Berny's photos with the keyword: Bonaire

port of Kralendijk - Bonaire

The stone tower was built in 1932. It replaced the wooden lighthouse built in 1868. It is an active lighthouse within the Fort Oranje, which is the oldest structure on Bonaire. It was built by the Dutch in 1639.

14/50 Bonaire

Sorobon Beach - Bonaire see PiP

near Willemstoren lighthouse - south tip of Bonaire

at the lighthouse Willemstoren - south tip of Bonaire

The Willemstoren Lighthouse or "Lacre Punt Light" is located at the southern tip of Bonaire. The station was established in 1837, the date of the current building is unknown. Focal plane is 23 m, the lantern is removed. The keeper's house is in ruins.

Bonaire's first lighthouse on it's south tip was built in 1837, it's 21 m tall. The former keeper's house is in ruins.

In memory of the terrible times of slavery. Slave huts at the southeast coast of Bonaire. The time of conquests and exploitation by europeans was actually all but heroic.

and bus driver waiting for the photographers ;-)

The salt company Cargill is the largest in the Caribbean and produces about 400000 tons anually. The salt ponds cover the flat southeast of Bonaire.

port of Kralendijk - Bonaire Bonaire is the most eastern island of the ABC-islands, about 80 km north of Venezuela. The area is 294 km², the population is around 20000, the language is Dutch and Papiamento. It's a "Overseas Region" of the Netherlands. Bonaire's earliest known inhabitants were the Arkaiko Indians, whose presence on Bonaire can be traced back to 2500 before the Common Era. Caquetio came later from Venezuela by canoe. Caquetio culture was destroyed by Europeans in the 15th and 16th century.