- I've been wanting to make this video for a while now,
and I can't wait to show you guys
what this tiny island has to offer.
Just like most people,
I usually spend Christmas at home with my family,
but this year I wanted to do something different.
So I asked my girlfriend, "Where do you want to go?"
And she said,
"Anywhere with hot weather and beautiful beaches."
A few days into looking for potential destination,
I ran into one of my friend in an elevator.
I told her I was looking for a new destination
and she mentioned Curaçao.
I know, I had never heard about it before either.
I didn't know then but by the time we got here,
I realized that this island has everything
a paradise has to offer.
And you guessed it, hot weather, and beautiful beaches.
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Hey guys, so this is our first time
actually getting closer to the beach today.
We are in Pietermaai,
which is a UNESCO protected site here in Curaçao,
and just look at the colors around me.
It's so beautiful, right here.
Whoa. (water splashing)
It's gorgeous.
When you travel, you realize that sometimes
the most simple things can a have a hidden beauty.
As we were exploring Pietermaai District
on our first day in Curaçao,
we had our first random encounter with the ocean.
The atmosphere, the colors, and the view,
were another reason we fell in love with this area.
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So I did some research, and I was wondering,
how comes so many houses here in Curaçao
were with multiple different colors.
A lot of the houses here used to be all white,
and I don't know, if you come here
it's really, really bright.
And apparently back in the time,
there were a doctor that associated
blindness in the city with the houses,
because maybe the sun
was reflecting really strongly on the walls,
and making people going blind.
So what they end up doing,
they end up deciding to paint all
those different houses in different colors,
and every few years,
they have to repaint the houses in the city.
And now you have so many buildings here in Curaçao
with so many different colors.
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I can't recommend you guys enough to visit Curaçao.
This is a really nice island to visit.
This island has nearly 40 beaches
including the private hotel and resort.
Even though Curacao is a small island,
there isn't a lot of taxi,
and the local transit will only take you
to some parts of the island.
But it wasn't a deal breaker for us,
since we wanted to relax and walk around the city,
and mostly spend some time in Pietermaai District.
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This house is really interesting,
because you can notice like right here
there are faces of a woman.
And so you see one here, and one over there,
and one, I think, at the end of this building.
So the story behind this is, well,
there were a guy that actually decided to offer
a wedding present to his wife,
and the wedding present was this house.
So the name of this house here in Curacao
is the Wedding Cake.
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Right now, actually, we are at the Ritz Village,
which is a little boutique hotel
not far from Pietermaai.
It's about walking distance,
maybe five to ten minute to get there.
And, so if you were staying around this area,
you can actually go to Pietermaai,
literally down the street,
right across the lake,
and in that area you'll find different restaurant,
different bars, and some of the restaurants
will be facing the beach, like Saint-Tropez.
And I don't remember all the different names,
but there's also a scuba diving center over there,
where you can not only take scuba diving lesson,
but also eat at a restaurant nearby.
And if you walk around there,
you'll find some cool things to do.
There's some bars, some famous bars are in the area.
We didn't spend too much time there,
but we know that is a very touristy area.
It's a good location for taking pictures,
spending the day,
there's a lot of outdoor bar,
and it kind of remind me of Paris, in a way,
where you have a bunch of little restaurant
outside in front of the main buildings.
So I highly recommend that spot,
check it out, I'm sure you guys will enjoy it.
So another recommendation
that I like to have on this list
is exploring the Old Market.
So when we explored the Old Market,
we only actually knew about the first floor,
but later on some tourists in the area
told us that there's actually
a second floor in the market.
So right now we are at the Old Market.
So this market is really really small.
(mumbling) and I are just walking around the circle,
we just did a full circle, and we didn't even realize it,
it was so quick.
The average person in Curacao
will speak three languages.
Papiamento, Dutch, and English,
and some of them even speak Spanish.
That made me realize that this island
is not just colorful from it's architecture,
but it's colorful on every angle.
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Remember the two things I promised
my girlfriend for this trip?
Well some of the most spectacular beaches in the world
are found on this island,
and on the uninhabited island of Klein Curacao.
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Whoa!
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