Bonaire – Alex In Wanderland https://www.alexinwanderland.com Thu, 04 Mar 2021 07:29:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 My Travelversary: Year Five https://www.alexinwanderland.com/five-years-of-travel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=five-years-of-travel https://www.alexinwanderland.com/five-years-of-travel/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=41651 “Aim high, time flies.” I stared down at the message I’d just cracked out of a fortune cookie and wondered at the odds that this particular prophecy had found me. I was in a strip mall takeout joint in my hometown of Albany, New York, where I was quietly celebrating the fact that five years to […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/five-years-of-travel/feed/ 59 The Great Escape: Month 51 Roundup https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-great-escape-month-51-roundup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-great-escape-month-51-roundup https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-great-escape-month-51-roundup/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2016 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=38447 From the Caribbean back to the East Coast and out West again — it was a month on the move. I started and ended this month with two big trips, cushioned in the middle by a nice stretch of downtime in which to catch my breath. It was a pretty good balance, and while I had […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-great-escape-month-51-roundup/feed/ 30 Saying Goodbye to Bonaire at Salt Pier https://www.alexinwanderland.com/diving-salt-pier-bonaire/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=diving-salt-pier-bonaire https://www.alexinwanderland.com/diving-salt-pier-bonaire/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2016 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=38416 This is — salty tear — my very last post from Bonaire. The good news? I saved the best for last. Man am I going to miss blogging about this beautiful, lesser-known Caribbean isle! But back to that salty tear bit. Salt and scuba go hand in hand on Bonaire. Salt is the island’s primary export, […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/diving-salt-pier-bonaire/feed/ 64 #Bonaire2Bahamas: A Caribbean Bachelorette https://www.alexinwanderland.com/a-caribbean-bachelorette-jaws-shark-party/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-caribbean-bachelorette-jaws-shark-party https://www.alexinwanderland.com/a-caribbean-bachelorette-jaws-shark-party/#comments Sat, 02 Jan 2016 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=38294 Happy 2016, everyone! While I have some fun New Years-y posts coming up, I thought we could start with something nice and easy while we nurse the last vestiges of our two-day hangovers. (What? That’s just me?) Something like a Caribbean bachelorette party. We’re all still in party mode after all, right? Bride-to-be in Bonaire When […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/a-caribbean-bachelorette-jaws-shark-party/feed/ 30 Bonaire Above Sea Level: Seven Adventures for Non-Divers https://www.alexinwanderland.com/bonaire-for-non-divers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bonaire-for-non-divers https://www.alexinwanderland.com/bonaire-for-non-divers/#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2015 13:30:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=38420 Surely by now you get the picture — Bonaire is a paradise for scuba divers, consistently rated as one of the top diving destinations in the world. And the majority of those who come to the island arrive to enjoy just that. But what about those who prefer to stay about sea level? Does this Dutch Caribbean […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/bonaire-for-non-divers/feed/ 24 Loving Lac Bay: Yoga and Diving on Bonaire’s East Coast https://www.alexinwanderland.com/lac-bay-east-coast-diving-yoga-bonaire/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lac-bay-east-coast-diving-yoga-bonaire https://www.alexinwanderland.com/lac-bay-east-coast-diving-yoga-bonaire/#comments Sat, 26 Dec 2015 13:30:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=38292 The vast majority of Bonaire may be a divers’ paradise, but there’s still one spot where other interests reign supreme: Lac Bay, the turquoise jewel of Bonaire’s East Coast. Most of the action is on the West side, but Lac Bay and Sorobon Beach are the heart of the island’s windsurfing scene, diving’s popular runner-up for reigning […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/lac-bay-east-coast-diving-yoga-bonaire/feed/ 28 Diving Like a VIP in Bonaire https://www.alexinwanderland.com/vip-diving-bonaire-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vip-diving-bonaire-review https://www.alexinwanderland.com/vip-diving-bonaire-review/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2015 00:15:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=38293 By now, you guys have heard me extolling the brilliance of Bonaire’s abundance of shore dives, and the ease with which divers can rent a truck, pop by a tank drive-through, and spend the day exploring on a whim. While I think that freedom is one of the greatest things about Bonaire, you guys have brought up some […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/vip-diving-bonaire-review/feed/ 38 Bonaire by Electric Car https://www.alexinwanderland.com/bonaire-by-electric-car-twizzy-road-runner-tour/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bonaire-by-electric-car-twizzy-road-runner-tour https://www.alexinwanderland.com/bonaire-by-electric-car-twizzy-road-runner-tour/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2015 13:30:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=38430 Even the crustiest of divers have to dry out sometime — even if it is only the mandated last day of their trip. (Divers have to wait a certain number of hours before flying after they hang up their fins, which leads many divers to consider the last day of a dive vacation their “dry day.”) […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/bonaire-by-electric-car-twizzy-road-runner-tour/feed/ 20 Inside My Bag: What to Pack for Bonaire and Aruba https://www.alexinwanderland.com/what-to-pack-for-bonaire-and-aruba/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-to-pack-for-bonaire-and-aruba https://www.alexinwanderland.com/what-to-pack-for-bonaire-and-aruba/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2015 13:30:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=38290 What’s that you hear in the distance? The cry of a small blonde blogger being crushed under the weight of her excess baggage? The clatter of non-travel sized toiletries hiding from the TSA? The crush of a bulging carry on being shoved into a tiny overhead bin? Must be time for another overpacking confessional slash exhaustive edition of Inside My […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/what-to-pack-for-bonaire-and-aruba/feed/ 40 Diving Bonaire: House Reefs and Resort Rides https://www.alexinwanderland.com/diving-bonaire-house-reefs-and-boat-dives/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=diving-bonaire-house-reefs-and-boat-dives https://www.alexinwanderland.com/diving-bonaire-house-reefs-and-boat-dives/#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2015 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=38289 The vast majority of the world’s great dive sites are accessed by boat. That’s all good and fun, but had to admit I’m the kind of freewheelin’ girl who prefers to don scuba gear on my own schedule, and not necessarily be tied down to a dive shop’s pier departure time. This is part of what […]
 
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