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The Curaçao Hospitality & Tourism Association isued a statement that airline DAE had to stop all flights out of Curaçao: 24 August 2013 "Please be informed that DAE is not able to operate from the Curacao Airport. CAP (Curacao Airport Partners) has issued a statement informing DAE that...

Starting December 18, Continental Airlines will have two weekly daytime flights from Newark to Curaçao. On Wednesday and Saturday the departure from Newark is around 9 AM, arriving at 2:40 PM on Curaçao. The return flight leaves at 3:40 PM and arrives at Newark at 7:40 PM. K.

The Institute Marine Archeology Netherlands Antilles (Stimana), which name will soon change to Institute Maritime Archeology Curaçao (Stimacur) performed an archeological pilot project with the submarine (Curasub) from Substation Curaçao at Sea Aquarium. Read the complete article in the...

Scientist from Curaçao found out that coral larves use the sound of the reef fish and shrimps to reach their place to settle and start a new colony. View the paper article, in which is also a link to the original article, at: Amigoe.com - Amigoe English: Young corals dance by ear from the sea...

I found this sponge in about 40 fsw at Curaçao. It looked to be dark to black, but with the light on it a redish to purple color came out. A search on The Sponge Guide gave as a result the latin name Pandaros acanthifolium, but no common name was given. Other website too gave the latin name...

According to MSNBC the ABC islands are among the safest in the world. They write: "Given some Caribbean islands' reputation for violent crime and the high-profile Natalee Holloway case in Aruba, it may seem counterintuitive to include the Dutch ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao) on a...

This structure was found at a depth of 30-40 feet on Bonaire during daytime. Never seen this before, I first thought of a flower coral, but later thought of a warty corallimorph. Can anyone (dis-)agree with that?

Today the calm sea (and the cloud of mosquitos at home) invited for a swim, so I took the snorkelgear and camera and went to inspect the Tugboat. The visibility was at least 60 feet and the boat is still on its place, but some smaller parts were broken of. The hull was intact. The surrounding...

On a night dive at Curaçao we found this red critter. It was at around 10 PM, just before spawning of star coral. Depth about 40 feet and watertemperature about 86. To me it looks like a juvenile lobster, more than a shrimp. The (adult) lobsters we usual see are the spiny lobster (Panulinus...

In connection with the Curaçao Chess Festival 2008 two International Masters played a chess game in the Seaquarium. The article is in dutch (!) but the picture speaks for itself: Welcome to Amigoe.com Stingrays and grunts were close to observe It has not been published (yet) in the english...