Trail 4 - Playa Frans 30.6 k
On the far
side of the coral rock wall just before the entrance to the oil storage
facility is a small jetty where fishermen still launch a few small fishing
boats. Go 
straight and just before you reach
the gates to the oil storage terminal, take a right. Begin a subtle but
steady climb and then gear down for a paved road, screaming mee-mee descent.
At Salina di Tern, osprey, several species of wading birds and egrets
are usually seen. As you amble along this stretch of road you will see
the remnants of some small salt pans which were used hundreds of years
ago to collect salt for shipping to Holland.
A small wind-powered
lighthouse tells sailors that there's land here. A few goats prance across
the path into the dense trees and cactus. The plants that look like cotton
are in fact uplands cotton, grown here and on Klein Bonaire hundreds of
years ago when the entire island was a plantation run by the Dutch West
India Company.
Ahead a small sign on your left marks a short dirt road that leads to NuKove. You can turn in here, for a view of the ocean from the top of the cliff, or stay on the main road and roll into the small fishing village of Playa Frans where wooden fishing boats, many of which were made a century ago here in Bonaire, go out daily to bring in the catch of the day. Dive, kayak, or just walk around and have a snack here.