BLUE + WHITE COVER UP IN CURAÇAO

June 22, 2015

COVER UP: Nordstrom | MOROCCAN STRAW PURSE: Nordstrom | SANDALS: Topshop | TASSEL BRACELETS C/O: Accessory Concierge | INITAL BAR NECKLACE: Baublebar | LIPSTICK: Yu by Nars

I wore this cute embroidered cover-up in Curacao and absolutely loved it! The embroidered blue details caught my eye and the fit is soo perfect and comfy! It kinda reminded me of a Grecian feel especially with my gold gladiator sandals 😉 Curacao was the second island we visited in the Caribbean. Let’s just say it was pretty hot and humid, but exploring this island was quite the adventure! We arrived at the port town called Willemstad and decided to explore the town for a bit. The city has a lot of bright colored buildings and it looks a lot like the Netherlands. It has lots of tiny clothing stores everywhere and shops to buy souvenirs. We found this farmer’s market filled with fresh fruit and vegetables on the side of the street. The men had set up their food stands along the river and their boats were parked next to their stands. The men live on their boats and travel 40 miles back and forth from Venezuela to Curacao to bring fresh vegetables and fruits to the island. The island is a desert and doesn’t get any rain, so the only produce they get is imported from South America. I thought it was kinda crazy how they live and work on those tiny boats all their lives!

After exploring the city, we wanted to check out this beach which supposedly is the most beautiful beach on the island. We took the bus which only cost $2.50 a person compared to $30 a person with a taxi roundtrip!! But the bus had wifi and was air conditioned so it was all good 🙂 The bus took us through the tiny villages on the outskirts of town and through the desert terrain of the island. Everything was so different looking than what the pictures online showed, so I was getting kind of worried. Finally after about an hour, the bus dropped us off in the middle of nowhere on the side of the road and said “the beach is a 20 minute walk that way,” and pointed to the ocean in the distance. So we hauled our butts and bags 20 minutes and finally made it to “the most beautiful beach” in Curacao. I was kinda disappointed because it was run down and everything was chained and boarded up. The only thing pretty about it was basically the water. There were a few stray animals walking around the beach, two cats and a very skinny dog, so seeing that broke my heart! I’m almost certain someone just dropped them off there because there wasn’t any houses anywhere near the beach. I just wish I had some food and water to give them, they looked soo skinny but were so sweet to us! We spent a couple hours there and decided to head back to town. All in all, the big city in Caracao was probably my favorite part of the island and seeing all the bright colored buildings was pretty awesome!