Monday, June 23, 2008

Before China, We Went Tropical

Windsurfing on Lac Bay, Bonaire
The only sand on the island is in this large shallow bay where the depth is only 3ft to 4ft.
This made windsurfing a "breeze".

Bonaire is basically a coral island with no sandy beaches .
The shoreline is composed of hard coral so rubber soled
booties are a must..................................



The big leap!

Visibility- 100ft Temp-80 degrees

Big purple sponges, huge brain corals, lots of marine life


Shore diving in paradise!

Fifty miles off the coast of Venezuela is a tiny, desert island called Bonaire. This island is essentially a scuba diver's paradise with the coral reef within 50 ft from the shore. We rented a pick-up and some scuba gear, tossed a few tanks in the back and went shore diving. After gearing up, we walked into the caribbean sea, swam out a bit and descended onto some sweet coral formations. We did 13 dives including one awesome wreck and a couple eerie night dives.
We also tried windsurfing on a baby blue, sandy bottomed bay with a ripping wind. Dave took a lesson and spent a day tacking and jibing...he's so AWESOME!!

6 comments:

Its ME said...

WoW! wendy and dave, you really brave to go deep water diving.
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bye from Its me, at Singapore.

Casey Hyer Photography said...

That place looks so beautiful! and Wow, wind surfing looks really easy. It looks like you definitely mastered the technique! You guys are so adventurous and I am glad to see you are not letting this passion slip. Keep it up!

Suzanne said...

Those pictures are awesome!!! When Jason and I make a little $$ I would love to go on an adventure-excursion with you guys! Start planning it :)

Ed and Susan said...

Loved your pictures, most of them I haven't seen Glad you were able to go during our cold February winter. It looks like paradise!

Love Ya
Mom

Casey Hyer Photography said...

You guys are like straight out of a James Bond movie, I like that.
-c

Wendy said...

Hey! who's "it's me"? Do we have a mystery friend from Singapore?