Impressive Curacao - Blue Wonder of the Caribbean

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wait wait yep 24 nod I am European facades in exotic colorful splendor a little bit of Holland in the middle of the Caribbean Curacao a unique mix of languages nations cultures [Music] it's as if a small Dutch town that got lost in the Caribbean that's how villains that the capital of Curacao comes across Queen Emma Bridge is its landmark it goes straight across the harbor entrance linking the neighborhoods of plunder and otra banda when ships want to enter the harbour the bridges move to the side on pontoons Eric Miguel is the captain of the bridge he has the early shift today from 6:00 to 2:00 hey you if you want to come over hurry up you can see I'm just pulling the blue flag up the bridge will stay open a long time we have quite a lot of ships coming I'll warm it up in here that's all a blur first we have the arrival of a container ship Guerra what's after that a cruise ship ok ah tourists the bridge is powered by two engines [Music] the horn scares off the last driver from the swinging old lady as the bridges known locally Eric Miguel releases the latch and then the old lady floats like a ship and Miguel is in his element generally the work is great because you have communication you talk to people and you see a lot of people pass by every day it's a lovely job do you understand it's a job of communication you see all kinds of people every day will you know there's nothing to do about nothing by the wall again the pontoon bridge opens like a door it is attached by a hinge on one side Miguel now keeps will and starts narrow sea channel open for one or two hours the job of bridge captain entails a lot of waiting and looking at ships ideally suited for Erik [Music] from Yami they come from Miami they can also come from Panama they enter over here and sail to the back to the container port because Curacao is a center for container ships that come with containers from a long distance as an example from Miami or Panama and the ship's unload the containers over here and other ships distribute them for the Caribbean or in the regions close by what about at the point abide in a human it after a few Omar circa Curacao has one of the world's largest natural harbors during the second world war a huge refinery here supplied the Allied airforces with fuel the island is only 60 kilometers away from the coast of Venezuela and is geographically part of South America politically though it is an autonomous country of the kingdom of the Netherlands it's hot on Curacao and it rains very rarely this climate is good for our garvey's and iguanas the reptiles are one of the islands national dishes every weekend Yvonne Truman's family eat iguana soup her husband has just killed the animal Linda her sister is already waiting oh this one is nice and fat the best thing about iguana say Yvonne and Linda is the skin that is why it's just diced up in big chunks and then cooked the men say the iguana makes you strong it makes a rich soup it gives you strength if you know what I mean what's up you are the fossa the stove is in the courtyard cooking indoors in this heat impossible [Music] the whole family has gathered under the tamarind tree cousins nephews uncles and the neighbors are having a long weekend siesta they speak papiamentu after Dutch the islands second official language a colorful mix of many languages the alidium into a few men to that Spanish Dutch a little English and some Portuguese and all that combined is called Papiamento mix a constant breeze wafts over the island the trade wind otherwise the midday heat would hardly be bearable the Iguana soup the supper the Iguana is ready after an hour the flesh of the reptile tastes like chicken that's why iguanas are known as green chickens in the Caribbean so boys the soup is ready come here a bowl for you and for you okay Yvonne's husband Etzel martes is hungry too he keeps his guns at the ready at all times you have to be prepared should your lunch come walking through the courtyard and indeed here's the opportunity to use the new gun no sign of siesta fatigue anymore everybody is full of beans now neighbors have discovered two fat iguanas in the cactus behind the chicken run [Music] over there over there another one two shots two hits the biggest challenge getting the animals out of the scrub Etzel is happy these two good specimens make him the hero of the day Oh wonderful my love it's nice and fat it'll make it good supermarket tomorrow Oh Eve on an Edsel are well off they run a popular snack bar in Berlin stat Harbor Curacao is a Barren Island the Spanish discoverers declared it unusable on their first visit and set sail immediately for the South American mainland only later did they return [Music] the coast is craggy the surf is dangerous and real beaches are rare but the wind and the weather are always