Year 4, Day 344, “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 4/09/2025. The Wellington – Day 8 of 11 day trip to the ABC Islands – Day 6 of 8 night Southern Caribbean cruise on Adventure of the Seas. – We are in Kralendijk, Bonaire today from 7am to 2pm.
Kralendijk is the capital city and main port of the island of Bonaire. Bonaire is a municipality of the Netherlands. The island is 111 miles. In Dutch, Koralendijk means “coral reef” or “coral dike.” In Papiamentu, the town is often called Playa or “beach.” 6,700 acres around the island’s shores have been protected since 1979 as a national marine park. The Washington Slagbaai National Park occupies one-fifth of the island’s land area. In 1969 this national park was established as a wildlife Refuge. Cruise ships dock at the North or South Pier year round. We didn’t sleep well last night and decided not to go on our excursion. We slept a little later and just walked around town a little.
We also spent time watching the crew testing the life boats.
It is a very windy day. In fact this trip has been one of the windiest trips we have ever been on. I am constantly putting my sweater on and off depending on if the sun is out. The water here is super clear.
Our room is always blowing air conditioning no matter where we set the thermostat. And yes our balcony door is closed. We are not going to ask for it ti be looked at. We are afraid if they do any adjustment it will be to hot all the time. Better cold than hot.
As a Royal Caribbean Diamond Plus member we get five drinks a day on every cruise. https://www.royalcaribbean.com/content/dam/royal/resources/pdf/crown-and-anchor-society-benefit-grid.pdf After dinner we will get bottles of water for our room. Today I had one drink and Steve had two. One of Steve’s was a Diet Coke. Water is the drink of the day.
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Main dining Room Dinner menu
Adventure of the Seas Day 6 Cruise Compass – Kralendijk, Bonaire
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
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