If you have children or grandchildren, you’re familiar with this Disney song from the movie The Little Mermaid: Under the sea, under the sea Darling its better down where its wetter Take it from me. Up on the shore they work all day Out in the sun they slave away While we’re devoting full time … Continue reading →

The cruise ships were in port on Wednesday, dumping 7,200 passengers into Kralendijk and its surroundings, making it the best day for us to avoid town by visiting Washington-Slagbaai National Park, the 13,500 acre gem that comprises the northern 1/4 of the island. Up early, we took the single-lane coast road north, stopping on the … Continue reading →

On Monday, we drove to the east side of Bonaire to have lunch and watch the windsurfers at Sorobon Beach on Lac Bay (orange dot on map, below). The conditions here are perfect for windsurfing: a steady, 20-knot onshore breeze; and a relatively shallow and waveless protected bay, making Sorobon beach a favorite of those … Continue reading →

In the southern Caribbean Sea, a mere 50 miles off the coast of Venezuela, lay the three adjacent islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao, the “ABC Islands.” For the first 55 years of my life, the ABC Islands, together with the three much smaller Leeward Islands of Sint Maarten, Saba and Sint Eustatius, were known … Continue reading →