Welcome to Aruba! It’s a small island located just north of Venezuela and west of Curaçao. Like Curaçao and Sint Maarten, the people of Aruba are technically Dutch citizens. The island is unlike most Caribbean islands – with the exception of its neighbours, Curaçao and Bonaire – in the sense that it is desert like, […]
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Recipe of the Week: Funchi from Bonaire!
It’s time for the Recipe of the Week, and I must say, it’s a pleasure to make something from the Caribbean as I try to keep warm in this Arctic-like weather (it’s currently a chilly negative 30C – that’s negative 22F!!). Funchi, a side similar to polenta, is an accompaniment to most meals in Bonaire (especially […]
Scrumptious Bites in Bonaire
Bonaire (literally “good air”) is located directly to the east of Curaçao in the Southern Caribbean, immediately above Venezuela. It is considered to be part of the Netherlands, but it is officially an overseas territory of the European Union. The original inhabitants of Bonaire came from South America, unlike much of the Caribbean, whose original […]