Introduction - introductie

This blog is not a trail guide. It is about the beauty and the diversity of Curaçao.
There are dry months and wet months, days with wind or storm or no breeze at all.
Due to the weather conditions, you may find he trails to be very different from what our pictures show.

Most recent hikes are described in Dutch / Nederlands (kijk voor de laatste wandelingen in het blogarchief). De paden veranderen snel, ze groeien dicht of worden gesloten. Er komen ook nieuwe routes bij.

The other entrees are in English. Our main object is to show the beauty of the island. We cannot always give exact directions of trail heads or ends.
Many trails change, closed by owners, or overgrown. . the maintenance depends on enthusiastic volunteers. Our group tries out new trails too.

Important: never go hike alone! When visiting popular places like the Salt pans of Jan Kok or Ascencion Bay don't get out of your car unless other people are there. Leave money, cards and other valuables at the Hotel.
If you have no one to come with you, take a hiking tour with a guide. Please read the page with tips and info!
Do not touch the Manzanilla tree or its leaves and apples. They are poisonous.
On all photos copyright of the owners.

Enjoy Hiking Curaçao!
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dinsdag 27 december 2016

Beaches of Curaçao.

THE BEACH BOOK

Today I had a chance to read the beach book by Bret Sigillo and Gunnar Ek.
Although I saw some enthousiastic reviews on Amazon.com, I am sorry to say that I was shocked by wrong names of places, the confusing directions to get here or there and the lack of logic: index and  entrees. 

Map comes with the beach, but the name of the beach is not on the map. The beach has a number. The reader has to go back to the index with numbers.

How hard is it to put a name on a map?

Names on map by Hiking Curaçao

There obviously was no proofreading of the book.

Among other unnecessary language hick-ups: every bay is called baii. It is baai or bay or boca. Tera Kora or Kórá (village), not Kota.

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