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Page 10, Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens
Bonaire: The “B” In The ABC Islands

By Don Kiselewski, MCC,
D.S., Palm Beach Gardens
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For anyone confused
by this article’s title,
allow me to explain. Three
islands just off the short
of Venezuela became
known as the “ABC
Islands” because of their
names: Aruba, Bonaire and
Curaçao. However, when A scenic waterfront resort located on Bonaire
they were named, no attention was paid to the alphabet,
and in fact they are positioned ACB from west to east. pleasant breeze; unfortunately, these easterly trade winds
Bonaire is located some 50 miles off the northern bring less than 20 inches of rain a year.
coast of the mainland of Venezuela in South America, Consequently, the island is arid and island farming
and 20 miles east of Curaçao. The 111-square mile barely provides food for local consumption. A
island resembles the shape of a boot, with the top at desalinization plant operated by the government provides
the northwest end and toe in the southeast. The island’s drinking water. The only export crop is aloe, which grows This aerial view of the islands of Bonaire and Klein Bonaire
elevation drops from its high point, Brandaris Hill, at wild on the island and doesn’t require irrigation. Giving shows that the island is shaped very much like a boot.
784 feet on the north, to the large solar salt works on the up all of that water does have some benefits – Bonaire is
south end, which, by necessity, are at sea level. outside of the hurricane zone. The Caiquetios, akin to the Arawak Indians that were
Geologically speaking, Bonaire is ideally suited for Bonaire’s deep water just offshore has provided the dominant throughout the Caribbean, originally settled the
scuba diving and snorkeling, because just a few yards island with a role as a storage depot for oil, shipped in island. In 1499 the Spanish arrived in the form of Alonso
offshore the ocean drops to depths suitable for heavy from Venezuela. Because of the minimal water depth de Ojeda and Amerigo Vespucci. Bonaire didn’t show
shipping. All of the dive sites are located on the western off the mainland of South America, only shallow-draft much promise for Spain, so little was done to develop
and southern part of the island, and around Klein Bonaire vessels are used to pick up oil, and then it is transported the island. In the 15th century, Bonaire, along with a
(Dutch for “Little Bonaire”), a small uninhabited island to the depot on Bonaire. Huge deep hulled tankers are number of other Caribbean islands, fell under the control
just offshore from Bonaire’s capital city of Kralendijk. then loaded from Bonaire’s depot to transport the crude
The strong prevailing breezes are from the east; oil to refineries throughout the world. Bonaire on page 11
consequently, there are just a few dive sites on these sides
of the island.
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