BON VOYAGE!
KLM are the main carriers to Bonaire with flights in February, via Amsterdam, clocking in at around £700 return from London. Passengers are allowed a 23-kilo bag, plus the normal hand baggage allowance. After that an extra bag is £66 pounds if you prepay and £80 at check in. With two bags of camera equipment, I thought I might be able to wing it at the desk, but the policy was very strict in either direction, so the extra fee was a nasty sting in the tail. Aside from their extortionate baggage policy, the journey with KLM was relatively simple, with the short hop over to Amsterdam followed by an eight-hour flight, with a quick touchdown in Aruba before the final destination.
Finally I arrive in Bonaire and immediately find myself automatically slowing down to the islands relaxed pace the moment I step off the plane and am hit by the warm, balmy breeze. Bonaire is one of what are known as the ‘ABC Islands’, (Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao) and is located a mere 50 miles off the coast of Venezuela. The island is around 24 miles in length and varies between three and seven miles in width, with most of the landscape flat and the highest peak just 240 metres above sea level.
