Curacao

Hi everyone,

We've been in Curacao for nearly three weeks now.  Longer than expected due to our buddies on sv Cerulean needing to replace a rudder bearing.  We took the opportunity to replace our ageing (and failing) AIS, but that's a story for another post.  We've been having lots of fun exploring the island.

See below for definition of 'Dushi'

We've been into town several times now.  The bus service is pretty good and we've gradually learned our way around.  Willemstad's a pretty place.

The gang

Colourful buildings

Swinging pedestrian bridge in action

Some of the murals are BIG!

Neat & tidy church

Colourful hotel/pub with excellent food and beer

One of many waterfront cafes

Willemstad is full of street art and sculptures.  Very colourful. 

Putting the U in Curacao

Street art

Sculptures too

Colourful bank

More street art

Spectacular

All about dushi

For two days we hired a car and toured the island.  We found some nice snorkelling beaches and visited the Sheta Boka national park.  All well worthwhile.

Santa Cruz bay

Playa Lagun

Walking around the national park

Barren beachside landscape in the park

At the blow hole

One of several small beaches in the park

Curacao is full of cacti

and reptiles!

We spent one of our days in Willemstad touring the museums.  The biggest is Museum Kura Hulanda which has many Africa and slavery-related artefacts.  We visited the Maritime Museum which is also very good.

Maritime Museum

Curacao forts were built to deter English pirate Henry Morgan

There are quite a few places to visit around Spanish Waters where we are anchored.  A short walk away is Tugboat Beach which has very good snorkelling over a sunken small tugboat.  There are also a bunch of cafes/bars around the anchorage.

Going ashore at Uncle J's

OCC get-together at The Pier

And a little further away is a small Van den Tweel supermarket.  The bread here is very nice, as is the Dutch beer!  And close to the supermarket is a beach resort where one can eat at Koko's cafe.  Very nice spot.

We've really enjoyed our extended stay in Curacao with the Ceruleans.

Trust all's well where you are!