Discovery

Rick and I took our first scuba lessons and got certified by A1 Scuba in Englewood, Colorado. What a surprise to see our scuba shop represented on Bonaire.

We were touring the Plaza Beach Resort.  Their inhouse scuba shop has 50 or more rocks painted with logos from scuba shops that have visited. Typically, when a shop brings a group, they partner with the local scuba operators to book boats and equipment to serve their tour group. Each one leaves a painted rock.  This is the traditional way to mark a dive site in Bonaire.  It's only fitting that dive operators would follow the tradition.

The Plaza Beach Resort is an all inclusive, swanky place.  They have a marina that houses huge yachts and pleasure boats. They offer all sorts of water sports, have the typical resort big swimming pool, and lots of amenities.

We were actually looking for a restaurant called the "Tipsy Seagull" purported to be on the grounds. We walked all over and finally found it

but it was closed.  Since it was so hard to find, we decided to pass on this one and went a different direction.

On the recommendation from our liquor store owner (an Indian guy named Depak) we went to a local Columbian restaurant called "Fogon Latino" for lunch. Definitely not as swanky as the Plaza but more our style.  It is all open air with about 4 tables and a bar. They do a brisk business with the local community as Spanish was the main language spoken. The menu was in English so we felt right at home.