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Wherever I roam there's no place like home. It's the end of another healing adventure. Thanks for coming along for the j...
08/09/2025

Wherever I roam there's no place like home. It's the end of another healing adventure. Thanks for coming along for the journey. I hope you'll join me next time for another exciting destination and invite a friend. Oh the places we'll go, there is fun to be done.

For departure day from Curacao, I decided to stop by the Hato Caves on the way to the airport. These caves are more than...
08/09/2025

For departure day from Curacao, I decided to stop by the Hato Caves on the way to the airport. These caves are more than 300,000 years old! The tour also includes an outdoor walk to see ancient writings on the outside of the caves.

08/09/2025

YES!!✈🤩

Day 10 marks the end of an adventure. I booked a trip to Klein , an uninhabited island off the coast of Curacao with Adv...
08/08/2025

Day 10 marks the end of an adventure. I booked a trip to Klein , an uninhabited island off the coast of Curacao with Adventure Tours. The trip includes sandwiches coffee and tea for breakfast, snorkeling gear, an open bar and a barbeque lunch. The island was so beautiful with soft white sand beaches and clear blue water. I made some new friends and may have cried into the ocean a bit. Blame it on the open bar. This was the perfect finale for another healing adventure.

Day 9 in Curacao was relaxing. I developed a bad case of heat rash so I decided to stay in and stay cool for the day😞. I...
08/07/2025

Day 9 in Curacao was relaxing. I developed a bad case of heat rash so I decided to stay in and stay cool for the day😞. I slathered myself in aloe vera and some menthol balm I brought with me and tried not to sweat which is hard on an island. I did treat myself to a yummy poke bowl at my hostel and got plenty of journaling and planning done. But all is not lost. I booked a cruise to Klein Island for day 10 so the day of rest will be redeemed.

Curacao day 8 was posh. I returned my bike to the hostel and got my deposit back then caught the bus to Willemstad for j...
08/07/2025

Curacao day 8 was posh. I returned my bike to the hostel and got my deposit back then caught the bus to Willemstad for just 2 gilders which is about a dollar and some change. I had lunch at the plaza which is a food court featuring different vendors serving very affordable local cuisine and walked across the floating bridge for some window shopping . I had a Frida Kahlo sighting at an overpriced boutique and enjoyed some Baskin Robbins and a Columbian beer before taking the bus back to my hostel. There was so much more to explore in Willemstad but I ran out of steam which means I'll be returning to Curacao to finish the mission.

08/07/2025

“Just let it go and fall like a little waterfall” - Bob Ross 🌊

Come enjoy this picturesque view and decompress with us at our Westpunt hideaway. 😍

Serenity is just one click away! 👉🏼 www.bedandbikecuracao.com

08/05/2025

Checked out. Mentally and physically 🏖️🌊

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Day 7 in Curacao was whimsical. I started the day with a coconut to keep hydrated and then walked down to book a tour of...
08/05/2025

Day 7 in Curacao was whimsical. I started the day with a coconut to keep hydrated and then walked down to book a tour of Klein Island for later in the week. I visited an abandoned fort called fort Breckenburg and took a dip in the ocean at tugboat beach. I stopped at Villa Vis for another one of it's signature cocktails before returning to my hostel to cook dinner in the communal kitchen with some bunk mates. The built-in community available at a hostel is one of my favorite reasons to choose this option while traveling. It seems like the people that stay in hostels are often the kindest most compassionate individuals. They take care of one another and will look out for you if needed. Staying in hostels has definitely given me hope that there is good in the world.

Curacao day 6 was adventurous. It started with fresh coconut water at my hostel before a bike ride to Jan Thiel beach wh...
08/04/2025

Curacao day 6 was adventurous. It started with fresh coconut water at my hostel before a bike ride to Jan Thiel beach where I hiked the beach to trail. I walked and meditated along a coral reef labyrinth that someone placed along the trail. It's interesting that Curacao seems to have a very strong Buddhist influence. There are tiny little Buddha statues sprinkled in all sorts of unexpected places including the courtyard at my hostel and the courtyard of the Eden mall. I guess the influence is having an effect on me because I have come back to my own meditation practice since my arrival here. I attempted to do the mariposa hike which is a vertical hike up a cliff near doggy beach but accidentally grabbed a cactus as I attempted to lift myself onto the trailhead and decided that was the end of the Mariposa hike for me cause f**k that s**t. I also took a walk through the cocoa Beach resort. After my hike I walked back to Jan Thiel beach for a swim and to rest before biking back to my hostel. Once I returned I made myself dinner in my hostels outdoor kitchen. I started with an appetizer of cheese and olives followed by rice , pork chops, spinach and valerian tea that I purchased at the van den Tweel supermarket. I washed it all down with some more ponche Caribe pistachio liqueur before turning in early.

Day 5 in Curacao marks the half way point for this adventure. I started the day by checking out a bicycle from the hoste...
08/04/2025

Day 5 in Curacao marks the half way point for this adventure. I started the day by checking out a bicycle from the hostel and riding down to the Eden Mall. The mall has a Denny's and an Esperamos Supermarket . The mall hosts a local vendor fair in the breezeway where local vendors displayed an array of goods from mini doughnuts to clothing and jewelry. I had lunch at the Dominican restaurant at the mall Donya Ysabel. I ordered the sorsaka which is a fresh juice made from the soursop fruit. This fruit has all sorts of medicinal properties including lowering blood pressure and balancing blood sugar. It was so good I had to have a second cup. For lunch I ordered the plantanos , a dish with plantains fried into little bowls filled with a decadent shrimp and veggie mixture. It was the highlight of my day. There is a blend of so many different cultures and cuisines in Curacao from Asian to African to Latin American and Dutch. Its definitely a cross cultural experience. I did some window shopping and grabbed some fish and spinach from the supermarket for breakfast the next day before riding back to my hostel. The ride was a bit difficult since there were no bike lanes and lots of prickly thorny bushes on the side of the road. I ended up getting a bit scratched up but it was still worth the hike to see the mall. I also purchased some ponche caribe, a bright green pistachio cream liqueur made locally. It was a delightful sweet night cap for another day in paradise.

Day 4 in Curacao was so dreamy. It started with a walk to have lunch at Zanzibar on Jan Thiel Beach and ended with a rom...
08/02/2025

Day 4 in Curacao was so dreamy. It started with a walk to have lunch at Zanzibar on Jan Thiel Beach and ended with a romantic sunset on the ocean. I haven't watched a sunset from start to finish in a while and I noticed that the end of the sunset went much more quickly than the beginning. It's like the sun rushes out at the end like the show is over close the curtain. It got me thinking about life since I'm coming to my 39th birthday at the end of this trip. As I get older the years seem to go by much faster. It seems like the sunset, the last part of life happens more quickly than the first. I lost both of my grandparents since my last birthday and the grief of this year has felt like an initiation into late adulthood. I got to be there with my grandfather when he passed on and witnessing that transition from life to death is such a dramatic reminder that all of this ends, no matter what we have planned. Time not money is a finite resource and we are spending it every second we breathe and trading it in for dollars while they are printing new money every single day. If I live to be the age of my grandfather who was my oldest living grandparent at 88 that's only another 50 years on this Earth. Even if I make my goal of four new destinations per year that's only 200 more places to explore. That's hardly enough time or new places in a world so vast especially If the last part of life rushes out as quickly as the sunset. I'm reminded to live as much and as fully as I can, see as much as there is to see and do as much as there is to be done, love at every opportunity and heal myself so I can enjoy every moment. The money is replaceble, but time can never be replaced. Time to go out and explore.

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