Wednesday, January 15, 2020

New Years 2020 – Day 17


Day 17 brings us to the island Curacao, which is so far south it is actually south of the northern tip of South America!

We have been here a number of times and the island is beautiful and the waterfront district of the main part of town is probably the most photographed set of building in the Caribbean.  It is a Dutch Island and has over 50 nationalities living on this small island.  They do not get hurricanes this far south so it is a popular island to visit and live.

When we first woke up, we were still sailing to Curacao and weren’t scheduled to arrive until 1:30pm so we went up to the Serenity deck to lie out in the sun which we did until Noon.

We went back to the room to change and then went to a restaurant we found yesterday.  It was a wok restaurant and they give you a menu to choose your choice of 3 kinds of noodles and all kinds of fixings and meats as well as different sauces.  Ed saw the head chef behind the counter and asked him to bring out samples of the noodles for Barb to see and try.

The chef was wonderful coming out to our table and talking about how all of the noodles are prepared and making suggestions to us.

We had a delightful meal.  The restaurant is a specialty restaurant that charges at night but for lunch the meals are free.  We will probably go back tomorrow as it is much better than the buffet.

At about 2:30pm we left the ship and took a shuttle to the heart of the area and walked around for a while and then headed back to the ship.  

We did stop at a popular local casino where they gave us each $10 free play coupons for the slot machines.  We played one machine and walked away with $35 which we took to the blackjack table and lost it!!

After getting back to the ship, we cleaned up and went to dinner which was a good dinner.  The food on Carnival is good, but not great.

After dinner we went to the show which was a Motown show put on by a performer named Marcus Anthony who was very good.

After the show we skipped the casino and went back to our room and to bed.

Tomorrow is our last island, Aruba before heading back to Miami with two days at sea.


Night

Going out for the day

The Piot Boat - the water was rough

The Chef explaining his food

Lunch

The port from the ship
Going out for the evening

Downtown Curacao







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