Bonaire's rough and beautiful side

Over the past week or two, you have seen me posting from our vacation on Bonaire, the Caribbean island. The pictures I showed you were all of one particular part of the island, Lac Bay - a fairly shallow body of water with a sandy bottom and thus that beautiful turquoise, green Caribbean watercolor.

There are blips and blobs of other much smaller sandy beaches spread out around the island however, Lac Bay is the biggest sandy beach, almost all other shores are rough limestone.

Speaking of rough - the ocean that is so calm in Lac Bay is definitely not calm everywhere. You can bet that when you see calm waters on one side of the island, there will be huge waves rolling in from the sea and onto the shore on the opposing side.

I am going to take you on a little walk to one of those rough shores. It is actually, right outside of the resort we stayed at. Here is a picture I took a few years ago from the plane. Upon leaving Bonaire if you are seated on the right side of the plane you may have the below view. You can clearly see the waves hitting the reef that separates Lac Bay from the open ocean.

The resort we stayed at is situated on that sandy tip pointing into Lac Bay. From there you can walk to the open ocean shore that I am showing you below.

But first - the resort, like many properties on the island, is fenced in by a cacti fence. How about that? I think it is an awesome idea, just don't fall or stumble into one - those are some seriously big thorns!

After a few minutes walk along the dirt road leading to the resort you will hit the paved main road that is barely wide enough for two cars. This road leads around the whole island and I recommend going for a round-trip drive. You can take many stops along the way and walk up to the shore over the rough stony ground.

But be careful - the rocks you are stepping on are extremely rough and sharp = don't go barefoot and flip flops can be a real hazard. Also be mindful of the surf and don't get caught by a sneaker wave, you really do not want to end up in the water being slammed by the surf onto the sharp edges of the stone.

Look at these - it never seizes to amaze me that there is still life where there's almost only sand and stone...

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And here - these funky formations in the rocks? Plus some naturally dried salt. Maybe I should have brought some 😁

Anyhow, this is it for me and for @tattoodjay's #WednesdayWalk. We are in the meantime back home but I have many more photos that I will share sooner or later of this beautiful island in the sun.

Cheers,
(Ocean)Bee

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