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	A quick 2 day sail from Trinidad brings us to Los Roques, the outer islands of Venezuela and then to Los Aves
Los Aves Islands	Not a bad place to be stationed	Jorge, Commandant of the local Coasta Guardia. Jeff practices his Spanish and Jorge practices his English
A tour of their facilities	Coast Guard Cutter

We head for Bonaire for a month of diving.

Bonaire, Divers Paradise Geoff and Sue Come to visit	Bonaire's two major exports: Salt and Nitrogen-filled divers	Salt drying ponds. The pink is caused by the shrimp
Salt Pier	We do some shore diving but mostly boat diving	And take a road trip
Very little rain here. Lots of cactus. Who would have thought!	Reminds us of the desert	Southern tip of Bonaire
Old slave huts near the salt processing facilities	Shore diving is popular in Bonaire. This one is call 1000 steps but only actually has 62	Gail decides that this is as far as she goes
Kralendijk, the main town in Bonaire. Even after a month we still can't pronounce it	All too soon and the Walshes are leaving	We move into the marina for hurricanes Dennis and Emily
	And decide to stay? No, not really

Curacao	A road trip with Greg and Denise on Four Winds	West Point. No, not the military academy
	Spanish Waters. A wonderful anchorage for a couple of weeks