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Last update February 02 2010.

How fast a month can go. We finished working on our garden en house and started to enjoy our time through January, first of all we visited the salt-pans. The export of salt is still a major industry and source of income for Bonaire. It started in the 17th century, when African slaves worked the salt-pans, harvesting solar salt for the West Indian Company. Slavery was a part of the culture those days and the slaves slept in tiny slave-houses near the salt-pans.
After this visit we explored the the southern-eastern part, which is the wind side and therefore the wild coast of Bonaire. There we stopped for the first and oldest lighthouse on the island. The Willemstoren is called after Willem the First of Orange and is still in working order, situated on the most southern part of the island. Nowadays it works on solar-cells.

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January 23rd John's parents came over from the cold Netherlands for a three weeks' visit. It's their fourth time on the island, the last time was ten years ago and a lot has changed. Now they can enjoy the warm and sunny weather instead of the cold and snow of Europe, but we've got some rain last week (oh oh). It will be (has been already) lot of eating, drinking, get-together-things and so on. The photo is taken at the happy hour of the Divi resort bar.

Jolanda

Current position

JoHo is on the hardstanding in Faro. Position 37°01,1' N - 07°56,3' W.
Crew in Lagoen Hill 52, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles.
You can reach us by e-mail and +599 7007 844.

Plans

Wintering in Bonaire and use JoHo as a holiday address in the years to come.

John and Jolanda.