Day: March 6, 2026

Our final stop before Miami was Aruba, another island I had never visited before. I started by hopping on the Oranjestad trolley that goes from the Cruise port to the downtown.  It makes six stops along the way.  The stops include the House of Parliament, National Archaeological Museum, Fort Zoutman, the Protestant…

The next stop after two days at sea was the island of Curaçao.  Lying 68 miles off the coast of Venezuela, it is a part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Willemstad, its capital lies in Schottegat Bay, one of the finest natural harbors in the West Indies.  It is part of…

Heading to Curaçao We were supposed to stop in Cartagena, but because of the political situation, we went past to Curaçao. For more than two centuries, Cartagena was the main gateway through which the Spanish Empire transported the riches of South America to Europe.  Gold from Colombia and Peru, and silver…