Sightseeing

This is a photo of the RO (Reverse Osmosis) processing plant on the north end of Bonaire. All of the water on Bonaire comes from desalinization.

I have mentioned this before, Bonaire is a desert island and there are cactus everywhere.  Not much rain and mostly scrubby trees and bushes.

You can see some hills behind the RO plant.  That is Brandaris Peak the highest point on Bonaire: 784 ft.  This makes us laugh since we came from the Rocky Mountains with peaks that are 14,000 feet and higher.  Bandaris Peak is in the Washington Park which is a a protected area.

The Dutch had several  plantations on Bonaire in the 1800's. This ocher yellow country house was built in 1870. It is called Landhuis Karpata. Karpata is a type of shrub that has grown on the plantation and made into a laxative. There are three or four of these plantation type houses on the island.  None have been restored.

On the other side of the road is a well know dive site called by the same name, Karpata.  After you walk down about 30 stone stairs and cross a rocky beach you can long-stride over to this concrete platform to get in the water.  The dive sites on Bonaire are not  always easy to enter.  You have to carry your tanks, fins, mask and gear with you as you hop-skip-jump to get in the water.