OK, lets talk about Danish/Bonairian food. In brief, not that good and never that cheap. We keep looking for something that is produced, raised, made, manufactured, assembled, grown or exported here; all we can find is salt. They don’t seem to grow or raise or make anything. Indeed, even the salt comes from Italy, go figure! So….all the food whether it is in the grocery or the restaurant is imported. At the market they advertise its source, mostly US, then South American countries, finally Europe. In restaurants they will note “Caribbean fish”, haven’t found a dock yet for the fishing boats, I think it is flown in from who knows where.
Having said all of that, the food, depending on the restaurant is passable. Tonight, we had a fish salad, ribs, and jambalaya between the four of us. As we drive around the island to dive, we are always scoping out another restaurant. We have our eye on pizza tomorrow night. We have also noted a trailer similar to the burrito truck in front of Kragen in Sonora that looks inviting as well!
On to diving. Three dives again today. The first was a wreck dive. This large ship. the Hilma Hooker, sank in the 80’s. Apparently it was full of dope, nobody claimed it, eventually it started to leak, the government (after the dope was removed) sank it for a reef. It lay in about 100 feet of water, a nice dive.
This is a typically “pose” for the needle fish. The like to hang out this way.
Lots of shrimp hiding out. This guy’s body is only a couple of inches long, his tentacles over a foot.
Another great fish shot by Greg.
This is a great picture of a flounder, probably around 18 inches long sitting on a rock he mimicked almost perfectly. As we watched him, his perimeter would flush to blue as he got nervous. In this picture he was nervous.
The third dive was a night dive to the pier where they load the salt onto huge container ships. I didn’t go on this one, I am trying to return home less exhausted then when I arrived. Gloria, Greg and Alex reported two large sting rays, and lots of current! They went to bed, while I am writing this!
