Connie and I just returned a little over two weeks ago from an 11 day cruise in the Southern Caribbean where it's always "summer".
The cruise consisted of stops at several ports - starting in Jan Juan then to St. Croix, St. Kitts....on and on and eventually to Aruba then back to San Juan.
This picture was taken in Curacao in the gardens of Curacao Liqueur. Tasting was a part of the tour. Can you believe I'm still standing after some serious tasting!
Weather was never a problem because it was always perfect. Rain dampened a portion of our morning in Aruba. However, the warm tropical breeze soon dried our cloths.
Let me say this, the weather there would be very easy and boring to track. With the exception of some rain, it's 80 degrees plus and beautiful every day.
There had been some unusually heavy rains in Aruba a couple days before we arrived and the snorkeling was not good - the water was murky.
Reality sat in when we got back to WV and 6" of snow with temperatures in the mid 20's. This was quite a shock to our somewhat sun-tanned and tropically warmed bodies.
This wonderful time in the sun made what has been an extremely snowy winter in WV more tolerable.
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| Garden at Curacao Liqueur Distillery |
The cruise consisted of stops at several ports - starting in Jan Juan then to St. Croix, St. Kitts....on and on and eventually to Aruba then back to San Juan.
This picture was taken in Curacao in the gardens of Curacao Liqueur. Tasting was a part of the tour. Can you believe I'm still standing after some serious tasting!
Weather was never a problem because it was always perfect. Rain dampened a portion of our morning in Aruba. However, the warm tropical breeze soon dried our cloths.
Let me say this, the weather there would be very easy and boring to track. With the exception of some rain, it's 80 degrees plus and beautiful every day.
There had been some unusually heavy rains in Aruba a couple days before we arrived and the snorkeling was not good - the water was murky.
Reality sat in when we got back to WV and 6" of snow with temperatures in the mid 20's. This was quite a shock to our somewhat sun-tanned and tropically warmed bodies.
This wonderful time in the sun made what has been an extremely snowy winter in WV more tolerable.
Curacao or Hawai'i? that is the question. I have no easy answer. The best plan is probably to do 'em both, and fairly regularly!
ReplyDeleteHawai'i or Curacao? Certainly spend time in one place then the other during the stinking cold weather months. How does that sound?
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