First Visitors

It never rains in Bonaire...unless we have visitors or I am trying to do laundry. My dear friends Kathy, Justin and Jenn braved the travel road bumps to spend 10 days with us at our island home. They were our first visitors! It rained almost every day.  The first day it rained all day. 

The good news about rain in Bonaire is that it typically doesn't last long and it is warm.  We didn't let the rain dampen our site seeing and activities.

We visited the distillery in Rincon, ate BBQ and toured the sites. Rincon is the oldest town on Bonaire and served as the weekend home for slaves during the 1600's.  It is now a tourist attraction where many of the Antilleans live. 

 

We did new activities.  There are two casinos on the island.  Kathy sniffed out one of them because she needed a gambling fix. This one was located in the Divi Flamingo resort.  Which is an all inclusive with spas, dive shops, restaurants, and a pier that houses a fine beach bar. The casino is open from 7:00 pm to 2:00 am. These weird hours forced us to drink at the beach bar because we arrived in the afternoon.  We returned that night.  Results: Rick up by $50 and Kathy down by $80. Sally kept her money in her wallet.

We visited Gio's, the gelato store, on a daily basis.  Although Rick had a fresh supply of chocolate-raspberry gelato at home, we just couldn't resist the variety of flavors at the best gelato place in the Dutch Caribbean.  Jenn is hooked on passionfruit. 

We consider ourselves locals (Ha!) now that we have been here for a year.  It was interesting seeing our home island through the eyes of visitors. They fell in love with the turquois water, beaches, swimming, diving, snorkeling, shopping and cuisine.

We celebrated Kathy's 70th Birthday for a week.  We ate at all the great restaurants we knew and they introduced us to some we didn't know.  We drank wine and rum in mass quantities.  Rick and I will have to be on the wagon for a few weeks to sober up.

By the end of their stay, the weather had calmed down and we once again had some fabulous views.  

Our visitors left today. It was like a vacation for us to show off the island to others.  We miss them already.