Flying over Curaçao (2014, Hardcover, Illustrated) by download book MOBI, FB2, PDF
9789055947188 English 9055947180 Cura ao is an enchanting island. The first impressions are staggering. The hundred thousand tourists from Europe, the US and South America who annually visit this small piece of the Caribbean will all agree. It all seems so hospitable and inviting from the air and from the water, that you can hardly wait to set foot on land. What is it that makes Cura ao so different from the other islands in the Caribbean? All of them offer to more or less equal degrees the charms that make this part of the world so beloved: golden beaches, waving palms and temperatures that caress the skin. Cura ao's secret lies in the palette of sparkling colours. Wherever you look, Cura ao is a feast for the eye. People and nature indulge themselves in a contagious exuberance of colour. That gives rise to breathtaking images. Everywhere, new surprises await the eye. One hundred and fifty beautiful coloured photographs give a helicopter view (some of them even show recognisable people!) of the island of Cura ao., Curacao is a magical island. The hundred thousand tourists who annually visit this small piece of the Caribbean will certainly agree. It all seems so hospitable and inviting from the air and from the water that you can hardly wait to set foot on land. That is a big compliment for such a relatively small island. For if we are honest, Curacao, with a surface area of 444 square kilometres, can hardly be considered more than a speck on the globe and, apart from the azure blue seas which wash its shores, has only one major site worth seeing: the historic centre of Willemstad, which was placed by UNESCO on the World Heritage list in 1997. Aerial photographer Karel Tomei, who has visited and photographed so many countries, was initially troubled by this fierce attack on his retina. The colours exploded in front of me, he explains. What s more, he was also astounded by the changes the island had undergone since his previous visit, now more than forty years ago. Then everything was still very pure. It had the simple joy of a developing country. There are still traces to be found of that poverty, such as poor houses and ramshackle fishing huts. And a nasty smell still hangs round the refinery. But the island is indisputably more prosperous. ", Curaçao is an enchanting island. The first impressions are staggering. The hundred thousand tourists from Europe, the US and South America who annually visit this small piece of the Caribbean will all agree. It all seems so hospitable and inviting from the air and from the water, that you can hardly wait to set foot on land. What is it that makes Curaçao so different from the other islands in the Caribbean? All of them offer to more or less equal degrees the charms that make this part of the world so beloved: golden beaches, waving palms and temperatures that caress the skin. Curaçao's secret lies in the palette of sparkling colours. Wherever you look, Curaçao is a feast for the eye. People and nature indulge themselves in a contagious exuberance of colour. That gives rise to breathtaking images. Everywhere, new surprises await the eye. One hundred and fifty beautiful coloured photographs give a helicopter view (some of them even show recognisable people!) of the island of Curaçao., Cura�ao is an enchanting island. The first impressions are staggering. The hundred thousand tourists from Europe, the US and South America who annually visit this small piece of the Caribbean will all agree. It all seems so hospitable and inviting from the air and from the water, that you can hardly wait to set foot on land. What is it that makes Cura�ao so different from the other islands in the Caribbean? All of them offer to more or less equal degrees the charms that make this part of the world so beloved: golden beaches, waving palms and temperatures that caress the skin. Cura�ao's secret lies in the palette of sparkling colours. Wherever you look, Cura�ao is a feast for the eye. People and nature indulge themselves in a contagious exuberance of colour. That gives rise to breathtaking images. Everywhere, new surprises await the eye. One hundred and fifty beautiful coloured photographs give a helicopter view (some of them even show recognisable people!) of the island of Cura�ao.
9789055947188 English 9055947180 Cura ao is an enchanting island. The first impressions are staggering. The hundred thousand tourists from Europe, the US and South America who annually visit this small piece of the Caribbean will all agree. It all seems so hospitable and inviting from the air and from the water, that you can hardly wait to set foot on land. What is it that makes Cura ao so different from the other islands in the Caribbean? All of them offer to more or less equal degrees the charms that make this part of the world so beloved: golden beaches, waving palms and temperatures that caress the skin. Cura ao's secret lies in the palette of sparkling colours. Wherever you look, Cura ao is a feast for the eye. People and nature indulge themselves in a contagious exuberance of colour. That gives rise to breathtaking images. Everywhere, new surprises await the eye. One hundred and fifty beautiful coloured photographs give a helicopter view (some of them even show recognisable people!) of the island of Cura ao., Curacao is a magical island. The hundred thousand tourists who annually visit this small piece of the Caribbean will certainly agree. It all seems so hospitable and inviting from the air and from the water that you can hardly wait to set foot on land. That is a big compliment for such a relatively small island. For if we are honest, Curacao, with a surface area of 444 square kilometres, can hardly be considered more than a speck on the globe and, apart from the azure blue seas which wash its shores, has only one major site worth seeing: the historic centre of Willemstad, which was placed by UNESCO on the World Heritage list in 1997. Aerial photographer Karel Tomei, who has visited and photographed so many countries, was initially troubled by this fierce attack on his retina. The colours exploded in front of me, he explains. What s more, he was also astounded by the changes the island had undergone since his previous visit, now more than forty years ago. Then everything was still very pure. It had the simple joy of a developing country. There are still traces to be found of that poverty, such as poor houses and ramshackle fishing huts. And a nasty smell still hangs round the refinery. But the island is indisputably more prosperous. ", Curaçao is an enchanting island. The first impressions are staggering. The hundred thousand tourists from Europe, the US and South America who annually visit this small piece of the Caribbean will all agree. It all seems so hospitable and inviting from the air and from the water, that you can hardly wait to set foot on land. What is it that makes Curaçao so different from the other islands in the Caribbean? All of them offer to more or less equal degrees the charms that make this part of the world so beloved: golden beaches, waving palms and temperatures that caress the skin. Curaçao's secret lies in the palette of sparkling colours. Wherever you look, Curaçao is a feast for the eye. People and nature indulge themselves in a contagious exuberance of colour. That gives rise to breathtaking images. Everywhere, new surprises await the eye. One hundred and fifty beautiful coloured photographs give a helicopter view (some of them even show recognisable people!) of the island of Curaçao., Cura�ao is an enchanting island. The first impressions are staggering. The hundred thousand tourists from Europe, the US and South America who annually visit this small piece of the Caribbean will all agree. It all seems so hospitable and inviting from the air and from the water, that you can hardly wait to set foot on land. What is it that makes Cura�ao so different from the other islands in the Caribbean? All of them offer to more or less equal degrees the charms that make this part of the world so beloved: golden beaches, waving palms and temperatures that caress the skin. Cura�ao's secret lies in the palette of sparkling colours. Wherever you look, Cura�ao is a feast for the eye. People and nature indulge themselves in a contagious exuberance of colour. That gives rise to breathtaking images. Everywhere, new surprises await the eye. One hundred and fifty beautiful coloured photographs give a helicopter view (some of them even show recognisable people!) of the island of Cura�ao.