good and so there's one person who wants to go surfing in the middle of the rocky outcrops a boy from Curacao raised in the Netherlands and now returned home your own eye : mom is setting up his own surf club he doesn't have much money so for his business idea on the coast he has to improvise in the middle of nowhere plan asam's Haruka mark we need more shade here I'm building a frame of bamboo and I want to cover it with palm leaves that I'll get from a plantation from bumble and then else it's bumble flame in a car is it I'll throw those on top and voila we have shaped vane and I was happy and best of all it's all recycled Jeron used to work as a barman in Amsterdam and as a flight attendant now he finally has his own business a surf club on Curacao he has to hurry the official opening is in a few days Janell surfer I love water sports not especially surfing I could do it all day long that's why I had the idea of a surf club that's the best thing earning money it's something you enjoy I should Alka dock I'm doing the noise canoe fuck okay now doesn't took a globe knowingly I'm so busy I hardly get to surf I didn't imagine it like that okay a good wave is building out there Jurong looked for the right place for a long time since your s Bay is one of the few places on the northeast coast that's well protected from the wind but where there's still good surf [Music] iguanas and cactuses are the symbols of Curacao little rain hardly any vegetation presumably this is why the Spanish conquerors only half-heartedly defended this island against the Dutch in 1634 [Music] the Dutch West India Company made the island the center of the Caribbean slave trade the slave trade came to an end here in 1863 some time ago though its place was taken by the trade in cocaine this is why sergeant Ramage George and his Coast Guard crew are always on patrol in the harbor and along the coast they are hard on the heels of smugglers with their 600 horsepower and high caliber pistols Curacao is a hub in the pan Atlantic drug trade Lock equal noise we look for all sorts of things that could be smuggled here especially drugs but also weapons and people who want to travel to Curacao illegally our country is a hotspot for all kinds of smuggler buddy a traitor Otto Andrade aircars one on e the patrol is even accompanied by the army in a helicopter fishermen from Venezuela are the main suspects when they search for drugs [Music] barner so often Sergeant George and his cocaine squad find nothing [Music] big fines are rare even though the stuff gets from here to Europe by the ton it's a search for the proverbial needle in the haystack bingi machine accom once we got into the engine room of a fishing boat strangely the engine had three air filters normally they only have two so we took a closer look at the filters the third one contained hidden pistols that shows that we have to be vigilant in old you failed around matinee the criminals are cunning and constantly thinking up new games this will be called allah will not iron unfasten curacao is an ideal location for drug smugglers South America isn't far and there are daily flights to Amsterdam and the island has a little sister Klein Curacao the pretty natural Beach isn't the only attraction one is unobserved here the small island is uninhabited and has many hiding places a paradise for the narcotraffic hunters the drug smugglers [Music] a lighthouse in the middle of the island the Dutch so the story goes built it to confuse attackers and run enemy ships onto the reef [Music] dangerous waters the curse of the Caribbean [Music] the coastguard come by regularly but at the moment sergeant George and his crew are following a different trail [Music] snorkelers in the harbor very strange hello have you got a harpoon on you no I don't have that sort of thing happening isn't good for the refunds that waiting I know that's why we're checking here there are many lionfish Asiya weekend yeah at the weekend some divers harpooned 300 fish 300 the divers have been arrested just so you know that'll fuck away the rest okay have a nice day the snorkelers were indeed only harmless tourists from Holland the problem with searching for drugs random checks are often without result too many ships too many hiding places [Music] llúria Drogo the fossa 4-fold you just have to look around you once the cocaine is on Curacao it gets put onto sailing boats that sail to Europe or it gets put on a plane that's what I did it Shawn you're over there are narcotraffic hunters who work professionally but also amateur smugglers sailors fishermen holidaymakers everyone is suspect the Coast Guard's last big find was over a year ago on the other side of the island Jurong continues to work at his dream the Surf Club there's no harbour here no settlement the sea is far too rough drones on his way to get fine sand for his club beach sand is a rarity on Curacao but jiron knows