Southern Caribbean Cruising — ABC Islands; Curaçao Green Spaces and Street Art

Dushi has many meanings in Curaçao, but when you see it alone, such as in the signage above, it means nice. And nice is indeed a fitting description for the visitor to this wonderfully charming World Heritage Site in Curaçao. Willemstad, the capital city of Curaçao, is a marvelous blend of charming architecture and bright colors that will delight the photographer or casual observer at every turn.

Street art is everywhere here, and by that I am not referring to graffiti for there is little evidence of that anywhere to be found.

Even the local bars and cafés get in on the act:

The main streets are awash in rainbow colors:

But the cafés serving the green space between Breedestraat and Hanchi Snoa interject a little humor as well:

By the way, this green space is a fun, wide pedestrian street with much to see:

Another small but park-like space is located on a back street nearby, but for the life of me I cannot recall exactly where. You’ll know when you see The Gold World near this café:

The green wall to the left of the image above has some fun street art as well, a portion of which I’ll show on this week’s Fun Photo Friday. Wherever it is, my photo time stamp places it about five minutes’ walk from this neat bell-ringing display on Breedestraat:

I’ll leave you today with these images from Willemstadt:

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