Sweet surprises fill Curacao and candy-colored Willemstad.(Travel)

The Boston Herald | January 6, 2005| | Copyright

Byline: HOLLY REICH (SPECIAL TO THE HERALD)

CURACAO - On this Dutch Caribbean island the word dushi, from the local language of Papiamento, translates to "sweetie, very nice, darling, tasty or good." It's as common a saying as hello.

With an average year-round temperature of 82 degrees, constant cooling trade winds and some of the sweetest beaches you've ever seen, Curacao is itself the personification of dushi.

Like Aruba, Curacao is located in the southwestern Caribbean, outside the hurricane belt. The largest of the Netherlands Antilles at 38 ...

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