Back around 2006, before there were affordable drones, I had a wonderful time flying around the island in the flying club's plane with TWR missionary Ernie Franke, and shooting a bunch of pictures from the air. You can find some of the shots on the blog.
Then in 2013, Susan Davis, at InfoBonaire, alerted me to some new aerial views of Bonaire. These images were actually serving as an innovative advertising tool, but I loved seeing Bonaire from the unique aerial perspectives. You can see our house on the right side of the Hato-North image, for example.
Recently, Paul Donahue, the man behind the Aerial Views of Bonaire visited us at the TWR office. He shared how he came up with the concept and tested it in his home stomping grounds on the Gulf Coast of Florida. Back before the Internet, these aerial views were printed on big posters and displayed around town, so to speak. His business, Resort Graphics International, has really taken off since then (yes that's a pun) with great aerial imagery of quite a number of resort areas around Florida and the Caribbean.
Besides providing a unique advertising portal for a limited number of paying customers, Paul also donates some links on the Aerial Views maps to non-profit organizations. So if you browse through the Bonaire images, for example, you'll see the Donkey Sanctuary and Trans World Radio identified.
So thank you very much Paul Donahue, for creating these cool aerial views, and for your generous heart as well.
Be sure to check out these awesome aerial images of Bonaire.
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