Bon bini from Bonaire! Tuesday morning dawns a little cloudy. Charlie says it rained for four hours last night...what was Charlie doing awake for FOUR hours last night! They've had more rain here in Bonaire than usual, they tell us. I noticed how green the divi divi trees were when we were driving to the Resort from the airport on Saturday....

Four of our divers just finished their dawn dive! Jerry, Joyce, Matt & Markus woke at the "crack of dark" and jumped in...Jerry tells us it was sharp-tail eel heaven...they were all out hunting in the sand & corals. The rest of the divers are just straggling into the restaurant for breakfast. The first boat doesn't leave until 8:30 a.m. so we can sleep in here a bit (unless you're like the above four and want to pre-dawn dive!)

Yesterday we dove Rappel, one of my most favorite Bonaire dive sites. It's a steep wall covered in hard & soft corals...a gorgeous wide-angle photographer's dream! The sponges are plentiful as well. The second boat dive yesterday was over at Klein Bonaire at Leonora's and it was beautiful as well. After lunch a bunch of the group headed out in the trucks for a couple of the close shore dives. Then, after the Manager's Rum Punch party, where everyone got to meet the actual Captain Don, Charlie took Rafael & Gabriel on their first night dive which they thoroughly enjoyed!

Until tomorrow...enjoy the photos!