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2019 Curaçao part 4: final

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So our time in the heat and sun must come to an end.... After 7 days we head home (for me via 3 days in Toronto). Yesterday, we spent most of the day wandering Willemstad (both Otrobanda and Punta sides). Stopping in the shops and sitting at cafes. The rest of the afternoon we caught up on some rest and headed over to Pirate Bay Beach for dinner on the beach and to watch the sunset. This morning was a long breakfast, packing, and hanging out before our 1:30pm shuttle to the airport. So a final video and some final photos  (in random order) from me:
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2019 Curaçao part 3

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Day 5: Klein Curaçao  15 miles off the southeast point of Curaçao, is the 1.7 km squared uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao. We did this day trip along with many others as it’s one of and possibly the most popular activity amongst visitors to Curaçao. You can only get there by boat with duration depending on boat (45 minutes to 2.5 hours) - with our boat, Serendipity, taking over an hour and a half. We traveled with Miss Ann Boattrips ( https://www.missannboattrips.com/en/trips/klein-curacao/ ). Klein Curaçao prides itself in its white sandy beaches, crystal clear waters and a very spectacular and colourful underwater scenery. Our main guide was a gal named Ishi, and our captain was Niko. We boarded at the marina in Jan Sopha via a short tender to a much big yacht. Departure finally at 7:40 and around 1 hour 30 minutes to Klein Curaçao all the while heading into a strong wind. On the really flat island with no tall vegetation the high point is the lighthouse.
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2019 Curaçao part 2

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Day 3: Island and Beach Tour Note: I’ll add PHOTOS later : my editor on the iPhone is just too different (I’ll post photos instead only on Facebook for now) Peter Tours picked us up for a round the island and beach tour. We were first in the 20 seater bus but collecting others filled it. The Guide & Driver were both named Irwin... The tour was a running commentary on Curaçao and some of its highlights and lowlights. Among the statistics there are an estimated 250,000 illegal immigrants from Venezuela here escaping that country by any means possible. That number is huge when you consider that legal residents only account for around 175,000. In the mix of legal residents there are people of 52 different nationalities.  Our tour covered most of the length of the island. Starting from our hotel heading south and east as we collected other passengers. Along the way we crossed over one of the higher bridges of Willemstad with views over it and Otrobanda. Continuing to near
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