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- Willemstad
- Capital
- Netherlands Antillean guilder (ANG)
- Currency
- 212,226
- Population
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Netherlands Antilles Slideshow
Netherlands Antilles
Travel Blogs from Netherlands Antilles
Saint Martin (French) or Sint Maarten (Dutch)
The island is actually part French (Saint Martin) and part Dutch (Sint Maarten) with 3 currencies used, the USD, the Euro and the Netherland Antillies Guilder which makes for some interesting financial transactions.... We anchored on the French Side ...
ST MAARTEN : HASTA LUEGO!!!
5 1/2 years... it s now time to take my boots and move ahead for a new adventure! South America, of course! From Chile to Ecuador was the experience I envisionned for months... Finally happening! Am ready to ...
We gaan op vakantie!
"Me gustaría tomar un taxi hasta el aeropuerto por favor. Sí, a las cinco" hoor ik Sonja om half 5 's ochtends door de telefoon tegen de receptionist schreeuwen. We zijn wakker maar eigenlijk zijn we helemaal niet wakker want we hebben beiden afgelopen ...
Cookie Time
At breakfast this morning we met some Canadians who invited us to their house in Ontario as well as their winter home in Florida. I decided to hit the gym early today as I seemed to have a lot of extra energy to burn off. I left Sus in the room and ran ...
St Maarten was my new home
We arrived in Simpson Bay that evening and anchored in the bay. We jumped ashore and took a look around. I happened to be strolling along a random dock, looking at the big yachts when i spyed a familiar shape. When i got closer, the shape turned into ...
Clogs and Conch Shells
We woke early enough and I was overjoyed that I was not land sick again. We had a smaller breakfast then made our way down to the gangway. It was early on a Sunday and I am not sure what we thought we were expecting to be open at 9am. Aaron and Cort had ...
Contra dictions
This morning at breakfast we met some interesting couples. Over oatmeal and grapefruit we discussed the existence of aliens and the American way. Sus and I have requested to be seated at bigger tables so we can interact with the other passengers. With ...
Desprately Seeking Silliness
Today I started feeling the fact that we are almost back to North America. I have really enjoyed living on a ship and wonder if perhaps I was a sailor in another life. Today I went to the gym twice and noticed that I am getting more flexible though I ...
Curacao and the power of knowledge
Getting back into the gym, and hanging around people getting in shape, led me, by chance, to take a look at the various seminars they were running … so on a whim I decided to go to the Detox and Nutrition sessions … It is amazing what a ...
Rock A Bye Baby
Woke up pretty early today and waited the two hours until Sus woke up so we could go for breakfast. This whole time change thing is really messing with my head and the pitch darkness of the cabin doesn't help much. At least there is no danger of jet lag ...
GEBOEKT!!
Zo... eindelijk is het dan zo ver; naar Zuid-Amerika! Nadat mij een miljoen keer is gevraagd of ik dan al geboekt had, heb ik het dan uiteindelijk gedaan... Enkele reis Amsterdam - Isla Margarita Isla Margarita?? Yup, ondanks dat ik ...
Saint Martin
Also, very nice time was had in the French part of St. Martin. We walked a lot I know ...
Saint Martin
Also very nice, most of our time was spent walking to a beach, lying on the beach and drinking Carib beer while watching the ...
Saba
Saba was like, the best place I've ever been, in my life. It's a volcanic island and we stayed at El Momo Cottages, which I would HIGHLY recommend. We walked up an old volcano in a rainforest, and met a bunch of interesting people at the cottage. Also, ...
Avoid Curacao
Recently, we got robbed on Curacao. We returned to our apartment from a morning at the university, and two young thugs were in our apartment stealing our things. We chased them away and called the "Polis," who took a leisurely three hours to respond to ...
Moving from Pietermaai
In our desperate search for lodgings that were not found in Pietermaai, we wound up in the historic Rif Fort on the waterfront in Willemstad, where the offices of Hans and Margriet Vervoord are located. Hans and Margriet run the Re/MAX office here on ...
Bringing you up to speed
So, we have been on the tiny island of Curacao now since the end of December. We came here so that my wife could study at the university here, and while she does that I am working towards getting my undergrad degree finished through Penn State's online ...
Crime and Punishment on Curacao
Another kid at the school got burglarized the other day, not three months after some hooligans stole his cell phone out of his hand. What's all this BS I hear about this being a "safe island?" Anyone who says that is either psychotic or a vicious ...
Bonaire...a little like Arizona
Today was Bonaire, a Dutch territory, 12 degrees above the equator. We could fly to Venezuala in 15 min. The port city is Kralendijk and looked very Dutch and European...very pretty. Dad and I got off the ship when we docked and walked ...
Guide to Boca Sami
Boca Sami (coordinates 12 hours 8 minutes 22.92 seconds North by 68 hours 59 minutes 32.92 seconds West-check it out in Google Earth) is a peaceful and relatively quiet coastal village, located about fifteen minutes to the West of Willemstad by car. We ...
Technorati-ed
There's more of my travel adventures to come, but for now I'm just posting a Technorati link. Technorati ...
Saba, het groene eiland
Beelden van Saba, het eiland in de wolken. Herbergt de hoogste berg van Nederland: 1000 ...
Stingray City, fregatvogels etc
Beelden van Antigua, Stingray City, de fregatvogels op Barbuda en de trip naar St. ...
No Wonder The Lesbians Are Going Crazy!
We woke up this morning and we were docked in St. Maarten which is an island where one half belongs to the Dutch and the other half belongs to the French. Therefore, the currency used here is the Euro. Depending on which side you are on, the island ...
Bonaire
DAY 11 Awoke to a beautiful sunrise over Bonaire and managed to take a photograph. Our first impression of Bonaire was of a very beautiful and colourful island. All the buildings were brightly painted in a multitude of colours. Our plan was to ...