Day 3 - Thursday 28th November 2024, Willemstad, Coracao TucTuc Tour - the Caribbean Cruise

There are many art structures made by a local artist - he uses discarded metal and plastic to create the most amazing sculptures. The one above is called the big fish.

We met our Tuc Tuc tour guide at a swing bridge that opens across to let boats get past incredible construction.

The tour took us among three most beautiful houses in the area that used to be the Jewish quarter and across the two sides of the island. 

Willemstad and in Papiamento 'Willem Town'. Papiamento is the local dialect spoken in both Aruba and Curaçao they use a mixture of all sorts of languages. Portuguese Bon Dia is hello in Papiamento.

Willemstad is the capital and largest city of Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea that is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was the capital of the Netherlands Antilles prior to that entity's dissolution in 2010. The historic centre of the city consists of four quarters: the Punda translates to point and Otrobanda, translates to other side, which are separated by the Sint Anna Bay, an inlet that leads into the large natural harbour called the Schottegat, as well as the Scharloo and Pietermaai Smal quarters, which are across from each other on the smaller Waaigat harbour. Willemstad is home to the Curaçao synagogue, the oldest surviving synagogue in the Americas. The city centre, with its unique architecture and harbour entry, has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The art in the area is incredible painted on people's house fronts.

The beautiful island of Curaçao as we left the harbour for our sea day and then Jamaica.