Willemstad

 

This is part of the Netherlands, where they use Florins as currency, but accept USD routinely and probably Euros as well. The town is called Willemstad and is a marvel of cleanliness and has a largely friendly and kind population, mostly involved in the tourist trade. This was the off-season, but cruise ships seem to know no seasons and are happily accommodated by the townspeople all year long.

 

I had two serious issues with the island. One of them are these vicious turnstiles in the front and back of the bus. Try getting on and off the bus with a backpack, and in my case, also a front pack. It's hell, I tell you. Seriously, quite a challenge. And I'm not alone in this. I watched large ladies with shopping bags and purse having one heck of the time squeezing through those things.

 

I took the bus from the airport, which gives you a nice tour of town, half of it, anyway.

 

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A pleasantly clean town, and now we're getting to the good parts

 

And suddenly I am in the center and most lovely part of town

 

There is a pontoon bridge that has everyone walking like drunken sailors, swaying back and forth

 

 

 

Oil drum lids art, as it is done in several Caribbiean islands

 

 

 

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