[If you want the beginning of the story, read part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, and part 4 here]. It was about 2pm when we could set out on our journey for day 2, based on the tide cycle as discussed in yesterday's post. It was a bit of a slow and lazy start as [...]
[If you want the beginning of the story, read part 1 here, and part 2 here]. There is about 1.5 miles of land between the water at Oliver's Inlet and Seymour Canal. A tram is provided to cover most of the distance - there are two carts that run on tracks similar to train tracks. [...]
It was just 30 minutes after our last stop and my legs and butt were already numb. Except, of course, if they were numb I wouldn't feel the pain; so they must not actually be numb yet. This was the first of nine days in a kayak, but I was convinced that this discomfort was [...]
It was the first sunny day we had in awhile. Indeed, it would be one of our only warm, sunny days for the entire summer. I packed up a bag of gear and drove to the harbor to meet a friend and one of her friends. The person I didn't know had a spare kayak [...]
I have written a number of posts recently about our visit to Bonaire. We spent the last few days of our trip visiting the neighboring island of Curacao, so I thought it fair to give a very brief synopsis here. It was only a few days and I wasn't in love with it, so I'm [...]
I recently wrote about scuba diving in a place that makes it easy to dive on your own. My instinct would be that this type of diving would have more potential for damage to the reef from human visitation. I would have thought that dive guides would help ensure that divers are not kicking, touching, [...]
I recently spent about a week in Bonaire. I wrote about some preliminary information here, and about our experience diving here. In this post, I will share a few final thoughts and observations about our visit. There are lots of donkeys wandering the island. There are flamingos! Lots of them. How cool! There are lots [...]
We recently went to Bonaire for the main purpose of scuba diving there. Here are a few thoughts on our experience, and I shared a few thoughts about the Island here. The reef is close to the shore and easily accessible on the west side of the island - something extremely rare for good diving. [...]
Our recent trip started on a small island in the Caribbean. Bonaire is about 50 miles north of Venezuela and accessible via many commercial airlines and small planes that travel between Bonaire, Curacao, and Aruba. It's government is connected with the Netherlands in some complicated ways that I do not fully understand. (I think it [...]
I felt badly that I didn't keep up tri training on vacation. But why do we train for triathlon? Isn't the fitness so that we can enjoy the rest of our lives? Such as the times we are on vacation? The fitness offers us a boost, another reason for travel, strength, and confidence as we [...]
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