The Island of Curacao, is an island in the south mid-Caribbean, 40 miles north of Venezuela and 50 mile south of Aruba. It is a thin island with a generally hilly topography and covers 171 square miles. Curacao is semi-arid and has a dry season from January through September and a wet season October through […]
Bonaire lies 50 miles off the Venezualan coast with a population of 20,000. It is 111 square miles and 24 miles long and 3 -5 miles wide. Early humans arrived in 3300 BCE and the Caquetio Indians in 500 AD. Bonaire was discovered in 1499 by the Spanish who enslaved the natives and sent them […]
The Island of Aruba, is an island in the south mid-Caribbean, 18 miles north of Paraguana, Venezuela and 50 mile north of Curacao. It is 20 miles long and its maximum width is 6 miles and covers 69 square miles. Aruba is a riverless island and part of the Leeward Antilles. Aruba has a dry […]
Aruba, Curacao, and Bonaire are countries in close proximity to each other in the Caribbean Ocean and part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. These 3 islands are very rarely touched by Hurricanes during the hurricane season which may occur between June and November; if so it has always been with winds of low intensity. […]