a hidden place nice and but full of rubbish [Music] it's all about it all gets washed up by the sea wood plastic everything that gets thrown into the ocean drifts on the sea the rubbish of Western civilization do you see the consumes of us a bag on the vessel Sibley's artsy chemical and here in the middle of the ocean this small island of Curacao that's where it all gets washed up the dynastar show through the South that's all that the rubbish on this small Beach is half a meter deep I'll rake a little bit to the side so I can get to the sand now they give me dozen songs Geron isn't doing anything different from the big hotels on Curacao they to make artificial beaches however they use dredges and bulldozers [Music] Jeron wants to be more sensitive but even so he has a guilty conscience pick a finisher shake I think it's dreadful the mountains of a rubbish Western consumer society produces and I'm to blame too and that makes me ashamed now I've been off full the hub that's full major pain I can't clean all this up it's too much as home our Konica deeds but I will look after my little patch IVA Mavis took you to market bells phone for months Jeron has been carting trailer after trailer of sand here today he's delivering the last load his wife Sonia and son Nestor are waiting time is short Jeron has already sent out invitations to the club opening watch outs now it's going to for watch out the hatch is coming down Sonia is Swiss drone Mehta when he was on holiday and he took her with him straight away ok at first we didn't have a trailer we put everything into sacks and I lugged it over that was hard work yes we bring the sand here we wanted to build an oasis in the middle of the reef very little Nesta is helping too there is much to be discovered in the sand there is so much plastic in all this again we found razor blades we have a show Nasir and always plastic spoons sometimes we find toys for our son outside in the bay off Villain start a cruise ship is heading for the harbor the swinging old lady the floating pontoon bridge has been open for two hours [Music] Erik Miguel the bridge captain has to wait that's part of his job and he's good at waiting a gentle wind blows through his cabin and the newspaper is full of hot topics it's about taxes again most of the mini markets only declare half their income to the Treasury only half see what it was here the sorting at that and there's something here about a goat thief they caught it in his car the goats still in there too bad diana w del valle cruise ship season on Curacao every day two or three ships arrive by the evening the Giants have gone again [Music] so only a few cruise ship passengers find their way to this small bar by the harbor where lorena mixes the famous cocktail Blue Lagoon a classic on the island you can pour any for failure it doesn't matter no not gin it's a vodka cocktail this is specially for concocted with nutrients out and now we're going for the blue carousel well Blue Curacao is very sweet actually I don't like remove yourself because normally I'm ready sweet so this is too sweet for me so nuclear sow is you can drink it on the works you can drink it as shot and it's good for a cocktail like Blue Lagoon the Curacao liqueur was allegedly invented on this island it's rather a sticky drink made from Seville orange extract add sugar and alcohol gonna shake it okay now let's see it lady shake like me what [Music] Blue Curacao is a standard drink in every international bar presumably because of its color [Music] half-past six sunset the days on Curacao are always the same length because of the proximity to the equator and the heat is constant to night and day [Music] the Caribbean night is not yet over and someone is back on his feet Edsel the iguana hunter and snack bar owner every morning at half past five is the first at the Market Hall in the harbor welcome to the main gate you are then when the charcoal is burning I have to switch on this big fan here that blows the flames to one side many people will be working behind the counter later it would be unbearable for them otherwise first the tough goat meat has to be put onto the fire much later the soups rice and noodles followed at the front in these parts are the steaks and here the goat meat there are six such snack bars in the harbor market hall but Edson and Ivonne stand right at the front is the most popular in valence tub [Music] mainly because of her Yvonne the boss arrives shortly before things get busy like a sergeant major she checks what Edsel and the rest of the family have done so far the recipes are all from her grandmother [Music] very good over there we have iguana soup that came out well nice and strong and over here we have fried bananas but the speciality in Yvonne's kitchen is cadu she a slimy soup very tasty cactus soup with pigtails and mussels isn't it wonderfully slimy her husband Edsel Stanley confirms