Blogs from Curaçao, Central America Caribbean - page 5

Day 436 Thursday 20th December Up at the crack of dawn grabbed the laundry finished packing and asked reception to call a taxi and we were soon driving to the airport. The other areas of Georgetown do look better but it is just residential and factories nothing of interest to tourists. We had some spare time at the airport so we used up our Guyanese money as we have heard no other countries will except it (wonder why?) and there is no Cambio in the airport to exchange to other currencies. Our flight was at 9.15 and at 8.45am we were worried the departure screen still did not show us boarding or a gate number, note there are only 3 gates so you can see them all from the seating area. A ... read more

After a day at sea, we reached our first destination on our 7 day cruise on Royal Caribbean's Serenade of the Seas. We didn't book an excursion so we set out to explore the city. Like nearby Aruba (which we'd see the next day), Curacao is a Dutch country, but we heard mostly Spanish and English due to tourism. Near to the cruise port, there is a fort that has been turned into a shopping area. Like all destinations, prices are incredible. We were thankful that Jason found a cheap pair of flip flops in Puerto Rico, otherwise he would have had to pay upwards of $30-50 for 'designer' flipflops at the ports of call! We crossed the Queen Charlotte floating pedestrian bridge and wandered around the city. The forecast called for a 30% chance of ... read more

I helmed a boat in celebrity match races during the Curacao Heineken Regatta. Our good friend Gayle sailed with us from Curacao to Aruba, Bonaire and Puerto Rico.... read more

Though Grace and I had already planned a trip to visit South Florida, Grace found a great deal to spend a few days in the island of Curacao that left from Miami. Both of us had never done an island vacation before, so we were both excited to give it a try and see how we liked it. Instead of the usual hustle of going from museum to museum or watching a baseball game or finding a new place to eat, we were going to try and do nothing at all. Just hang out on the beach. We stayed four nights at the Lodge Kura Hulanda & Beach Club, which is located on the far western end of the island. ... read more

Hello everyone, I have actually been home for almost a week now but I thought I would tell you briefly about my final days in Curacao. I have to admit getting used to the incredible mounds of snow back here in Toronto after enjoying the sunshine in Curacao;however I have had the best time this week celebrating my 30th birthday-many of you in town came to my party hat party on Saturday and it was great to see you there. Any way... here are some final stories about Curacao. On Sunday I went with my friend Amarelys to sing at her church. The service was actually all in Dutch but the hymns were sung in English, Dutch and Papiamentu. In the late afternoon we went to see the Adult parade of Karnaval. The streets were packed ... read more