Our second cruise stop is Curacao, a dutch colony from antiquity. This classic port city of Willemstad lines a half-mile channel which passes through to an interior bay that is large enough for smaller ships to turn 360 degrees for departure. In this process we pass through a swinging pedestrian pontoon bridge from the 1800s that connects the sides of the main channel, and also passes underneath the bridge that spans the channel. These landmarks identify Curacao for all sailors. An ancient fort’s ruins guard the entryway to the channel, and has been converted into restaurants and other businesses to attract tourists. The pictures are strictly in order as taken during the daylight hours spent in Curacao, January 12, 2015.
- Bridge above channel
- Willemstad in inner bay
- Storage with color
- Pontoon bridge closed
- Channel traffic
- Downtown Willemstad
- Monster ship too large for channel
- Local car wash
- Glamour shot of Legend
- Along side
- Blooms in January
- bow view with bridge
- Pedestrian walkway across channel
- Ancient fort walls
- Pontoon bridge across channel
- Tourists next to channel
- Native roadside market
- Fresh fruit, anyone?
- Pedestrians crossing pontoon bridge
- Tourists’ hangout
- Bridge opening, or closing
- Necessary pilot
- Street vendors
- Tourists watching us depart
- Tourists on channel
- Almost tropical Bergen, Norway
- Seaside fortifications
- Fort turned to capitalism
- Giant ship too large for channel
- Departing Curacao