Category Archives: People
804. Curaçao’s Recycle Artist
In need of an ice-cold Polar on our way to Banda Bou, we decided to pit-stop at Unico Bar Restaurant in Souax… only to park our car in front of the most peculiar outdoor museum. Instinctive camera-in-hand, but not sure
804. Curaçao’s Recycle Artist
In need of an ice-cold Polar on our way to Banda Bou, we decided to pit-stop at Unico Bar Restaurant in Souax… only to park our car in front of the most peculiar outdoor museum. Instinctive camera-in-hand, but not sure
805. Curaçao New Year’s Dive
A Dutch New Year’s tradition since 1960, 12 hours after midnight tens of thousands of people gather to dive into the sea, together. Then warm up with some snert (traditional Dutch pea soup). King of Snert UNOX and Zanzibar have
805. Curaçao New Year’s Dive
A Dutch New Year’s tradition since 1960, 12 hours after midnight tens of thousands of people gather to dive into the sea, together. Then warm up with some snert (traditional Dutch pea soup). King of Snert UNOX and Zanzibar have
807. Curaçao New Year’s Pagaras
New Year’s Eve starts around noon on December 31. Large crowds gather on business parking lots to hug and give each other 3 bon anja kisses on the cheek, dance, laugh, hear (and smell!) the Pagara, a long red ribbon
807. Curaçao New Year’s Pagaras
New Year’s Eve starts around noon on December 31. Large crowds gather on business parking lots to hug and give each other 3 bon anja kisses on the cheek, dance, laugh, hear (and smell!) the Pagara, a long red ribbon
808. Curaçao’s Lotto Economy
Approximately 800 resellers, often elderly women (sometimes men), in need of extra income, sell bièchi for Landsloterij, the only Public Lottery in Curaçao and the Dutch Caribbean. Drawings are held on an bi-weekly basis (24x a year) and resellers receive
808. Curaçao’s Lotto Economy
Approximately 800 resellers, often elderly women (sometimes men), in need of extra income, sell bièchi for Landsloterij, the only Public Lottery in Curaçao and the Dutch Caribbean. Drawings are held on an bi-weekly basis (24x a year) and resellers receive
811. Tambú: Music and Dance of Curaçao (Part 5 of 6)
Documentary filmmaker, Elizeth Labega (YouTube: “Tambú: Music and Dance of Curaçao”) explores the ‘forbidden’ nature of our indigenous music and dance. Imported from West Africa in the 1600s, Tambú music is made with a single skinned drum, a metal
811. Tambú: Music and Dance of Curaçao (Part 5 of 6)
Documentary filmmaker, Elizeth Labega (YouTube: “Tambú: Music and Dance of Curaçao”) explores the ‘forbidden’ nature of our indigenous music and dance. Imported from West Africa in the 1600s, Tambú music is made with a single skinned drum, a metal
813. Curaçao’s Live Nativity Scene
We stumbled upon the most awesome pesebre (nativity scene) we’d ever seen last night with live goats, geese, sheep, a chicken and hen!!! No seriously. Naturally we had to stop and get the full story from its creator, Fabian Martina,
813. Curaçao’s Live Nativity Scene
We stumbled upon the most awesome pesebre (nativity scene) we’d ever seen last night with live goats, geese, sheep, a chicken and hen!!! No seriously. Naturally we had to stop and get the full story from its creator, Fabian Martina,
814. Dolfijn FM’s Christmas Drive
“Ieder kind een kerstcadeau” (a Christmas gift for every child) is a Christmas gift drive organized by popular local Dutch radio station and magazine Dolfijn FM. Anyone can donate gifts between December 6 – 21 [price range NAf 10 –
814. Dolfijn FM’s Christmas Drive
“Ieder kind een kerstcadeau” (a Christmas gift for every child) is a Christmas gift drive organized by popular local Dutch radio station and magazine Dolfijn FM. Anyone can donate gifts between December 6 – 21 [price range NAf 10 –
815. Diving with Curaçao’s Identical Twins*
Twin Divers is owned and operated by the only diving twins in the Caribbean, Mark and Kurt Brown. Its shell is a blue-green and blue-white ocean freight container on the quaint, picturesque Marie Pompoen (“Pompoon”) beach next to Breezes hotel
