Curaçao offers more than mere paradise

As the plane approached the tiny island of Curaçao, I gazed down on what would be my home for the next few days. The land was rimmed with turquoise water glinting off the surface, surrounded by ripples of a darker inky blue. Surveying the island, much of it appeared to be uninhabited, and I was surprised that it appeared more desertlike than tropical. Once we landed, I took in the colorful houses and colonial architecture in the island’s capital city of Willemstad. It was easy to co