this his cousin's meanwhile start laying the 12 tables that belong to Yvonne's kitchen the calm before the storm at the edge of will and start in a private harbor a small expedition is setting out Barbara Pham beber is a submarine captain on the Kuro sub the firm has developed a submersible which is hired out to in the main marine researchers or rich individuals this is topside to read you loud and clear and I'm curious then buy for scratch today's trip is to go 200 meters down the pressure down there is enormous 20 atmospheres everything is double-checked okay copy that proceeding forward a test dive is on the program the grapplers and engines have been serviced and repaired underwater pilot Barbara needs to check whether the subsequent is working well at great depth [Music] Barbara's colleague Bruce brunt is operating the grapplers yeah we seem to be balanced okay we would like permission to activation another colleague is supervising the die from above every 15 minutes Rob Linda's load has to carry out the life-support check just like in an aeroplane okay cure except that's okapi ol copy if you're up in the air at the 30,000 feet or you're down there at the 1,000 feet something happens you're on your own it's not like like a car you can pull alongside the road but with the plane or submarine it doesn't work that way the submarine is hovering at a depth of 433 feet over a hundred and thirty meters I think of all different things you know from flying a plane - I don't know several things becoming an instructor diving instructor that I achieved also so yeah I mean as long as it was probably exciting and different it was there on my list and now she's the submarine captain on the side the to tidy up a little bit down here at 180 meters down it becomes quickly apparent whether the steering and grapplers are okay yeah just pick up that bottle you'll find that you'll find them even alongside a road and you know probably some fisherman or somebody on the yard at a party and I said okay I don't feel like walking to the garbage throw it over the side nobody will ever find it but ya didn't know that we have a submarine here in Curacao Marine researchers geologists and biologists from around the world put the submarine for trips into the deep it can pick up stones catch fish and collect plants and car wheels Barbara and Bruce have already discovered the next piece of rubbish [Music] what doesn't belong here is taken away I can't see the brand but it is a Firestone anyway down here it's dark cold and calm on the surface things are getting a bit choppy for Rob the midday heat is bringing a strong breeze now we're in the in the windy season so the trade winds are picking back up so yeah they're going from the east to the west and you get these big waves now on the boat so now it's not too bad today but later on especially at the end of the at the end of the day we'll get more a bigger way so in the olden days the trade ships used the trade winds to sail from Europe across the Atlantic the wind blows at its strongest and most consistent in early April and April is also the start of the season of a special national sport on Curacao you can buy them everywhere kites flea ger as they say here curly Anson is a professional kite builder with his own workshop he sells children's kites that's his livelihood [Music] yeah I think this is my life since my childhood my parents taught me how to build kites and now it is my job there wasn't here but at the moment he's working on a unique item for himself yeah I always have to cry when a new design goes up in the air it's so nice while home with the key this one he wants to fly himself see it's our big kite-flying competition soon the liga vet straight I want to win sure there's a lot of an amicable flea Evette straight on all the ABC islands namely Aruba Bonaire and curaçao the islands beneath the wind curly Hansen's new kite build is now entering the critical phase the frame has to go to the workshop so the artist can concentrate better and so the thin plastic sheets don't blow away in the wind Kerli Anson's latest creation is very colorful and hopefully air worthy - yeah yeah because normally it's just a normal kite it's a flat kite yeah just like a normal kite it has everything that a normal kite has just normal motor if it's okay it has to fly time is short the flea Yvette's trait is approaching fast five large bright flowers are to decorate the 3 by 3 meter kite a lot of work still for curly so far he was always ready in time but this time it is really tight [Music] somewhere out there in the Caribbean a small submarine is coming back to the surface Barbara and Bruce survived the test run well and there is a little less rubbish in the sea of Curacao Barbara guides the boat back to the harbor she doesn't so much sail it as fly it [Music] okay copy that please stand by for hatch all right copy that much safety