It never is easy to say goodbye or what we say “see you later”. We spent our last evening with some of our friends at the Paradise Moon Bar for Happy Hour. Amie, Pam and Karl of Paradise Moon Bar have always been so wonderful to us thanks guys. Randy and Lourae without you guys Bonaire would have been half as enjoyable and fun, thank you so much for all you’ve done for us, you are true friends.
We got an early start and after we had checked out with the port authority and the marina a huge cloud popped up out of nowhere and started growling at us. After that growler another showed up and just behind it another one. By the time all had passed it was noon time and too late for us to head out so we spent one more hot and mosquito infested night in the marina. Paradise Moon Bar was happy to see us again and we had dinner at the Sunset Resort which has the cutest patio overlooking the beach and the burgers were wonderful.
Just after the sun came up the following day we scooted out of the marina, pulled the main up and motored towards Curacao. As soon as we were out of the lee of the island the breeze picked up and we were able to sail. We pulled the spinnaker up and sailed all the way to Klein Curacao. We haven’t had a sail like this in quite a long time and really enjoyed it.
Half way to Klein Curacao a flock of Flamingoes flew by us.
Klein Curacao is a small and very flat island about 1 ½ miles long and ½ mile wide. In the middle of the island stands a beautiful old lighthouse.
There is not much vegetation on the island and what’s there is max one foot high including some lonely cactus. The eastern shore is all rocky and rough with a few wrecks of a sailboat, fishing boats and a big cargo ship. It makes for great hiking and the lighthouse takes good photo from any direction. The middle part of the western shore is a beautiful white sandy beach with a few thatched roofs for the tourists.
(Sunset photo) Klein Curacao is surrounded with the same deep reef system as Bonaire and Curacao and the water is crystal clear. There are about 4 moorings in the leeward side for charter boats which bring boat loads of people to the island during the day. At 3pm they all left and we were the only boat left. It was absolutely beautiful we had a wonderful breeze a beautiful sunset and NO mosquitoes all night long and we could leave the hatches open. The sunrise was even more spectacular as the sky was filled with pretty pastel colors colors from light blue, pink, orange, red, yellow, just amazing. (Sunrise photos)
Although the wind was right on the butt but we did have a really nice wing on wing sail all the way to the entrance of Spaanse Water in Curacao. The entrance to Spaanse Water is an 80 foot wide canal absolutely breathtaking. On the other side of the canal it opens up into a good size lake with several separate bays all surrounded with beautiful homes. Our marina Seru Boca was just around the corner to the right belonging to the Santa Barbara Plantation is surrounded by the golf course from the Hyatt Hotel. It’s a nicely built marina with floating docks with mangroves around, yikes mosquitoes. Turns out that we didn’t get to see one in the evening not even when we took a shower at the outdoor showers of the marina. The electricity is outrageously high 65 cents a kilowatt ouch.
After settling in we took the dinghy on a discovery tour. The anchorages are all full with boats. I don’t think I have ever seen so many boats anchored in one spot. At Kima Kalki marina we ran into our buddies Sundial, what a happy reunion, even Elvis the dog remembered us. Pam was so nice and took me into town the following morning to check in. Checking in here is a breeze they are super friendly and didn’t mind that we were already 5 months in Bonaire. The rule is 90 days per year combined. Pam and I had a blast it was like good old times. She was my shopping buddy in Venezuela and it’s so good to have my shopping buddy back. She took me to one of the grocery stores I thought it was Christmas all over again. The store had so much I think our diet it put off again for a while. I even found rabbit so we’re going to have rabbit stew tomorrow.
Our view in marina:
Now it's time to relax:
PS: Bill so sorry we didn't uprade the Blog in Klein Curacao, been too busy watching the sunset and rise!
It never is easy to say goodbye or what we say “see you later”. We spent our last evening with some of our friends at the Paradise Moon Bar for Happy Hour. Amie, Pam and Karl of Paradise Moon Bar have always been so wonderful to us thanks guys. Randy and Lourae without you guys 
(Sunset photo) Klein Curacao is surrounded with the same deep reef system as 
Although the wind was right on the butt but we did have a really nice wing on wing sail all the way to the entrance of Spaanse Water in 
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