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Grandeur November 27, 2005 Curacao

KayLynn · November 27, 2005 · Leave a Comment

curacao

We’re in Curacao!  We got off the ship early (8:30 am) after breakfast in the Windjammer.  This is a very scenic port.  The buildings are so colorful.

Nice view of the ship
Nice view of the ship

We visited the crafts booths which had cute souvenirs before boarding the ferry to Punta where the shops are.

It is VERY humid and Mom had a hard time walking around.

Colorful Curacao
Colorful Curacao
Bridge between port and city
Bridge between port and city

We break up in two groups.  My sisters go with Mom and my husband and I go with our BIL to visit the oldest synagogue in the Western hemisphere.  We agree to all meet up at the floating market.

synagogue-2

It was $3 to enter the synagogue.

Entrance
Entrance

The floor is sand.

synagogue

interior-synagogue

You can see the sand better in this photo of Steve
You can see the sand better in this photo of Steve

We then went to the floating market and met up.

floating-market

This market is where the fruits, vegetables and fish are sold after being brought over from Venezuela.

curacao-statue

After looking at a few stores we took the ferry back to the ship side and get back on the ship for a snack before heading out sans Mom to the beach.

We took a taxi to Kontiki Beach Club for $20.  The entrance fee is $3 pp and another $3 for a chair.  Therea re not any umbrellas although there are palm trees and a few palapas.

curacao-beach

At first we had chairs in the sun before moving to a palapa when another group left.  Margaritas were $7 and a bottle of water was $3.  Very expensive!

Steve relaxing under the palapa
Steve relaxing under the palapa

The water was protected by a reef and was refreshing.  Our BIL snorkeled on the other side side of the reef and said it was beautiful with lots of fish and sea life.  The sand is not soft or deep.  There is a lot of coral and shells in it.

We had arrange for our driver to pick us up and he was waiting when we left.

Once back on the ship we had a late lunch in the Windjammer which was quite good.  After a shower and nap we all gathered again for dinner in the Windjammer.  I wasn’t very hungry because of the late lunch.

We went to the show for the late seating.  It was a comedian that we enjoyed (John Joseph).  We then headed to the internet lounge to check email.

towel-elephant

Tonight’s towel animal was an elephant.

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