Bonaire (3)

 

Sent by Strasy from Kralendijk, Bonaire.

Bonaire (2)

 

Sent by Strasy from Kralendijk in Bonaire.

Post 2010's dissolution: 

Bonaire (/bɒˈnɛər/ bon AIR, Dutch: [boːˈnɛːr(ə)] Papiamento: Boneiru [bʊˈne̝i̯ru]) is a Caribbean island in the Leeward Antilles, and is a special municipality (officially "public body") of the Netherlands. Its capital is the port of Kralendijk, on the west (leeward) coast of the island. Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao form the ABC islands, 80 km (50 miles) off the coast of Venezuela. The islands have an arid climate that attracts visitors seeking warm, sunny weather all year round, and they lie outside the Main Development Region for tropical cyclones. Bonaire is a popular snorkeling and scuba diving destination because of its multiple shore diving sites, shipwrecks and easy access to the island's fringing reefs (read further).

Bonaire (1)

Bonaire.

Sent by Hallie of California, USA who went on cruise in the Caribbean. This one was sent from Grenada.

This is from Wikipedia : Bonaire (pronounced /bɒˈnɛər/; Dutch: Bonaire, Papiamentu: Boneiru) is a special municipality (officially "public body") of the Netherlands, consisting of the Caribbean island of Bonaire and, nestled in its western crescent, the uninhabited islet of Klein Bonaire. Together with Aruba and Curaçao it forms a group referred to as the ABC islands of the Leeward Antilles, the southern island chain of the Lesser Antilles. The name Bonaire is thought to have originally come from the Caiquetio word 'Bonay'. The early Spanish and Dutch modified its spelling to Bojnaj and also Bonaire, which means "Good Air".

From the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles on 10 October 2010, the BES islands Bonaire, Saba, and Saint Eustatius were given the status of public body (often referred to as "special municipality") within the Netherlands, while the islands of Curaçao and Sint Maarten are independent states within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. At present, although part of the Netherlands, it remains an overseas territory of the European Union (read further).