Bonaire dep. Netherlands

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CAR-10 Caribbean 2010 – BAHAMAS, Turk & Caicos (UK), DOMINICAN REP, Bonaire, Curacao, Aruba (all Netherlands), USA
Date of travel: Jan 3 – Jan 14, 2010

ITINERARY:
On Jan 3, 2010 late in the afternoon I drive an AVIS car from Vista to Los Angeles airport. In the evening I board a Delta Airlines plane. Without asking I got a first class seat to Fort Lauderdale in Florida. The plane lands there at very early hours of Jan 4. Later on I am taken to the ship Holland America “Noordam” (built 2006; 81,769 gross tonnage; 1,918 passengers and 620 crews). Noordam sails in the evening that day.
On Jan 5 Noordam anchors near Half Moon Cay in BAHAMAS. This island is rented by Holland America. I spend about 2 hours there. The following day the ship docks at Grand Turks > in TURKS & CAICOSa British colony. I explore the island partly on foot and partly in a van.
On Jan 7 our ship anchors at Samana Peninsula in the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. I take a bus tour of the Peninsula. We see some waterfalls, a number of hotels with beaches, a botanical garden and production of cigars.
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