Arriving in Curaçao

Are we there yet?	First sight of the northwest corner of Curaçao	Christoffelberg, Curaçao's highest point	Panoramic view of the arrival into Curaçao by sea
Curaçao Oil Terminal	Nearing Willenstad	Piscadera with the Hilton Curaçao in blue	Piscadera with the Hilton Curaçao in blue
The mountains to the west of Willemstad are remains of ancient coral reefs formed at least 3 million years ago	Curaçao's power and desalination plants	Otrobanda, the west side of Willemstad	Another cruise ship beat us to the good parking spot in the channel, St Annebaai
Willemstad from the deck of a cruise ship	Willemstad's Power and Desalination Plants	Excited to go ashore	The Megapier cruise ship dock, Curaçao
St. Annabaai with the famous Handelskade, Willemstad, Curaçao	The Renaissance Hotel lies just beyond the cruise ship dock	Fort Amsterdam on the Punda side of St Annabaai, Willemstad	Industrial smokestacks of the giant oil refinery at Curaçao lie just beyond the quaint Dutch façades of old Willemstad
Willemstad, Curaçao	Otrobanda	Megapier, Curaçao	Itty pitty pilot boat pulling the Celebrity Silhouette into its final parking position
Pilot boat the the Curaçao Megapier	Arriving in Curaçao by ship	You sailed all the way from Fort Lauderdale to get here...now you have 9 hours...	Thank you. Welcome. Thank you. Enjoy. Hello Sir...
I guess the French are still not welcome	Welcome to Curaçao	Filipinos are everywhere	Quaint Dutch images in the tropical Caribbean
Study the map...don't miss the boat	Fast Forward...Celebrity Silhouette ready to depart Curaçao after a mere 9 hours in port	Me 'n' Dennis, Curaçao	Roy in Curaçao
Fast Forward again...sunrise the next morning	2 day cruise from Curaçao back to Ft. Lauderdale, passing close to the coast of Cuba	Breakfast off Cuba	Cuba in the distance