Elton - Elton Sint Jago

Bon Biní, Welkom, Bienvenido, Welcome, Benvenuto!!!

I'm Elton, 26, originally from the island of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. Travel around has always been my dream as a small kid and I'm enjoying it now starting a few years ago.

On this blog I'll keep family members, friends and acquaintances informed about my trips, starting from July 2007. Enjoy it and comments will be appreciated!

The reason why I write in English, is because there are several friends/acquaintances subscribed to this blog and they speak different languages. That's why it's easier to write in English and those who need to translate can do so (see below). I speak Papiamentu, Dutch, English, Spanish and some Italian.

(Hele tekst vertalen? Traducir todo el texto? Tradurre tutto il testo? ---> www.freetranslation.com )
* Kopieren, plakken -> vertalen / Copiar, pegar -> traducir / Copiare, incollare -> tradurre

visited countries

Map Legend: 13%, 35 of 263 Territories

Countries I've been to

Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina*, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark*, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Luxemburg*, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam, Vatican City*

# ! Haven't been to Alaska nor Hawaii, but both are part of the whole USA as a country! That's why they're coloured as well.

* Short visits (up to 24 hrs)

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Joined on: June 5th 2007
Last Login: October 9th 2009

Blog Entries: 44
Photos: 1359

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by Elton, order by Date newest first.

By Elton
June 4th 2009

Back in Europe & end of trip. Europe » Germany

Wolfenbuttel, Germany

Hello everyone, My big trip now officially came to an end! Last weeks in Panama My last weeks in Panama were very boring as I really wanted to leave. Since I came back from Nicaragua I felt ready to leave. I definitely stayed too long, 4 months would have been perfect I think, 5 was just too much. No thing special happened during my last 2 to 3 weeks in Panama....just went out a few times, played some volleyball and basketball etc. So I was really looking forward to leave and be in Europe again. Germany The first week in Europe [View Full Entry]

a friend of Carsten, Carsten and a neighbour of Christian

By Elton
May 2nd 2009

A little bit of Nicaragua! Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua

smoke coming from down the earth at Cerro Negro volcano, crater area

Hello everybody, recently I spent a bit more than a week in Nicaragua. Since I came to Panama I really wanted to visit Costa Rica and/or Nicaragua. But due to many things that happened my budget wouldn't allow me to visit Costa Rica, since this country is not very cheap. So I decided to skip Costa Rica and just dive through that country and visit Nicaragua instead. On my way back to Panama I spent one night in San Jose, capital of Costa Rica. Nicaragua Nicaragua is located between Costa Rica and Honduras, in the center of Central America.....in the center [View Full Entry]

By Elton
April 5th 2009

Feria de David, wedding of a friend & more! Central America Caribbean » Panama » Chiriquí » David

David's International Fair (Feria Internacional de David) main entrance

Hello everyone, it has been a while! I was planned to write since last week but I got a cold last week which didn't allow me to write anything. Feria Internacional de David The "Feria Internacional de David" (David's International Fair) started on March 12th. It was the 54th annual fair held in the city of David and it lasts for 10 days. What's the fair all about? It's a big area surrounded by high walls, filled with stands where they sell food, drinks, handicrafts, clothes etc. etc...all kinds of (cultural) stuff. There is also a small theme park with different [View Full Entry]

Carlos, Nancy and I @ P.H, Feria de David

Ana, I and Katherine @ P.H, Feria de David

By Elton
March 9th 2009

¡Carnavales de Panamá y más! Central America Caribbean » Panama

carnaval in Chitré

Xopá, ¿cómo esta la vaina? Panama's carnaval...how they celebrate it Well, carnaval was awesome. It's different than in Curacao. While Curacao focuses more on the parades, in Panama they focus more on the public, the people on the streets partying. This is how it works. It all starts Friday, and finishes Tuesday. During the day, starting between 10:00 and midday, there are the so called "culeco's". Big vehicles are parked along the streets, with their tanks full of water and they spray the water all around....and there is music, and people are dancing and getting wet. That's the way [View Full Entry]

carnaval in Las Tablas: woman with the "pollera", Panama's national, folkloric dress

