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Good evening readers, someone asked me yesterday what speed island life in Curacao runs at and I told them in two words, fast and slow!! If your out driving around you would think most of the islanders are late for an important date or something because they drive so fast and seem to be in such a hurry to get nowhere??! But if your at the store, and I mean any store or a restaurant or the airport you will swear your on another planet because everything is in slow motion!! Like many counties, Curacao shuts down and closes it’s doors for business from 12:00 in the afternoon till 2:00 everyday!! For those of you who have never experienced this consider yourselves lucky because it is frustrating!! For Aimee and I one of the worst things we have to do here is go to get our local ID’s every year at a place that put’s the “S” in SLOW!! Almost all business’s in Curacao operate on the “take a number and sit down and shut up policy”! Over the years we have found out they use this system because there are not enough employees to help the customers and ones that are helping are running on dead batteries and seem to be in no rush to help the poor waiting customer. Maybe this is why everyone is driving so fast?? You just stood in line at the bank or at the phone company for an hour or two and now your late getting back to work, hey, I think I just solved the mystery!! Walking around Punda the other day I saw so many “locals” in alleys and back streets just doing their own thing which in most cases is close to being in trouble. I was approached today when I shot this photo from two or three homeless guys not begging for money but asking if they could wash my car but my answer is always the same, “the salt and rust is what is holding it together so thanks but no thanks”!
It’s been a mega busy day again, took photos in Punda this morning, did a dive with Bernard, went to Saint Joris to pick up some wood and took the dogs for a walk, it’s game over!! Bernard and Rosa like so many others that have come to visit brought us some very unique gifts. One is a tin filled with candy but is the hands down most beautiful tin I have ever seen. It’s a jungle scene in full color with animals in relief meaning they are almost 3-D, it’s really cool! He also brought us some of the coolest currency from South Africa where he is from, I will be photographing it for you to see for yourself so be looking for that in the near future!
Off to bed, see you tomorrow, Barry
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