Day 2 - Drive South Bonaire

May 2, 2024 (Thursday): Slept really well! Woke up ~7:00. Breakfast was cereal & caffine! We decided to explore the Southern Route. So, off we went. Just before 9:00am. We drove along slowly pulling over at all the attractions! Saw our first flamingos! Salt piles! And salt pier. Checked out a lot of possible snorkel areas. Pin ponds. Lots of birds! Donkeys. Lighthouse. By noon we were hot and tired so back to our place for lunch & a rest. Jim & I rested & Rod & Pam went snorkeling. I slept! Rod & Pam were out ~ an hour. They came in for a bit of a rest...I went back to sleep! Then, Rod, Pam & I went snorkeling again. Saw lots ofo fish I haven't seen before. There are stairs into the ocean right in fron of our place. We entered at the north end, then drifted south, & swam back north. After showering, we went to dinner at Blonde Brewery. Rod & I had fish & chips. Back at our place had a bit of wine and then to bed.

Kite City beach
Kite City Beach. One of the few sandy beaches.
Day 2 - in front of the ponds
Rod, Marguerite, and Jim in front of the ponds used to produce salt.
Pink lake and salt mountain
Pam, Marguerite, and Jim in front of the ponds used to produce salt.
Salt Mountain
Salt Pillars
Pink Flamingo - no bad pic for cell phone
Our first Flamingo at Pink Lake
Green Heron
Green Heron
Pink Flamingo and salt
Pink Flamingo and salt
Good snorkeling but hard to get into
Good snorkeling here but hard to get into water without booties
Baby Flamingo - Too young to be alone
Baby Flamingo - Too young to be alone
Marker at Red Slave Huts
Marker at Red Slave Huts
Day 2 Slave Huts
These building were slave sleeping quarters when the slaves worked harvesting the salt.
Willemstoren Lighthouse
Willemstoren Lighthouse
Donkeys everywhere
Donkeys everywhere
Day 2 Donkeys
Asking for handouts
Rough shoreline - few sandy beaches
Rough shoreline - few sandy beaches