We Leave Curaçao and Arrive in Aruba

Today we woke up earlier to have breakfast. We drove to the airport and returned the little blue car. Once again the pesky airline had made the flight late. They made us stand in the heat for 20 minutes because they forgot to put the crew on board first. Eventually the plane took off. The flight to lasted 20 minutes. We were going to Aruba, another small island.

At the airport we got a rental car and drove to our private house. Aruba looked a bit like Curaçao in landscape but a lot different in houses. The people who owned the house were there to meet us. We went out to have lunch after we put our suitcases inside. For lunch we had fish and salad. Then we went to a big supermarket called Super Foods and shopped for bread, ham, cheese, and fruit. On the way back to the house we went to look at the beaches, which were big and sandy with clear turquoise water. There were lots of boats and people swimming.

After that we stayed in for the rest of the day.

The Last Day In Curaçao

Today we went out for a drive in the car, as usual. We went to the other end of the island. We stopped at a museum about how people used to live called Landhuis Savonet. It was a big old yellow house that used to be owned by the plantation owner. They had bits of broken pottery from the age of Indian ceramics, and a whole urn that had been pieced together. There were straw hats in the middle of being made, and all sorts of different old things.

Out at the back, Daddy went to take a picture of the view, but his hat blew off. We went down the steps and I went through the brambles to get the hat. We went for a walk on paths through the thick undergrowth and there were different types of birds singing in the trees, and loads and loads of lizards. It was probably lizard paradise.

We drove to have lunch. They didn't have menus at the restaurant. Instead the boss came over and told you the entire menu. I had grouper and rice. Also I decided to try a bit of iguana. The iguana tasted like chicken except it was a lot more chewy. A few people came with guitars and a metal instrument which looked like the surface of a can except that it was a lot longer, played by rubbing a spoon up and down the rough edges. It made a pleasant clanking sound.

They also had free ice-cream sandwiches. It was delicious.

After lunch we went to another landhuis called Knip. It had all sorts of different things about the history of Curaçao including dolls, medicine, and instruments. I was worried that the stairs were so steep that eventually someone would break a leg and the whole place would close down.

I'm sitting on a swimming pool deckchair writing this. Next we'll have dinner and tomorrow we leave for Aruba. And the worst part is we have to fly with that pesky airline called Dutch Antilles Express again, and it's not going to be pleasant.

A Day of Feeding Animals

Oy! Don't be a hog.

Yesterday I woke up and had breakfast. After that we went to Curaçao Ostrich Farm. There I fed ostriches and stood on an ostrich egg. It didn't even crack. After that we went to an aquarium. We saw sharks and dolphins, we fed turtles, a pelican, and flamingoes, and we saw lots of different fish. So basically I had a fun day feeding animals.

For dinner we went to a restaurant called Larry's. I said, 'The chips taste like construction paper.'

The Second Day In Curaçao

Yesterday evening Daddy was too busy gibbering [I was in a meeting with Hyatt staff—Ed] and so we went to dinner late and there was no time for blogging.

Compare the teeth of prehistoric monsters to the teeth
of the living.

I started the day with a big breakfast. There was a giant buffet. For breakfast I had scrambled eggs, small sausages with pork, bacon, and cake. After breakfast we went back to our room to pick up some water and other things. Then we headed out to the car and drove to the capital city called Willemstad. We went to go and see a museum about the slave trade called the Kura Hulanda. They had model ships and uniforms, and lots of things used for torturing slaves. There were also lots of big masks, musical instruments, and other things from Africa. There were also human and dinosaur skulls. I went and stood by one and showed my teeth.

After that we went to a synagogue where they they made us wear small black hats called called skullcaps. For lunch we had french fries dipped in peanut butter like they eat them in the Netherlands, except I had mayonnaise. It was tasty but unhealthy. Then when we went back to the hotel and went to the swimming pool.

The hotel is called the Hyatt Regency. Our room is big and the beds are big and cosy. There's lots of space to put everything. We have a balcony with a view of the ocean and other parts of the hotel.