Curacao - with floating bridge in front of houses

Linda especially liked Curacao and Barbados. Curacao has a strong Dutch influence so the houses look a lot like the homes along the canals of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Aruba also has a strong Dutch influence.

Linda also like Barbados which has a strong British influence. The architecture looks like the island of Bermuda. The beaches and the countryside are beautiful.

Linda tends to like the cities with a large population, modern facilities and lots of shopping so both Curacao and Barbados fit those descriptors.

Cruise to the Southern Caribbean March 2010

Linda and Chuck went on a 14 day cruise through the Southern Caribbean on the Grand Princess from March 12 to March 26th, 2010. We began with a visit with Jeff and Ann Singer in Fort Lauderdale. Then we traveled to 9 islands: Aruba, Curacao, Trinidad, Barbados, St. Vincent, St. Kitts, St. Thomas, San Juan, and finally Grand Turk. The picture to the right is Trinidad which is a very industrialized island - mostly petroleum processing.