Kralendijk is the capital city and main port of the island. The language spoken in the town is Papiamentu, but Dutch and English are widely used. As of 2017, the town had a population of 10,620. In Papiamentu, the town is often called Playa or “beach”.
Country of Curaçao a Lesser Antilles Island in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, about 65 km north of the Venezuela coast. It is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Together with Aruba and Bonaire, it forms the ABC islands.
Curaçao was formerly part of the Curacao and Dependencies colony from 1815 to 1954 and later the Netherlands Antilles from 1954 to 2010, as Island Territory of Curaçao and is now formally called the Country of Curaçao. Its capital is Willemstad.
We visited the island in December 2022.
The Kas di Pal’i Maishi was built 130 years ago, and it gives a good insight of how Curaçaoans (locals) used to live. This cottage is one of the protected ‘slaves house or Kas di kunuku’ of Curaçao. Several ‘kunuku houses’ have been restored by the charity Stichting Monumentenzorg. Some people have inherited kunuku houses and they are now often used as a garden shed.
You can see how people lived in Curaçao until 1950. You will get a clear picture of how the slaves used to live in Curaçao and how the generations thereafter have taken over the African culture. In the museum you can see many objects used by the Curaçaoans.
Quite interesting.
SHETE BOKA NATIONAL PARK
Area with more than 10 beautiful Boka’s (inlets) where three species of turtle’s nest. A boka is, in fact, an inlet. Shete Boka stands for ‘seven inlets’.
Years ago, the environmental group Amigu di Tera arranged excursions in this area along seven bays. Hence, the name is taken, although there are more than seven coves in this national park.
The park begins at the beautiful Boka Tabla where large, unpredictable waves crush against an underground cave.
Quite stunning views.
Visited this island again in December 2023.
The Country of Aruba is a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands , situated in the south of the Caribbean Sea.
Aruba is located approximately 29 kilometres north of Venezuela and 80 kilometres (northwest) of Curaçao.
Aruba measures 32 kilometres in length from its northwestern to its southeastern end and is 10 kilometres across at its widest point.
Alongside Bonaire and Curaçao, Aruba forms a group referred to as the ABC Islands .
We have visited Oranjestad, Aruba twice. Once in December 2022 and again in November 2023.
Arikok National Park, covering 7,907 acres in the northeastern region of Aruba , was officially established in 2000. Approximately 20% of Aruba’s total land area is designated as a National Park, dedicated to safeguarding the park’s biodiversity, geological formations and historical and cultural significance.
Santa Cruz is a Region and Town in central Aruba, dominated by the Arikok National Park. The town is connected by Highway 7 from west to east and Highway 4 from north to south.
Rock art sites are abundant and represent a rare aspect of Amerindian heritage preserved in their original context.
On Aruba, a paint sample from one site yields a transitional date of A.D. 1000, marking the shift from Late Archaic to Early Ceramic periods. Although some Archaic pictographs are present on Aruba, the majority were likely created during the Ceramic Period. The rock paintings were created and utilized by ancient communities for ceremonial and religious purposes. Aruba’s current rock art collection comprises 300 to 350 individual representations spread across 22 sites, five of the 22 sites occur in the northeastern coast limestone caves.
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