Hello All! Bill and I made it home last night without any serious problems. It was a long travel day, but it’s always nice when everything goes smoothly. Bill did a good job with our last post, so I’ll leave that one to him. Hope you all have a Happy New Year! Here’s Bill’s post:
Well yesterday we left Bonaire 🇧🇶. I wasn’t as ready to be done with vacation as when we left Colombia 🇨🇴. I loved Cartagena – we did everything we wanted to there and it was time to come home. We do still have other areas in Colombia we should see at some point though. Bonaire – we were just hitting our stride there so we could have used a bit more time. Maybe Emily would have had time to improve her kitesurfing abilities.
I do recommend going to Bonaire if you want a beach 🏝 vacation. There are plenty of activities to do. There are several restaurants that could be good if you don’t go with an all inclusive option. You could feel almost like a local in two weeks I think. There aren’t as many stores as I would think for a tourist spot. Which is okay by me. The one museum we tried to visit a few times keeps odd hours that don’t match their sign. It’s someplace that would be easy to get a vehicle and do some exploring as they are not super busy roads, do pay attention to the signs, namely the donkey and scuba diver crossing signs, they do mean it.
Our return went fairly smoothly, we were way early getting to the airport in Bonaire. They are quick and efficient getting you through. Plus there weren’t very many people. I did lose my update I had started yesterday and today Emily had a scare about losing her keys, the hotel had them so it worked out okay. Our flight from Miami was also delayed due to New York weather where the plane had come from.
Yesterday wasn’t a bad travel day. We were able to get crepes and waffles in town. Emily wanted to go and we got up early so we could get the scooter back before they needed to give the keys to new people. Our breakfast was very good. My waffle was super light, probably the lightest waffle I ever had. The best probably is still the one in Peru.
We were trying to get the keys in the drop off by 8:30 but we were talking to some other Iowans and didn’t leave until a couple minutes after that. We ran into rush hour traffic – a tour bus and a pickup truck with scuba divers. We pulled in the lot and the guy was checking scooters, he may have been looking for ours. He was cool about it, said we got it back just in the nick of time. We were late, he said by 8:30, Emily said he had the island attitude and was laid back about it. It’s a good attitude.
Our flight from Bonaire to Miami was good, it wasn’t a full plane so we had a whole row to ourselves and a movie about covered the whole flight by the time they were done with announcements.
We did have an hour delay at Miami, but we had dinner sitting at a table instead of in the waiting area and the pilot made up some time so I think we ended only about 30-40 late. It was still 11:30 or so when we made it to the hotel. We started our day at 7 amBonaire time so 5 am our time. Made for a long day.
Today we spent a little time in St. Louis at the Gateway Arch and the Old Courthouse Museum. We were going to go to the City Museum but it was closed. It was a nice little addition to our vacation. We did go up to the top and got to look around. The new museum area under the Arch is nice, if you haven’t been in a while it’s worth checking out. They do have full on security like at the airport now, you can leave your shoes on but belts come off.
I’ve enjoyed Traveling with Emily this last couple of years. I look forward to sharing more adventures with her and blogging them to share with all of you. Hopefully you all have enjoyed our posts and everyone has a Happy New Year! 🎊🎉
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