All I Want for Christmas Is a Suntan

A Dutch-driven ship. A Dutch colonial town. Caribbean light, good-natured people, and a Christmas list reduced to one thing.

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Field Note · Curaçao

I am sailing on a Dutch-driven ship—Holland America—in a Dutch colonial town called Willemstad.

I love this place. It is visually beautiful, and the people are good-natured folks.

Now all I want for Christmas is a suntan.

The Asymmetric Equation

Dutch Ship + Caribbean Light = Christmas Rewritten

Sometimes the best gift is not under a tree. It is waiting at the next port of call.

Chasing The Blue Beyond