Bonaire Day 7

We started out our day with breakfast delivered to our room at 6:30. Exactly what we wanted, convenient and lovely to enjoy on our balcony as we had just docked in Bonaire.

Thanks to fellow cruise critic friends, we found Woodwind Tours a short walk away from the cruise dock. The day was warm and calm. Owner Dee briefed us as we boarded the catamaran and prepared for our snorkel excursion.

We were grouped with two Canadians - A Mom and 11 year old son from Ottawa and two others with biochemist guide Isabel. We first did a drift snorkel where we floated along with the wind and current while the boat followed us and picked us up after an hour or so. JG and P are both very comfortable snorkelling in the water because of previous vacations and summers at the cottage in Ontario. Isabel would free dive down deep to point out something of interest - sponges, sea cucumbers, parrot fish, blue tangs - then surface and explain what it was to us. We were encouraged to snorkel on the surface, but JG couldn't resist free diving about 20 feet on our second snorkel, to get a better view of a Hawksbill Turtle. Excellent guides and very knowledgeable about Klein Bonaire ( an island where there is no development and never will be, with ecologically protected areas for marine life). I would strongly recommend Woodwind tours in Bonaire!

We returned to the ship for lunch. J and the kids had a mini Olympics of croquet, bocce ball and mini - putt. J burned the top of his head and the top of his ears after 40 minutes in the sun without protection !

I ran into two Cruise Critic friends and visited, then went to watch Mamma Mia on the big screen over the pool.

After supper we had to race to the Princess Theatre to see "The Beatle Maniacs" perform - a Beatles tribute band. What a fun show - we were clapping, singing and dancing along - even 12 year old P! After the main show we raced over to the Explorer's Lounge to see the comedian, Sarge, who we had seen twice before. Funny, clean comedian! He appealed to everybody in our family.

Now back in our rooms tucked in for the night and thanking our lucky stars we are enjoying this Caribbean Cruise! Tomorrow we visit Grenada.

Photo 1: The bow of the Emerald Princess
Photo 2: Beatle Maniacs perform.
Photo 3: P on the Woodwind catamaran