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Article: Bonaire's beauty seduces divers and celebs
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- April 25, 2004
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KRALENDIJK, Bonaire -- Tom Cruise took Penelope Cruz to Bonaire
around Christmas. Bill Gates and his wife also vacationed here. Ditto
for Gene Hackman and Kathleen Turner (who traveled separately,
natch).
What's all this star power doing on an island you've probably
never heard of?
The answer is simple. Bonaire is gorgeous, tranquil and about as
close to paradise as most of us will ever get. It's the anti-Cancun.
Whereas the Mexican city is full of rambunctious college kids on
spring break, Bonaire is less crowded and, well, less American. And
let's face it -- when you're vacationing in another country, foreign
is a good thing.
Granted, Bonaire is the least well-known of the ABC islands -- ...