Curacao

Who-ever had heard about a country named Curacao ? Atleast I didn't till I was almost there. This is a wonderful island country which is a Dutch colony and is part of a stretch of 5 islands called 'Netherlands Antilles' : just off the nothern coast of Venezuela. It is one of the three islands called the 'ABC of the Caribbean' (the other two neighbouring islands being 'Aruba' and 'Bonaire').

How does one relax...enjoy.....relish beaches? Well......by staying in one of these Caribbean Islands is my response. The weather here is almost the same all round the year - the beaches offer plenty of activity whether for swimmers or walkers, observers or the more action-oriented folks.

My own take away from the fortnight stay I had here was that I learnt basics of swimming here and managed to float in the sea.....and later practised at the pool and can swim for a couple of metres! Spent a couple of evenings at the Shopping streets of Punda - and couldn't help observe that a majority of them are run by Indian community (from Gujarat and Maharashtra) - just like on Osu Market at Accra, Ghana.

Had run into one Mr. Shenoy at the pleasant Hindu Temple of Curacao. He works for 'New India Assurance Co Ltd' and has been posted here for the last 4 years. Came to know that New India Assurance is No.4 in Insurance market in Curacao! Poke me with a cone ice-cream : well I never knew our India' Insurance business was so successful outside India as well!

Links to Films on Curacao -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsIMwKXi-Aw

http://www.curacao.com/TheCuracaoDifference/AnInsidersTour.aspx