first Rob Linda slowed the surface copilot can only relax when the submarine is safely moored in the harbor rapini you die upon my truck yes you like it yes tomorrow well let's start with one come on they'll get greedy daring the submarine divers certainly have a use for the tire we're going to use it as a fender for our dock for a dog systems because we're using all these old tires that's one that we found on the bottom so when that one is worn down you know we can use this one and their mission was a success all systems go [Music] the submarine has to come out of the salt water and into the swimming pool it's deserved a relaxing bath this is a good way to rinse this up we used to do it with a hose hose that you see right here I used to do it just with a hose but we noticed that the salt water really eats away all the electronics and mechanics on it so then the owner came up with the idea of creating a swimming pool so and this is really a good way to rinse it and we see really help we'll pull wellness for the water vehicle later the boat will be brought back to the garage to charge the batteries for the next journey - p.m. in Curacao as capital villain start change of shift on the floating Queen Emma bridge Erik Miguel has finished his shift and is hungry he goes to the Plaza Bo the market hall where he's attracted by Yvonne and edsells bar Erik is a regular [Music] [Applause] [Music] I want something that tastes good a big one I'll give you an extra nice one do you want to take it out or no I've ordered it already so okay so you're going to sit now okay hey honey it seems like you brought me a lot yes I brought you something big I just brought you some Kaddu she is there fish in it there's everything in it go through with your spoon and you'll see do you see it yes good is there thrown Peck eye in it there is everything in it that's the way it has to be so that it can go in if it isn't slimy it can't go down the throat cut do she the thick cactus soup and iguanas to give on specialities the midday business is going well like every day but there's no successor in sight for Yvonne when I grow old someone else must replace me I took the place over from my grandmother but now there's no more family who want to take over it's the time for other people ok after me there must be other people [Music] curly Hansen's kite got ready just in time and luckily a friend passed on his lorry that was close curly nearly didn't make it the flea Yvette's trade is a few kilometers away and already in full swing [Music] [Applause] this should be the entrance we have to get through here with this thing Curley enters his kite in the category speciale fleiger special kites at the moment the Jumbo kites are in the air followed by the themed kites whole village teams are competing against each other some teams have entered in several categories it's the event of the year for the locals tourists don't come here Curly's team has to go to the beauty assessment first the judges mark the appearance there are points for color and design then it comes to the crunch will it fly or not [Applause] the neighbors start off with a witch but the wind isn't strong enough Shirley's nerves are on edge I'm happy I just don't know if the wind is enough maybe tomorrow if you ask that the kite is a little heavy rock on upstairs not about stevia the time has come for curly in the special category a disaster oh yeah Bosnia such a shame but it can't be helped it all depends on the wind maybe it'll work next Sunday it all depends on the wind I'm psychic evil movies are not in VN do knocking bein to go in yeah curly and his kite friends take it with Caribbean calm a few kilometers further north in Sint yours Bay the day has a happy end for Girona and Sonia the boards have arrived the beach sand has been spread the shady areas are nicely shady and the seating areas haven't cost anything Jeron found two plastic benches [Music] this box come available to this bench is from an old fast-food restaurant which was being renovated and uh and they wanted to throw the benches away Chucky's bunkie Stan and his fairness I say now so I thought I'd take them for my clubs Oh bunk escape like an ideal CDO Jeron gathers his thoughts Sonia prepares the food Cantor and then it starts a tourist group has booked in for the afternoon the first guests are European mainly Dutch a home game for Girona and Sonia the club is open [Music] the Haiti demands if you live on the Antilles you can become a member for 25 guilders a year then you get members rates board rental only costs 30 guilders instead of 40 good prices good weather and good turnover in Caribbean guilders on the very first day here another board and best of all sharone who's been too busy to surf for weeks can ride the waves again after all that's why he returned to Curacao the island under the wind you

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