Country Info
- Willemstad
- Capital
- Netherlands Antillean guilder (ANG)
- Currency
- 212,226
- Population
- AN
- Country Code
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Travel Blogs from Netherlands Antilles
St Eustatius
After the conference we headed to St Eustatius, via St Maartin, a smaller island that makes up part of the Dutch Antilles. We stayed in Statia Lodge and had scooters to get ourselves round the island. Hiking up the volcano we saw snakes, lizards and ...
Curacao
4th October 2010 - Monday Curacao - Dutch Antilles We booked an afternoon excursion so I spent the morning on board catching up with you guys. The view of the capital Willemstad was delightful with lots of colourfully painted buildings. The story ...
Nov 14, 2008
Bonaire
1 janvier 2008: Bonaire - 28 C ensoleillé Le lendemain de la veille... tout est calme sur les ponts du Emerald Princess. Il n'y a que quelques braves, dont nous deux, qui sommes debout - tout un changement, on ne s'y reconnaît plus. Notre ...
Enter the Diving
Sunday, March 27 CURACAO The moment I've waited for....the ocean has been calling, and I am answering. It's dive time!!! Unfortunately, my dive gear didn't get the memo about the whole dive time thing. My theory is that my dive gear was mysteriously ...
St. Marteen
Because of the long trip we arrive very late (15.00) to the island. We took a cab ($8 pp each way) to Maho beach, as I wanted to see the planes landing, but we just saw 1 and two small ones, had a swim and went back to the ship. The traffic was chaotic ...
Wishing You a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
Hi Everyone, Just taking a break from the fitting of our yacht to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and the very best for the New Year. We hope the New Year is a healthy, happy and prosperous one for you all. We are currently still in ...
Bonaire onder en boven water
Beelden van Bonaire, ons uitstapje met Brigitte en Reinold en een heleboel mooie ...
Curacao
we have been having problems uploading, but wanted to let you know we are at sea for two ...
And so it ends.
Early this morning there was a thunderstorm over us. Apparently it knocked out the power to all of the island south of the airport…including us. We woke up early in a very, very hot room. No power meant I couldn't fix breakfast (I had ...
In en rond Willemstad
Beelden van de pontjesbrug, de Gloria, de "floating market", de dierentuin, struisvogels, aloë ...
Bonaire, Netherland Antilles
Video: Harry Stuck in a Hammock Video: Bonaire Coral Video: Bonaire Turtle Video: Snorkeling in Bonaire This was probably one of the most relaxing trips we have ever taken. We flew from Miami to Curacao and then took a eight-seater prop plane ...
The Punda and Otrobanda - Willemstad Curacao
... lots of old buildings or what appear to be old buildings. They aren't as old here as they might be in the Netherlands. I crossed over to Otrobanda and wandered around a bit. This area is all pretty touristy and there were two large ...
The Diving Adventure Begins
Ohi t's so nice to be able to sit outside and have breakfast. The warmth is wonderful and the sun is spectacular. Today we started our day by attending the orientation session which helped us to decide on a few tour ...
On to Curaçao
Sunday morning 10 January, we cast off at about 10:00 and sailed 39 nm to the neighboring island of Curaçao in moderate to rough conditions. A Hyatt hotel is under construction at the entrance to Willemstad harbour, we went astern into the ...
Learning to Dive
A few days in Bonaire and already I feel the cold grip of Toronto loosening! Since we couldn't dive right after flying, we started off exploring the island, and found out that about 30% of Bonaire's GDP (Gross Domestic Product) comes from salt - ...
Curacao
So...were back at sea, afer about 8 hours in Curacao. Now, I thought after Aruba that I would love Aruba the most, for now Curacao takes the cake! Curacao is a dutch country and you can see all the Dutch influence in the buildings. All ...
Farewell, Paradise
It is not so easy traveling without an alarm and the Landhuis- I don't think has desk service. Olga said she would wake me up for the car rental people but she isn't here this morning. I woke up before 7 and slept another 20 minutes ...
at the conference
so i'm at the conference. it's going ok so far. when i got here i was feeling a little sick and haven't really been 100% since. people keep sending me back to bed so i can sleep, but i end up sleeping through meals and sessions. not too good. i'm ...
the relaxing part
... meant to be relaxing. For two weeks, I visited my girlfriend Joyce in Curaçao, one of the islands of the Netherlands Antilles, just north of Venezuela. She is there performing her final internship in physical therapy, though leaving enough time to enjoy ...
St John shopping excursion
After too much sun, too much food, to much rest and too many mudslide frosties, time to hit town and shop for something different than home! Lots of good buys, especially jewelry, gold and emeralds, and shoes. Down town St John, one shop out of ...
Bonaire... île désertique
Donc, comme je le mentionnais dans la page relative à l'escale de la Grenade, nous sommes arrivés à Bonaire beaucoup plus tôt que prévu. Ainsi, alors que nous devions accoster vers midi, nous sommes arrivés à 8h du matin. Et comme le départ est ...
Living in St. Maarten
... island is owned by two countries. The side we live on (Sint. Maarten) is the Dutch side under the Netherland Antilles. The other side is Saint Martin, the French side. English and French are the primary languages. We are ...