hooker. This is about 60 ft. down and the boat goes down to about 120ft. We'll stop at about 90! It gets scary in the deep and wrecks have a certain eery quality about them.

Dive Masters at work...They team up for two dives. Each takes a turn as captain and dive master. Both help with getting people back on the boat and removing the gear. This is Leaticia and Scott from Bonaire Dive and Adventure.

Bonairean commuters...People of Bonaire are diverse and very friendly!

Under the deep blue sea...

Beautiful rooster colors

Scuba tanks waiting to be filled

soft coral..not a plant!

swimming effortlessly...

Photo Friday: Pink

Hmmm....pink? 

Catholic Church in Rincon

 

Salt Harvest

Salt is exported. It has been a product of Bonaire for centuries. 

Harbor View

 

Driftwood on the Shores of Loc Bay

 

Cacti

Cacti are native to Bonaire 

Home Again...

Dear Family and Friends,

We arrived home, safe and sound, from a beautiful scuba diving vacation.

Thanks for stopping by to visit this site to see the photos from Bonaire.

We love Bonaire for its natural beauty and its lack of commercialism. It certainly is not a typical "tourist" destination and its lack of crowds makes it ideal for us.

I will continue to post photos of Bonaire until I have exhausted our files. Chris and I together have taken over 2,000 photos!!!!

I promise not to post too many but enough so you can see the many sides of this beautiful caribbean island in the Netherlands Antilles.

Aloe

Aloe grew on Bonaire's plantation and was exported. Perfect environment for this plant, Bonaire is dry and hot. 

Bonaire's Donkey

A very familiar icon for the wild part of Bonaire and part of its history. 

Para-Sail Anyone??

 

White Slave Huts

 

Bonaire Shore

 

Flamingo...

Ready to fly, it runs on the water... 

Birds in Bonaire

A shore bird, Turnstone 

Hawks Bill Turtle, Klein Bonaire

Photo taken on the "Bon Adventure" dive site. 

Octopus, Bonaire 2006

Dive Site: "Nearest Point" Klein Bonaire