Elton
Elton Sint Jago Joined: June 5th 2007
Logged in: February 3rd 2012
Logged in: February 3rd 2012
I'm Elton, 28, from the island of Curaçao (Southern Caribbean). Travel around has always been my dream as a small kid and I'm enjoying the fact that I'm able to so now. I'll keep travelling as long as my wallet and my health allows me to do so! Travelling throughout the world is an experience so great I can't express it properly in words. All the many different cultures you get to know, the customs and ways of life, different food, big cities, small towns, parties, local celebrations, history, landscapes and some others things I don't have or that are different on my lovely island; and all the friends that I've made during my trips.....I have my contacts in many parts of the world today and that's something very valuable to me! Because of travelling I also learned a new language (Italian), which is the 5th language I learned to speak. I'm not fluent at it (yet), but I'm not a beginner either!
On this blog I'll keep family members, friends and acquaintances informed about my trips. Enjoy it and comments will be appreciated!
I started writing this blog in July 2007. Trips that I've made before 2007, which I didn't wrote a blog from, includes visits to various parts of the Netherlands while I was living there, and also Aruba, Bonaire, Surinam; London, Manchester, Blackpool and Lake District in the United Kingdom; Luxemburg; Paris, Metz and Le Morvan area in France; Switzerland; Prague, Czech Republic; Morocco; Vienna, Austria; New York, USA; Egypt; Thailand; Malaysia; Brugge, Gent and the Ardennes in Belgium; Singapore; Frankfurt, Düsseldorf and Köln in Germany; Istanbul, Turkey, Tenerife (Canary Islands) of Spain and Panama.
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
Travel Blog Posts
Paramaribo (Wijdenbosch Bridge & Surinam River))
Hello everyone, it has been a while since I wrote a blog! Some of you knew already, last October I won a return ticket of Insel Air. They organized a photo-competition on Facebook. I had a choice from each and every destination they fly to. Obviously I wasn't going to choose a nearby destination. I chose for Suriname, which is the furthest they fly to, after the USA. Since mid-2011 I started to think about Suriname again because last time I was there was in mid-2004 and I really wanted to go again. Surinam is a country in northeastern South America. It used to be part of the Dutch Kingdom, until 1975, therefore Curaçao still has ties with the country. It has around 500 000 people and it's capital is Paramaribo. It's sparsely populated, most people ... read more
Manta de la Novia falls, Baños
Hello everyone, it has been two weeks already since we got back to Curaçao. I've been a little sick, a little busy and also a little bit lazy. I started working too last Monday. Therefore I didn't write my blog straight away after arrival. Baños & Amazon rainforest After Cuenca we took a long bus drive to the north. We had to change buses in Ambato and then continue forward to Baños. In total we spent 7,5 hours in the bus! "Baños de Agua Santa" is a small city in the Tungurahua province, in a valley just next to a volcano which is also called Tungurahua. The city is a big tourist magnet; visitors come to visit its thermal waters, waterfalls, visit the Amazon rainforest and many other adventurous things to do such as canopy, rafting, ... read more
Guayaquil, Malecón 2000
Hello everyone, it's July which means the "big vacation" in Curaçao and time to hit the road again! As long as I'm healthy enough and have the funds to travel, I will keep doing so! This time I chose to spend two weeks across Ecuador! It's the first time too that I went with a friend from Curacao, Giancarlo, who I know since we were teenagers. We lived in the same neighbourhood and went to school (St. Martinus Mavo) together. I think that after this trip, other friends would love to join. Actually, some are already asking what's next because they want to join and will start saving! ECUADOR The country borders Colombia to the north and Peru to the west and south. It has an total area of 256.000 square km and has more than ... read more
Carnival Glory
Goodday everyone, This will be the second and last blog from this trip. After a couple of days in Orlando we drove back to Miami where we stayed one night. We stayed at a Marriott hotel just at the parking lot of the Dolphin Mall; famous mall for those from Curaçao who go to Miami to shop. The mall is very big and we strolled around the mall. I didn’t buy anything though, just food and some creams I had to buy for someone. In Miami we also met with the rest of the group from Curaçao and Bonaire making it a total of more than 60 persons. The next day the buses came and picked us up and we went to the harbour where the cruise-ships dock. After a long line for security and check-in, ... read more
