Bonairre

Yesterday we visited Bonairre. It was a small town, and being New Year's Day, most of the shops were closed. We did walk around town and visit an open are craft market.
It was raining when we arrived and our outdoor excursion, riding a skiff thru the mangroves, was cancelled due to weather. That was unfortunate, but it's better than paying to be outdoors in the rain.
Today we are sailing to Grenada, arriving at noon. Over all the cruise has had much rougher weather than our past cruises. It guess sailing thru the open Caribbean sea will do that. We attended a lecture by the First Officer about navigation which included a virtual bridge tour. I was amazed that this ship only draws 27', yet reached 215' above the waterline. He mentioned how they move 4,000 tons of ballast water around to keep the ship from leaning over since it has 120,000 sq meters of surface ares exposed to the wind. With the winds we've been in, I can appreciate that!