Two Week Cruise - Oct. 27 to Nov. 11, 2018
Take the 70 mile trip from Aruba to Curacao and arrive at the next Dutch Territory on the morning of Friday, November 2nd
Aruba & Curaçao are autonomous, self-governing constituent countries
Yet both are still part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Willemstad, the capital city of Curaçao, is pretty and colorful
The city properly welcomes Virginia to the island
Look back at the Carnival Freedom as we await out tour bus
Interesting inlet as we make our way to the tour bus pickup location
Pose with a cannon outside the cruise terminal
Leo and Virginia pose with the Willemstad harbor in the background
Jerry and Kathy having a great time while waiting for the tour bus
Leo wants a hug too, this is fun!
Kathy hands the camera to Virginia and gets back in the shot
Back to Kathy to include Virginia, smile everyone
Finally board our tour bus and head off toward adventure
We head to the Shete Boka National Park and pass by the salt flats of St. Marie Bay where the wild flamingoes reside
The area is a flamingo sanctuary and the birds take full advantage
They taste like chicken but the legs aren't as meaty
Continue on toward our first destination
Overlook of Kenepa Beach known as Kleine Knip in Dutch
Snorkelers look for fish among the rocks
Bon Bini (welcome) to Playa Kenepa Grandi
Walk the trail to visit one of the park's bokas (inlets)
Behold, Boka Tabla, which has a cavern accessible at low tide
We will take a hard pass on visiting that cavern today!
Watch the waves hit the rugged coast from the wooden viewing platform at Boka Tabla
Shete Boka means Seven Inlets of which four have viewing platforms
Walk the path back to the tour bus & our next stop, the Tula Museum
Cactus fences are popular among the ABC islands
The Tula Museum is the site of a 1795 slave uprising, brutally suppressed
The musuem shows how slaves lived and worked back in those times
The oven, separate from the house, loaded with wood & ready for cooking
Examples of clothing inside the Kunuku (plantation) house
Tula, a slave, led the revolt, was captured, tortured & executed (w/cactus?)
Pass the Willemstad Infinity Pool Bar & Grill on the way back to the ship