So let's let's start by if you would tell me about Bonaire
and what makes it special in today's show.
We're going to see an interview that I taped with Delno
Tromp who is the interim director of the tourism Corporation
in Bonaire.
We're going to talk about Bonaire and see what there is to
see on the island.
If we're meeting for the first time, my name is Ken Edmonds.
And on this channel.
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Everyone should visit Bonaire because we have a lot to offer.
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Okay, you know Bonaire our slogan is the slogan of Bonaire
always you call it always Once a visitor always a friend
so that what we considered everybody that comes to Bonaire.
So that is one of the things that is very important to us.
What stands Bonaire all know Bonaire is island that is
blessed with unsurpassed natural beauty.
We are one of the first Caribbean islands that our water
surrounding us was protected in a marine park.
That's one thing and then you know, we are one third of the
island is a park and For yeah, for people who are coming
on a cruise on a wheelchair.
Okay, there are some possibilities.
There are some special busses here.
But you have to do it in advance that you can take especially
it all depends the grade of disability that the person has
that they cannot, you know, go in a regular bus or whatever
that they have to stay in the wheelchair.
There are some services on the island that if you sent ahead
of time they will make sure that they come and pick you up
and then they have the lift and everything that people in
wheelchair can enjoy the island. On the other side.
Also, most of we have some hotels here that are catered to
people with disability restaurants too so they are ramp with
things that they can do and soon on one of our public beaches.
We are making one of the ramp that people in wheelchair if
they have the special wheelchair that they can they want
to go to, you know, just sit and relax the beautiful crystal
clear ocean of Boneaire
Are they can enjoy that.
So hopefully by end of this year that ramp first people special
and wheelchair will be available so they can also enjoy our
Island. Okay, and so for somebody that this is going to let's
say I'm coming for my first time which is if we're there
in January would be my first time what are some of the things
that I would really want to put on my list of things to do.
In other words.
I looked a little bit, you know and did some research on
Bonaire. It looks like a lot of what there is to do there
is centers on the water.
Yeah, but no but you know, we'd be Bonaire is more than
that, you know, we it's not only we are known for the best
diving and snorkeling in the world.
But besides that we also have planned activities where people
can enjoy you know, the nature bird-watching culture The
Culinary, you know, those are the stuff that people can also
enjoy and specifically if you want to cruise ship coming
from for a day.
You know keep in mind you're only here for a couple of hours
then we recommend you to take because Bonaire they do it
the North and the South Tour and we recommend people to
do the tpurs so they can get a glimpse of the island and
that can be done in three hours.
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Okay.
So a three hour tour it basically gives you an overview of
the island because if my memory serves me.
The island is fairly compact not nothing is very far away.
Yeah, it's not beautiful.
But keep in mind Bonaire like in in kilometer between
the length 26 kilometers and the width is between 3 to 7
kilometers. So it's a it's a pretty it's a pretty small small
place consider to which are some other Islands.
But yeah, and then you can you know for two three four hours
you can get a good Glimpse on the island.
And then of course we want to the the cruise people when
they're coming here to get a glimpse that they can come another
time for stay over tourism.
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Okay, and so for people that come on a cruise and they're
really like to go to the beach.
Is there a beach that's easily accessible and is a good choice
for cruise passengers to get to and and have some time to
spend on the beach, you know, there are a couple of beaches
here but then keep in mind Banaras not the beach place, you
know, but there are beaches that people can go to and but
then specifically in your in your case where your wife is
in a wheelchair not all the beaches are.
Are accessible and then but that's why I said, you know,
we are working towards I having our ramp on one of our
public beaches that everybody can enjoy who are bound to
a wheelchair.
Okay.
Yeah, and I understand there will be people at not that aren't
handicap that are your that may have family members that
are want to go do something separate.
So that's why I try to get as much information as I can about.
What's a good place in a good thing to go see and do?
I noticed a couple of things that seem to need one of them
was land sailing.
They look like carts with sails on them.
Yes.
Duh.
They have that the land sailing that is on the north side
of the island on the coast.
You can do those are the land sailors.
There are from New Zealand somebody from New Zealand brought
them over here and then they're doing that and they just
reach four.
Resurface the whole ground.
So everything is ready.
As soon as Bonaire is open for business.
I'm sure that Bonaire is like a lot of places that you're
looking forward because I can imagine the impact not having
cruisers and not having tourists come, you know as on an
economy on a small island.
And I'm definitely yeah, did you know as you know, you know
most of the Caribbean island they almost depend one hundred percent
on the tourism.
So but now we just open today or borders with our sister
Island Curacao and Aruba and then July 1st, we will open the
border with Europe with journey with five countries in Europe,
which is The Netherlands Luxembourg, France Germany and Belgium
Those are the ones now wait, and then they will all will
be a maximum of people allowed per month and and we're still
checking out through the health department for the USA when
it can open.
Unfortunately in the u.s.
What we can hear from our health department the covid it.
Not under the control yet.
So we have to be very careful when we opening.
So that's why we're going by the advice of the health department
around to open our border and faces.
So hopefully in a couple of months when everything is stable
in the United States that we can welcome our first guest
from the USA here again, if you can only visit one attraction
on Bonaire, and that was all you Had time for what is the
one attraction on Bonaire that is stands out as the most
important thing to see you know, the thing is of what yeah,
but are you know, I'm from Bonaire
I was born here and for me the whole island is beautiful,
but going out of experience and hearing what other people
are saying and for me also that you know as also as a photographer
that I like like the South Side by the salt mountains Because
by the salt mountains you see, you know, the whiteness of
it and then the color of the water that goes into stages.
So that is something that a lot of people if it smells Mesmerize
them and then in the background there you will see the Pink
Flamingos, you know, where the flamingos you know, probably
you saw Flamingo here and there but here on Bonaire the
flamingos for some reason the color.
Her is really really pink.
So those are things that we really stand out and people you
know, everybody that comes here that is one of the thing
that they really really like the most, you know, the salt
mountains with the with a you know with the flamingos on
that. So yeah that I recommend
So right up here, there's going to be a link to a video and that video is going to
be a live interview.
I'm going to do on Monday night with one of The tour guides
in Bonaire if you click on the link now, you'll get a reminder
before the show starts nine o'clock Eastern will see you
then.