Museum Kura Hulanda is a world-class anthropological museum that focuses on the cultures of Curacao. Endeavoring to exorcise the ghosts of the painful history of the African slave trade, the educational exhibits chronicle West African cultures, and the enslavement, transportation and sale of native Africans to Curacao merchants. The powerful display of chains which held Africans captive, which you can actually touch, and a wooden replica of a slaving ship's hold gives you a sense of the inhumane treatment of other human beings. The Hotel Kura Hulanda, in which the museum is housed, is located on the site of the former slave trade market. Opening Hours: Daily from 10:00 a.m. till 5:00 p.m. Adult admission $9 USD
October 29, 2008
Sidetrips: Museum of Slavery
September 5, 2008
Hotel Kura Hulanda, Curacao
The Hotel Kura Hulanda is a 80-room luxury boutique resort, each room unique in design: uniting historic architecture with 21st century luxury. Furnishings are evocative of colonial days past - hand-carved teak beds, antique mahogany cupboards, as well as hand-woven linens from India. Many rooms feature delicately woven mosquito netting draping four-poster beds.
Situated around several glorious courtyards (Kura Hulanda is Papiamentu --Curacao's native tongue -- for Dutch courtyard), Sixty-five 18th and 19th century Dutch colonial houses were meticulously restored to comprise the village of Hotel Kura Hulanda, which includes a spa, casino and museum.
August 28, 2008
10 BEST Caribbean beaches you've never heard of
- Cow Wreck Beach, Anegada, British Virgin Islands
- Devil's Bay, The Baths, Virgin Gorda, BVI
- Ile Pinel, St. Martin
- Casuarina Beach, Palm Island, The Grenadines, St. Vincent
- Grand Anse des Salines, Martinique
- White Bay, Jost van Dyke, British Virgin Islands
- Minister Bay, Tobago
- Anse Chastenet Beach, St. Lucia
- Knip Bay, Curacao
- Point o'Sand Beach, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands
June 15, 2008
UNESCO world heritage sites in the Caribbean
Currently there are 851 sites worldwide recognized by UNESCO for their unique cultural, natural and historic heritage. There are 17 sites in the Caribbean:
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