![]() Stores are stocked with blue and white Delftware pottery, Latin and Afro-Caribbean dishes are consumed at restaurants where salsa, bachata, cumbia, reggaetón and tumba music serenade diners, and colorful Dutch gable-roofed buildings adorn the streets of all three capital cities (Oranjestad, Kralendijk, and Willemstad).Īruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao are the three westernmost islands of the Leeward Antilles in the South Caribbean (outside of the hurricane belt), and Aruba is the smallest but most visited. Located north of Venezuela’s coast, at least 50 different nationalities can be found on each island, and effortlessly multilingual residents flit between English, Dutch, Spanish, and Papiamento (this is the only region in the world where this Creole language is spoken). Formerly part of the Netherlands Antilles (a constituent country that was dissolved on 10/10/10) and now part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, this is arguably the most multicultural corner of the Caribbean. As if these sister islands weren’t lovely enough, they also enable travelers to tick their culture, gastronomy, and history boxes simultaneously. ![]() ![]() Ith arresting architecture, blindingly white beaches, and chromatic coral reefs, the ABC Islands (Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao) are synonymous with paradise. ![]()
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