A-Z .... The ABC and D Islands on the Zuiderdam

[scubacruiserx2]

10 hours ago, slabeaume said:

We were on that cruise, too.  I remember meeting you and your wife somewhere, but I forget where now.  Probably one of the Microsoft classes.  I just finished my blog with lots of pictures, too.  will be putting it on Cruise Critic, too. 

 

May be the class or in the Pinnacle for breakfast ? Cheers .

 

[scubacruiserx2]

We woke to the strong smell of smoke . It was very pungent outside . We were off of the coast of Haiti where charcoal make and used indoors for cooking and may cost 25 -30 % of a families income . It's a tremendous health issue in women and children .

https://medium.com/@kevinadair/charcoal-kills-especially-in-haiti-4030b5fb9a62

We were watching the moon set and smelled cigarette smoke coming from a balcony 2 or 3 upwind from ours . The lunch and dinner offerings we on TV .

 

 

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

The outside elevator to breakfast . After breakfast we packed our diving bag and tried to master getting online and staying on line . We called it the 12 step process . Cruise Critic at sea .

 

 

[cat shepard]

The sunset reflected on the clouds - spectacular! Once again thank you for sharing your cruise with us.

 

And the Moonset! Wow.

Edited December 28, 2019 by cat shepard

[jimbri]

Wonderful review, photos and videos.  

[Krazy Kruizers]

Loving your reports and pictures especially the moon setting.

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

18 minutes ago, cat shepard said:

The sunset reflected on the clouds - spectacular! Once again thank you for sharing your cruise with us.

 

And the Moonset! Wow.

 

You are welcome and thank you for you for gong along on the cruise .

[scubacruiserx2]

9 minutes ago, jimbri said:

Wonderful review, photos and videos.  

 

Thank you very much .

[scubacruiserx2]

3 minutes ago, Krazy Kruizers said:

Loving your reports and pictures especially the moon setting.

 

 

 

We didn't go up top but we think that you could see the sunrise across the bow and the moon setting astern at the same time .

[scubacruiserx2]

We went to the ships stores to try to find the elusive cheap ladies watch but they didn't have any . A employee said that they had $ 10 men's watches put away and asked for our room number . He said that he would call after 9 PM but the call never came . We decided to try the Pinnacle lunch and we were sure glad that we did .

 

 

[Floridiana]

Great photos and report! I don't usually follow Caribbean reports but yours is lovely. 

 

By the way, I noticed your cruise and travel director is Thomas Weber. We had him on the Koningsdam transatlantic  October/November 2019. He said he was going to fly to Sydney to join the Maasdam. His stint here must have been extremely short or he never went to Australia after all.

[scubacruiserx2]

Well thank you . We have done a number of cruises in the Western Caribbean but this was only our 2nd to the deep southern and the first time to the Republic Dominican . We didn't have much contact with Mr Weber but we did have a nice chat with the Captain . A very nice and capable man .

[scubacruiserx2]

After eating ourselves into a food coma we were overtaken by a nap . But we did wake up in time for Tea . And while I'm not much for the sandwiches I do enjoy the scones .

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

5 minutes ago, fyree39 said:

Our one and only HAL experience was in a Neptune suite. You're bringing back some wonderful memories!

 

We're glad that you had some great memories on HAL . For us the photos also bring some good memories and the reviews serve as a bridge to the next cruise . The biggest issue that we have with the Neptune Suite is that we got spoiled and don't want to change ! 😊

[3rdGenCunarder]

I'm feeling stuffed just from looking at all that wonderful food! 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

8 minutes ago, 3rdGenCunarder said:

I'm feeling stuffed just from looking at all that wonderful food! 

 

 

The burger was very good but I couldn't finish it .

[scubacruiserx2]

The evening's sunset and afterglow

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

The weather and dinner and Bonaire in the morning .

 

[scubacruiserx2]

Breakfast coming into Bonaire . The flowers were being brought out to the tables and in the public areas .

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

Moving in and tying up in port

 

[scubacruiserx2]

It was time to move ashore and meet up with our guide Brenda . The last time we were here we just dove so we hoped to see more of the island before the Crown Princess arrived in a couple of hours .

 

[cat shepard]

Great pics. Some of the flowers you shared earlier are gorgeous!

[scubacruiserx2]

30 minutes ago, cat shepard said:

Great pics. Some of the flowers you shared earlier are gorgeous!

 

Thanks , some of them had a couple of Easter Lilies which smelled great coming or going to the Pinnacle . And speaking of the Pinnacle , the service was great and Ernesto and Jose were outstanding !

[scubacruiserx2]

Our first stop was at a thousand steps which is a dive site . It started to rain as soon as we started taking photos here . There was a lot of glare from the sun in the last photo but we  could see the Zuiderdam .

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

Brenda knew all about the flora and fauna found here