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Article: Out of the Mainstream; Bonaire's Subtle Cultural Blend
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- December 2, 1987
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Almost nothing grows on this small Caribbean island except goats
and flamingos. And little is manufactured but salt.
Bonaire looks barren at first glance, at least until your glance
focuses on the bright blue sea, where the busy population of fish
establishes this island as an underwater mecca. Divers and
snorkelers rate it as one of the best destinations anywhere.
With such a forbidding surface, however, Bonaire remains a
sleepy little resort among the Caribbean jet-set islands, despite
wildlife so exotic that parrots play tag along roadsides and
parrotfish become commonplace to even the most timid snorkelers. The
casino inhabitants at the Flamingo Beach Hotel-one of the two ...