Island Card <Lose Island R-115>
~ When visiting Curaçao on board ss Azure Sea you learn that the island has a tradition as a refuge for the persecuted. From the Caiquetio Indians fleeing from the fierce Caribs; to freedom fighters Simon Bolivar and Juan Pablo Duarte; to the Jews, who built the oldest existing synagogue in the Western hemisphere; and to the Muslims and English Protestants who came for this island’s religious tolerance. But not your cab driver, who has obviously been adversely affected by the strong trade winds which blow here, and who is obnoxious … Lose Curaçao … ~
