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An ideal day is different for everyone, but with minor variations, your day could look like this: After enjoying an early breakfast, pick up your sun block and head over to Cycle Bonaire where Andre Nahr and his staff of rough and ready riders are packing up the truck to take you to the starting point for your ride. Bottles of ice water are handed out along with detailed trail descriptions and before you can say "patch kit," you're off. Where you go next depends on the skill level you're up for that day. At the drop off point, your guide delivers a simple orientation, telling you to watch out for sunburn and cactus, and describing wildlife, rough terrain, and points of interest.
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Almost
all the trails run along the coastline at some point and some of
them lie only inches from it (after all, this is an island). Maybe
you'll pass by the old slave huts on the south end of the island,
or maybe you'll peddle out to the old fishing village at Playa Frans.
One trail takes you on a historical tour of the northern village
of Rincon, its old church, Devil's Hill, kunukus (farms), a seemingly
out-of-place duck pond, the first freeman's settlement following
the abolition of slavery, and "the warehouse of the king."
Another route puts riders hot on the trail of the elusive flamingos,
and another winds up and down some of the most rugged loose rock
and dirt hills imaginable. Maybe you'll see the old aloe plantation
today or maybe you'll peddle out to the ancient undeciphered Indian
inscriptions or the lighthouse or the lagoon. Different routes,
different distances, different thrills every day for as long as
you care to stay.