Curaçao

Yesterday we went to the capital city here and walked around a little and had lunch. It was very touristy. It is a port city for cruise ships and they seem to cater to that crowd. Restaurants were not as plentiful as I expected. They did have Subway, Pizza Hut and KFC.

There are a few smaller museums that we may have to visit depending upon what else we find. So far I don’t think either of us have felt this location is going to be a top spot. I think there are probably a lot of people who would enjoy visiting here. Mostly depending upon what you want to do while on vacation. There are locations where there are beaches to hangout at. The snorkeling is okay but not as good as we were hoping it would be. Mostly the corals are along the cliffs that seem to be on each side of the beach and then the coast. It’s not a very flat island and it just drops off into the ocean. The water is fairly clear and I suspect that is why the reviews for the snorkeling here are good. Timing also probably plays a part as well.

We sidetracked and found some flamingos.

We went snorkeling yesterday afternoon at the beach below our accommodation. It was okay. The beach isn’t too crowded while we have been seeing it and when we were there. The depth drops fast to where you can’t stand in it. It has waves but nothing big, not a surfing or boogie boarding place. I didn’t take my camera with me so no pictures from that beach yet.

Today we went to two different locations. Groot Knip and playa Jeremi. Groot Knip was a destination spot, the buses and tourist vans were there. It is a larger beach so more room for them to spread out and add people.

Playa Jeremi was better for snorkeling, there were more corals and fish along the coast. We went both ways along the coast there. To the north I think was better.

The restaurants here expect reservations, which is odd for open air restaurants. They seem to do themed nights and you need a reservation for that. I for see us eating supper in our apartment more often than not. I haven’t seen much as far as restaurants that really intrigue me anyway. Most of the food choices are burgers, fish and shrimp. There are some other things including some Dutch food, Bitterballen, is okay if you don’t look at what is inside it. Here it’s a brown meat liquid, with stings of beef. I think it tasted like pot roast with brown gravy that had been made into a ball and fried.

The restaurant where we are staying has some of the slowest service, I need to see if that is part of their dining culture. It seems slower than the laid back attitude of Costa Rica.

Getting a bit more used to the small space of our apartment. Starting to get a flow. The furniture is not the greatest, we brought in two of the plastic lawn chairs from our deck, there’s two wicker chairs and a loveseat out there too. We use the chairs with the three legged table that was inside the kitchen area. There was is a barstool but you can’t sit on it as it’s got a padding issue.

The kitchen seems stocked fairly well for light cooking. Should be sufficient for us.

Laundry service here is they have you drop your laundry off at the office in the morning, they take it put it all into a washer and wash it, then return it to you in the bags you took it to them in and you then have to hang it out to dry. No dryer means lint from the towels we bought is all over our clothes.

They recommend you bring your own beach towels. They do not have any to offer guests and they tell you not to use the bathroom towels. Maybe a culture thing?

That’s it for today! Hopefully we will see some more interesting stuff to share.