Rainy season(s) in the Caribbean?

[SharkOfBonaire]

Frank O once bubbled...
Shark, don't you consider Bonaire as being in the tropics? It's south of the tropic of cancer, no? I guess given that it's drier there, it's climatologically distinct from most of the Caribbean?

Well, when I think of "the tropics", I envision lush forests and rain every day at noon, high humidity and swarms of mosquitos. With of course the occasional hurricane.

Bonaire is outside of the hurricane belt, which makes it more dry (and arid) but also safer. We have been having a lot more rain over the last week or two and you can see the change on the island; it's become a lot greener. It hadn't rained significantly since oh, April I guess.

Of course, it *is* a tropical island... just a different kind