{"id":802,"date":"2015-09-26T21:20:27","date_gmt":"2015-09-26T19:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/195.201.107.226\/a-story-from-curacao\/"},"modified":"2024-04-24T19:23:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T17:23:09","slug":"a-story-from-curacao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/a-story-from-curacao\/","title":{"rendered":"A story from Curacao"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"428\" height=\"241\" src=\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/galerien\/a-story-from-curacao\/curacaobluelikor-b59.jpg\" alt=\"curacaobluelikor\" class=\"wp-image-801\" style=\"width:708px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/galerien\/a-story-from-curacao\/curacaobluelikor-b59.jpg 428w, https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/galerien\/a-story-from-curacao\/curacaobluelikor-b59-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/galerien\/a-story-from-curacao\/curacaobluelikor-b59-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>The Caribbean Blueness \u2013 the blue sea of the blue liquor<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Westpunt, the North-West corner of the island Curacao, surrounded by coconut palms and cactus trees you can enjoy the incredible Caribbean sunsets and sunrises. You can observe iguanas hunting or gather on rocks to catch some sun. Curacao means in \u201cHeart\u201d and it derives from the Spanish word Corazon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is one of the A, B, C Antilles islands and is located very closely to Venezuela &#8211; just 60 km away from its coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/curacaofertig.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first impression is that the Spanish influence left deep marks on the Curacao that are visible in the architecture &#8211; the small houses and hasiendas that are mostly yellow, red, blue, pink or green. 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