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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Curaçao: Not Just a Blue Drink!
Little piece of helpful information: Curaçao is more than a lovely coloured liqueur used in tropical cocktails. Yes, the delicious drink base comes from the beautiful island, which is also its namesake, but there’s so much more to Curaçao than that. Curaçao consists of two islands: a large one, the main island, and a small […]
A Mixture of Cultures in Saint Martin/Sint Maarten
Saint Martin is a small island in the Caribbean that is divided between France and the Netherlands. The southern portion of the island belongs to the Netherlands, and is referred to as Sint Maarten, while the northern half is French and called Saint Martin. Its history is similar to neighboring islands – it was occupied […]