Located just 11 degrees (69 miles) north of the equator, the weather there is very consistent and not anywhere near as hot as you might think.
Year round average temperature is 85 degrees.
With the almost constant presence of the Tradewinds, a very pleasant 85 at that.
Bonaire gets only about 11 inches of rain a year, most of which comes in the fall. And if it doesn't, it's really nothing to sit on the tailgate of your truck, in your wetsuit, and wait for the shower to pass.
Bonaire is a desert.... but with just a little irrigation plant life can grow very quickly to be very lush.
There are plenty of cacti too.
When we first started traveling there, it was common to see fences made of cactus. The local people would cut the arms off the cactus creating stalks 4 or 5 feet long and then weave them between strands of barbed wire. Creating something that looked a little like a picket fence ..... but with a lot more "keep out value".
I am certain that in a previous life I was an island boy ..... and hopefully in a future life too.
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