Curacao
Mike Malone
We
messed up and just went to the town and did nothing else. The town was in
walking distance of the boat. There wasn’t much to do in town, other than
shop, and we’d done that in St Thomas. I wish I had gone on an excursion.
One thing that struck me was how organized and clean Curacao is. The Dutch
influence is very strong here. The buildings are very Dutch but with
Caribbean colors. They kept warning us how hot it was there. They were
right as it was in the upper 80’s. Better than a summer day back home.
It’s just off the coast of Venezuela so there is a large Spanish speaking
population. It was still not a problem finding English speakers. Everyone
was very reserved, you didn’t see ‘carnival barkers’ outside the shops
trying to get you to come in (St Thomas and St Lucia). We bought 5 nice T
Shirts for $13 from a vendor outside the dock area.