815. Diving with Curaçao’s Identical Twins*
Twin Divers is owned and operated by the only diving twins in the Caribbean, Mark and Kurt Brown. Its shell is a blue-green and blue-white ocean freight container on the quaint, picturesque Marie Pompoen (“Pompoon”) beach next to Breezes hotel
821. Curaçao Artist Evelien Sipkes
The veins of a leaf. The strings of a carrot. The tubes of a coral. The freakish way a tree can grow. Transitions… Fragility and vulnerability… The feather in a bird’s skin. The hard carcass of a lobster on top
821. Curaçao Artist Evelien Sipkes
The veins of a leaf. The strings of a carrot. The tubes of a coral. The freakish way a tree can grow. Transitions… Fragility and vulnerability… The feather in a bird’s skin. The hard carcass of a lobster on top
831. “Curaçao Dream”: Leonard B. Smith
It’s hot… you’re sweating, wearing next to nothing… go on! Enjoy one of the purest pleasures of life in the Caribbean… … but what if it was served warm??? That’s where American Leonard B. Smith (born in 1839 in Mill
831. “Curaçao Dream”: Leonard B. Smith
It’s hot… you’re sweating, wearing next to nothing… go on! Enjoy one of the purest pleasures of life in the Caribbean… … but what if it was served warm??? That’s where American Leonard B. Smith (born in 1839 in Mill
838. Netto Bar
Intensely dedicated to his bar and best known by his nomber chikí, Netto retired only after his health started deteriorating at 87. But he never let go of his dream. Even after retirement he continued to have one of his
838. Netto Bar
Intensely dedicated to his bar and best known by his nomber chikí, Netto retired only after his health started deteriorating at 87. But he never let go of his dream. Even after retirement he continued to have one of his
840. Confessions of a Curaçao Street Artist
While doing some freelance graphic design work in Punda he decided to take a break and let his mind wander, grab a bite at Marshe Bieu, catch a cruise ship sailing into our harbor… All of a sudden he found
840. Confessions of a Curaçao Street Artist
While doing some freelance graphic design work in Punda he decided to take a break and let his mind wander, grab a bite at Marshe Bieu, catch a cruise ship sailing into our harbor… All of a sudden he found
843. Miss Holland Hearts Curaçao!
Alloo, alloo… check out Miss Holland‘s adventures in the land of the free and the brave. Ogle her Dutch tweeties. Fancy her Facebook feast. All we ask is that you don’t forget your roots when you’re on the red carpet, Eline
843. Miss Holland Hearts Curaçao!
Alloo, alloo… check out Miss Holland‘s adventures in the land of the free and the brave. Ogle her Dutch tweeties. Fancy her Facebook feast. All we ask is that you don’t forget your roots when you’re on the red carpet, Eline
845. Curaçao “Perculturalist” Pernell Saturnino
Paquito once said to me: “Pernell Saturnino is the greatest f*#%ing percussionist in the world, because you don’t notice when he’s playing. When he stops playing, you notice!” -Mark Walker [Grammy-award winning percussionist] … as in Paquito d’Rivera, the Cuban
845. Curaçao “Perculturalist” Pernell Saturnino
Paquito once said to me: “Pernell Saturnino is the greatest f*#%ing percussionist in the world, because you don’t notice when he’s playing. When he stops playing, you notice!” -Mark Walker [Grammy-award winning percussionist] … as in Paquito d’Rivera, the Cuban
847. Curaçao’s Enviro-Sculptor Yubi Kirindongo
Famous for his shiny metal sculptures designed from discarded car parts (bumpers, hub caps, fenders, tires, etc), it all started 36 years ago, “someone was throwing away his bumper, so I decided to make it into a fence [gateway]. While
847. Curaçao’s Enviro-Sculptor Yubi Kirindongo
Famous for his shiny metal sculptures designed from discarded car parts (bumpers, hub caps, fenders, tires, etc), it all started 36 years ago, “someone was throwing away his bumper, so I decided to make it into a fence [gateway]. While
1000 Awesome Things About Curaçao 