We went to Curacao between 30Aug06 and 05Sep06 straight after the amazing trip to Aruba. Curacao looks similar to Amsterdam with all the colorful buildings! There is a floating market at Willemstad they sale fishes, fruit and vegetables as well! There are 2 must-visit beaches called: 1. Porto Marie - there is a small entrance fee, USD3 per person including 1 soft drink from the bar. But on the weekend is USD6 per person this also include 1 soft drink. This beautiful beach is perfect for snorkeling, swimming and diving. We actually bought our own snorkeling gear so we didn’t [View Full Entry]

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Ok, we're not in Curacao as the header says, we're actually in Bonaire which isn't listed on this thing.....but Curacao is only just across the water! So, it's been an eventful four days and lots of fun. Started out at 4am at Heathrow, where we queued for an hour at check-in, followed by over an hour at security. Lorna got the opportunity to strike a pose after looking dodgy enough to be asked to be a guinea pig for the new body scanning machine. Thankfully, this meant that she got to jump the queue and had time to buy fluids and [View Full Entry]

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Our family of seven, Mom, Dad, Aunt, Uncle and three children rented a villa on the beach in St. Martin for the week. We elected to stay on the French side of the island. We thought the food would be better? Not really, the villa choices were better and allowed us a beautiful spot directly on Long Beach. Not a short drive from the airport, but our villa representatives met us at the airport, helped us acquire rental cars, and led us through a maze of dirt roads to our final destination. On our way there I had thoughts of panic. [View Full Entry]

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My first port that I was allowed out to visit. I was very excited to be out and about. I met up with Trisha and Joy on the beach. I was very surprised to be able to find them amounst all the tourist and beach bodies. Sebastian also found our little group later on that day. [View Full Entry]

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Having spent one last day snorkeling and diving, including our first night dive ever, we spent our last day in Curacao exploring the rest of the island. We started the day heading to the northeast portion of the island to the Ostrich and Game Farm. Although we didn't take the tour, it is the largest ostrich farm outside Africa. We did eat lunch there at the African restaurant Zambezi, which is an open-air restaurant covered by a thatch roof. The food was great! Paul had ostrich and I had a spicy pumpkin soup. After the Ostrich Farm, we spent most of [View Full Entry]

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We spent one last day diving - both the Habitat House Reef and an afternoon boat dive. We also spent the morning snorkeling and exploring the "beach." [View Full Entry]

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Today we decided to explore the island's dive sites via clown car. We purchased a "drive and dive" map of Curacao and then talked with the dive master at Habitat. She pointed us to some great dives! Our trusty friend Zoom (yes, Zoom) helped us load up on air, and we were on our way. [View Full Entry]

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We spent this beautiful day diving. Although we don't have any underwater pictures, the scenery from the water is beautiful. We went on the Habitat dive boat and got a great view of Curacao's south-western coast. All the dive sites were within 30 minutes of Habitat. [View Full Entry]

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After scheduling a dive for later in the afternoon, we went to explore the northern coast at National Park Shete Boka. It was about a 20 minute drive in our clown car through 2-lane unmarked roads. The scenery was beautiful, but arid. It was odd not seeing any fresh water - almost like being in the US Southwest. [View Full Entry]

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We arrived in Curacao on December 25th. What a beautiful country - almost what I would imagine the Mediterranean to look like, not what I know most of the Carribean looks like. Christmas evening after arriving we went for a short snorkel off the dock at Habitat, the resort at which we stayed. Habitat is located just outside St. Willibrordus, on the south and western coast and to the west of Willemstad. After a brief snorkel, we dressed for Christmas drinks and dinner in the open air bar and dining area. Music was courtesy of a 3-piece steele drum band - [View Full Entry]

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