Luz, I, Yoselin and Eybis at Transístmica

By Elton
February 21st 2009

Home for two weeks: CURAÇAO! Central America Caribbean » Netherlands Antilles » Curaçao

Handelskade, Willemstad - Curacao

Bon dia everyone, It has been a while and a lot happened! Last days of January/first days of February - Panama On a Thursday evening, just a few hours before I had to board the bus to Panama City I got an injury at my ankle. I was playing volleyball and jumped to block a guy smashing from the other side. His feet crossed under the net and I landed with my left foot on his foot. I couldn’t walk the moment that happened, I had to sit down for a few minutes. My ankle got swollen and was hurting quite [View Full Entry]

View east side of Queen Juliana Bridge, Willemstad

By Elton
January 30th 2009

The Central Provinces (Azuero) & more! Central America Caribbean » Panama

Isla Iguana, Los Santos province

Buenos dias, here I come with another blog from beautiful Panama! Boquete, Las Lajas, David,... After I left Panama City I went straight back to David, Chiriquí where I visited the "Feria International de las flores y del café" in Boquete, a city 38 km north of David. Boquete is a very well known tourist destination in Panama, it's located in the hills and has a cooler temperature compared to David. Many Americans and Europeans retire in this area. The city itself has about 20.000 people and grew fast over the last few years. The international fair was ok, many people [View Full Entry]

By Elton
January 12th 2009

¡Más desde la bella Panamá! Central America Caribbean » Panama » Panamá » Panama City

Puente Centenario (Centennial Bridge), second bridge over Panama Canal

Hello everyone, Where shall I start? Well I bought new contact lenses but they didn’t arrive yet. They are hard contact lenses and the one for my right eye is special. They are being made in Mexico and sent by courier. It costed me less than the half the price compared to The Netherlands, which is a good thing. I also went once to the ophthalmologist to check my eye pressure, everything was fine! I already got my money back from Delta Airlines, and after all I lost only about € 30. They didn’t charge US$50 because of cancelling the ticket [View Full Entry]

By Elton
December 21st 2008

¡De nuevo en Panamá! Central America Caribbean » Panama » Chiriquí » David

Caldera - Chiriqui, Panama

¿Xopá? ¿Todo bien? Whenever you hear people greet each other with “xopá or que sopá” you know they are Panamanians. They like to say things the other way around and they have many unique words which I’ll be teaching you during my stay in Panama ;). “Que sopá” comes from “Que pasó”....it’s a way of saying hi, more like “what’s up or what’s going on”. After a long, busy and “expensive” week in The Netherlands I finally arrived in Panama last Saturday! In The Netherlands I managed to visit some friends a [View Full Entry]

a local inidigenous woman with her child on the street in David, begging for money

By Elton
December 4th 2008

I finally "fled" Bangkok Europe » Netherlands

Thai entertainers in the hotel lobby

Hello there, Finally I arrived in The Netherlands safe and well today, after being stranded during a week! It was a very long, stressful and tiring week! I also got a cold in Bangkok, which only made the whole situation even worse. Cathay Pacific previously booked me for Sunday, but the protests at the airport kept on going so I couldn’t leave Bangkok on Sunday. The situation became worse. There were protesters also at the government building in the city, which they occupied since August. There was a grenade explosion there, which killed one and left about 50 injured. Then the [View Full Entry]

newspaper in Bangkok showing that the airport is closed

By Elton
November 28th 2008

Kuala Lumpur & protests at Bangkok Airport Asia

Petronas Twin Towers - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Good day, I wasn’t planned to write this blog but because of what’s happening at the moment here in Thailand I decided to do so. First of all, I flew to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia after I left Philippines. Kuala Lumpur is the capital city of Malaysia and has about 8 million people. It’s of of my favourite cities I’ve been to in south east Asia. I got there in the afternoon and spent more than 24 hours, awaiting my flight to Bangkok, Thailand. I went out into the city for a while, visiting the China Town, the Menara Tower and [View Full Entry]

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