Easter

Easter weekend on Bonaire.  Two cruise ships (one left before I got a photo). The locals camp on the beaches for the long weekend.  There are tents, canopies, pallet huts, music, lights and crowds. It's an old tradition. They get permits and have to have everything cleared by the end of Easter Monday (the holiday following Easter Sunday). 

Bonaire is predominately Catholic. This is Holy Week. Everything is closed on Good Friday except a few restaurants. The Grocery stores are closed on Good Friday, Easter Sunday and maybe Easter Monday.  Which means that we had to stock up for a five day period. The grocery store parking lot was so full on Thursday that you could not find a spot. The government is closed, service providers are closed, even my cleaning crew changed a regularly scheduled date because of the holiday. 

We are staying home and enjoying our Easter in our own "boutique hotel".  Our fridge is stocked, we have wine, beer and rum, and a pool with no one in it but us. The breeze has picked up and we have no obligations until Sunday Brunch at the beach with friends. 

Ahhh, paradise has not been lost.  We found it in our own back yard.

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