Universal Studios
Hello everyone, so it was about time for another blog and another trip! This time I'm writing from Orlando, Florida. Together with Miami it's a very popular destination among those from Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao. Many have been here several times already, therefore most people couldn't believe it's the first time that I'm visiting Florida; in 2005 I made a stop-over in Miami and that's it! As a teen we couldn't afford such trips so now I was finally able to go by myself to the popular Orlando & Miami to experience it for myself. I must say that this is a very different kind of trip than those that I usually do. I went with a big group. In my opinion you should visit these kinds of destinations in a group and not by yourself. ... read more
view of Los Angeles downtown
Goodday everybody, Like I said in my last blog, in this blog I’ll tell about my experiences in Los Angeles around Christmas and New Year. Los Angeles is the second largest city of the USA with over 16 million people, behind New York City. The total area of L.A is bigger than N.Y.C though; it’s more spread out. It’s located in the southern part of the state of California. Actually L.A is not a very attractive city to visit as a tourist to be honest, there aren’t that many particular things to see and do and I didn’t like it; it’s just a city and it’s not worth it coming all the way here just to see L.A only! I came more to visit my friend Jared too, therefore I did enjoy my stay. After arriving ... read more
the famous Las Vegas sign
Hello everybody, This is my second blog from my USA-trip, there is one more to come after this one. After San Francisco I flew to Los Angeles and spent christmas with Jared and his family, which was great! In the next blog I’ll tell more about my time in L.A with Jared and his family & friends! The plan was to go to Las Vegas together with Jared, but he couldn’t get days off work so he couldn’t go anymore. I had doubts about going alone and Jared encouraged me to go anyway. Then I thought that I indeed should go and take advantage of the fact that I’m not far from Las Vegas and I don’t know when I’d be back around here. Then I booked my flight, made a reservation at a motel and ... read more
Golden Gate bridge
Hello everyone, it's vacation again and this time I chose for the United States. I was considering between Mexico, Brazil and USA but I finally did USA. Brazil was my favourite to choose but ticket prices went up and I didn't find it affordable anymore. Mexico I skipped because a friend in Mexico City was leaving town himself for christmas. So both Mexico and Brazil can wait for a next time. Flight to San Francisco. From Curacao with American Airlines the ticket would have been way too expensive, so I decided to go via Aruba. I flew with DAE to Aruba, spent a night there and then flew Continental, via Houston, to San Francisco. In Aruba, Ralph's mom picked me up and brought me to Oranjestad where I ate and wandered around. Later she picked me ... read more
Monserrate, Bogota
Hello people, as usual, in October we get one week school holiday so it was time to leave the island for a while again. In first instance, the idea was to visit Dominican Republic. This plan didn't continue, then I was thinking where else to go to. Surinam was an option, but because I already visited Surinam twice I didn't want to go again. Then Sint Maarten also crossed my mind...and suddenly I thought about Colombia and there's where I went to! I departed Curacao with Dutch Antilles Express, Fokker 100 to Bogotá, which took 1,5 hours. Once there Jesus David picked me up at El Dorado Airport. I met Jesus David in Australia, back in april 2008. He arrived in Australia without knowing any English at all and I helped him out a couple of ... read more
just before sunset in Valle de la Luna (Moon Valley)
Hello everyone, From Santiago de Chile I flew with Sky Airline north to Antofagasta, then jumped on a 5-hour bus there to San Pedro de Atacama. I arrived there at 22:45 and went straight to the hostel. Then I went outside to have some food, then back to the hostel to rest. San Pedro de Atacama It’s a little town in the middle of the Atacama Desert. Atacama is the driest and most arid desert in the world. While in San Pedro it does rain 4 or 5 days a year, in many areas of the Atacama Desert it didn’t rain for 100 years or more. Like the northernmost city of Arica, near the border with Peru. The last time it rained there, was after 14 years! San Pedro is located on a height of 2400m. ... read more
Countries I've been to 
