Comments on: Bonaire http://alexwetmore.org/archives/1271 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 15:41:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Steve Kurt http://alexwetmore.org/archives/1271/comment-page-1#comment-82841 Steve Kurt Tue, 03 Apr 2012 03:04:07 +0000 http://alexwetmore.org/?p=1271#comment-82841 Wonderful photos! I''m jealous! :) thanks for sharing. Steve Wonderful photos! I”m jealous! :)
thanks for sharing.

Steve

]]> By: Amy http://alexwetmore.org/archives/1271/comment-page-1#comment-78929 Amy Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:47:31 +0000 http://alexwetmore.org/?p=1271#comment-78929 Great Pictures - thanks for sharing looks like another one to put on the list - I haven''t really scuba dived but love to snorkel and before my next trip that involves that I''ll be buying a Rx mask to see all the fishies better. Great Pictures – thanks for sharing looks like another one to put on the list – I haven”t really scuba dived but love to snorkel and before my next trip that involves that I”ll be buying a Rx mask to see all the fishies better.

]]> By: Alex Wetmore http://alexwetmore.org/archives/1271/comment-page-1#comment-77571 Alex Wetmore Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:30:59 +0000 http://alexwetmore.org/?p=1271#comment-77571 I''ve never been to Culebra, but I''ve been to Vieques which is nearby. Vieques is going to be an amazing place in 100 years, 2/3rds of the island is a national park with no construction allowed. Sadly it was heavily bombed by the US for practice runs in the last century, and it is going to take time to recover from that. We didn''t do any diving there, but we did go snorkeling. The S&S bike takes longer to pack and unpack than the Tikit, but it is better suited to the dirt roads that I found on Bonaire. I''ll keep both in the bike library, the Tikit gets a lot of use when I visit family on the east coast and mix public transit and cycling. The Travel Gifford is going to get used when I know that there will be riding off pavement, loaded touring, and no public transit. I just hope that I do enough trips to justify having both of them. We''re also looking at getting a sailboat, and I could see using the Tikit for getting around on shore, it''ll stow away a lot better than a S&S bike. I”ve never been to Culebra, but I”ve been to Vieques which is nearby. Vieques is going to be an amazing place in 100 years, 2/3rds of the island is a national park with no construction allowed. Sadly it was heavily bombed by the US for practice runs in the last century, and it is going to take time to recover from that. We didn”t do any diving there, but we did go snorkeling.

The S&S bike takes longer to pack and unpack than the Tikit, but it is better suited to the dirt roads that I found on Bonaire. I”ll keep both in the bike library, the Tikit gets a lot of use when I visit family on the east coast and mix public transit and cycling. The Travel Gifford is going to get used when I know that there will be riding off pavement, loaded touring, and no public transit. I just hope that I do enough trips to justify having both of them. We”re also looking at getting a sailboat, and I could see using the Tikit for getting around on shore, it”ll stow away a lot better than a S&S bike.

]]> By: Daus http://alexwetmore.org/archives/1271/comment-page-1#comment-77569 Daus Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:21:37 +0000 http://alexwetmore.org/?p=1271#comment-77569 Nice place! I have been to the carribean a few times, but most islands seem to less integrated in that you have tourists and then you have the locals. With the more popular islands (trinidad, dominican republic, jamaica, barbados, puerto rico, st. thomas, nassau bahamas), it gets scary to bike on the crazy roads (with the crazy drivers) or to stroll around at night. One of my favorite islands (I never biked it) is "Culebra" and it is off the coast of Puerto Rico (Look up "Culebra landing" to see what it is like to fly in the the island). I dive as well, but didn''t bring my gear because the snorkling revealed underwater life that had been better than anything I have ever seen diving. How was it travelling with the new bike and how does it compare to your experience with the tikit? Daus Nice place! I have been to the carribean a few times, but most islands seem to less integrated in that you have tourists and then you have the locals. With the more popular islands (trinidad, dominican republic, jamaica, barbados, puerto rico, st. thomas, nassau bahamas), it gets scary to bike on the crazy roads (with the crazy drivers) or to stroll around at night. One of my favorite islands (I never biked it) is “Culebra” and it is off the coast of Puerto Rico (Look up “Culebra landing” to see what it is like to fly in the the island). I dive as well, but didn”t bring my gear because the snorkling revealed underwater life that had been better than anything I have ever seen diving.

How was it travelling with the new bike and how does it compare to your experience with the tikit?

Daus

]]> By: Joe Dube http://alexwetmore.org/archives/1271/comment-page-1#comment-76998 Joe Dube Mon, 27 Feb 2012 02:40:33 +0000 http://alexwetmore.org/?p=1271#comment-76998 Great writeup of your trip Alex. I''ve been to Aruba and Curacao and now I have to visit Bonaire. I dove in Lake Wa. 3 times this week all the while thinking of what those warm waters would feel like and NOT wearing a drysuit. Thanks for sharing, Joe Great writeup of your trip Alex. I”ve been to Aruba and Curacao and now I have to visit Bonaire. I dove in Lake Wa. 3 times this week all the while thinking of what those warm waters would feel like and NOT wearing a drysuit. Thanks for sharing, Joe

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