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from: "Puerto La Cruz and onward..." By unpaidbill

Background: Once the center of the Caribbean slave trade, the island of Curacao was hard hit by the abolition of slavery in 1863. Its prosperity (and that of neighboring Aruba) was restored in the early 20th century with the construction of oil refineries to service the newly discovered Venezuelan oil fields. The island of Saint Martin is shared with France; its southern portion is named Sint Maarten and is part of the Netherlands Antilles; its northern portion is called Saint-Martin and is part of Guadeloupe (France).

17 weeks ago: prerana published a blog
23.5 hours to go

August 29th 2009 Central America Caribbean » Netherlands Antilles » Bonaire » Kralendijk
Well, I've been wanting to use this thing since I found out about it sometime earlier this semester. I guess the plan is to update this blog once a week. This is how I can update and keep in touch wit ... [full story]

26 weeks ago: WhereAreNickAndMary published a blog
Bonaire Day 2--So when do we sleep?

June 14th 2009 Central America Caribbean » Netherlands Antilles » Bonaire
After almost 24 hours of traveling, Nick and Mary finally arrived in Bonaire! We picked up our rental truck. To our surprise it was a manual, which meant Nick was incharge of driving and Mary the n ... [full story]

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