While the girls were busy becoming certified divers, Jimmy was taking me to the medical center. Unfortunately, I had a lot of problems with my ears during my first (and only) dive. I was eventually able to get to depth and had a great time, but knew something was wrong after returning to dry land and my ears continued to pop erratically and I had pain in my jaw. The doctor said there was blood in my ear canals, which is known as “ear squeeze.” He prescribed a nose spray and flu medicine to clear my sinuses, but unfortunately they remained popping throughout my trip and kept me grounded from diving. Jimmy and I spent some of the time the girls were in class exploring the southern part of the island. Here you see large piles of salt at the solar salt works; most of this salt will be shipped to the US for salting winter roads or for use in water softeners.
Bonaire is not a typical tropical island; the palm trees were imported. The natural terrain is dry and rugged covered with giant candle cactus (locally known as Kadushi). By the beautiful Lac Bay, we came across some unusually huge piles of
Queen Conch shells (seen here behind the guys playing dominoes). As many of 500 conchs were taken out of this bay per month until they were protected in 1991; the piles are left to bear witness of the volume of past collections.
While the girls were busy becoming certified divers, Jimmy was taking me to the medical center. Unfortunately, I had a lot of problems with my ears during my first (and only) dive. I was eventually able to get to depth and had a great time, but knew something was wrong after returning to dry land and my ears continued to pop erratically and I had pain in my jaw. The doctor said there was blood in my ear canals, which is known as “ear squeeze.” He prescribed a nose spray and flu medicine to clear my sinuses, but unfortunately they remained popping throughout my trip and kept me grounded from diving. Jimmy and I spent some of the time the girls were in class exploring the southern part of the island. Here you see large piles of salt at the solar salt works; most of this salt will be shipped to the US for salting winter roads or for use in water softeners. 
Bonaire is not a typical tropical island; the palm trees were imported. The natural terrain is dry and rugged covered with giant candle cactus (locally known as Kadushi). By the beautiful Lac Bay, we came across some unusually huge piles of Queen Conch shells (seen here behind the guys playing dominoes). As many of 500 conchs were taken out of this bay per month until they were protected in 1991; the piles are left to bear witness of the volume of past collections.
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