AmazingEarth's video: Underwater Cura ao: A Spectacular and Beautiful Underwater View

Underwater Curaçao: A Spectacular and Truly Beautiful View from Underwater - GoPro It belonged to the Amerindians, was "found" by the Spanish, then conquered by the Dutch and populated by successive waves of Africans, Sephardic Jews and Indonesians, among others. Just 35 miles north of Venezuela, Curaçao is an incredible melting pot, so much so that it has its own language, Papiamentu. Tall, narrow buildings painted in Easter egg colors crowd the shores of Sint Annabai (St. Anna Bay), which divides the original colonial side of the capital, Willemstad — called Punda — from the newer side, called Otrobanda (literally, "the other side"). The St. Emma Bridge, which is on pontoons and swings open to admit cruise ships, connects the two sides, so a short walk takes you from the middle of Punda to the center of Otrobanda. Outside of the city, the landscape is dry and arid, with the spiky silhouettes of kadushi cacti serrating the desolate countryside. The beaches of Curaçao are spectacular, but the best beach in Curaçao isn't on the island; that beach is eight miles offshore on Klein Curaçao. Before you arrive, book a half-day charter with Adrenaline Sports aboard their private yacht. They can arrange whatever suits you — a beachside picnic, snorkeling, fishing, sunbathing, water toys — and deliver you back to Willemstad in plenty of time to re-embark. If cruising at the surface isn't enough, Substation Curaçao offers one of the few deep dives in the Caribbean. Unlike the Atlantis Submarines that descend a hundred feet, the Curasub vehicle drops down a thousand feet for a close-up view of the island's steep walls. View big basket sponges, giant sea fans and critters. List of Animals: "Blackbar Soldier Fish", Myripristis jacobus "Great Barracuda", Sphyraena barracuda "Trumpetfish", Aulostomus maculatus "Giant Anemone", Condylactis gigantea "Banded Coral Shrimp", Stenopus hispidus " Smooth Trunkfish", Lactophrys triqueter "Goldentail Moray Eel", Gymnothorax miliaris "Hawksbill Seaturtle" Eretmochelys imbricata "Lionfish", Pterois miles "Spotted Eagle Ray", Aetobatus narinari "Common Octopus", Octopus vulgaris "Peacock Flounder", Bothus mancus "Slender Seahorse", Hippocampus reidi (?) "Foureye Butterflyfish", Chaetodon capistratus Juvenile "Grey Angelfish", Promacanthus paru "Honeycomb Cowfish", Acanthostracion polygonia "Queen Angelfish", Holacanthus ciliaris "Stove-top Sponge", aplysina archeri "Sergeant Major", Abudefduf, saxatilis "Porcupine Fish", Diodon hystrix "Spotted Eagle Ray", Aetobatus narinari "Caribbean Reef Squid", Sepioteuthis sepioidea "Hawksbill Seaturtle", Eretmochelys imbricata For more information visit: Curaçao's beaches, photos & descriptions: http://www.curacao-travelguide.com/discover/beaches/ Curaçao , a unique Caribbean island paradise: http://www.curacao.com/en/ Curaçao Tourism - Best of Curaçao: http://www.tripadvisor.com.mx/Tourism-g147277-Curacao-Vacations.html Attribution: the treefort (Sophie Goodall & Dalma Boros) - Diving In Curaçao (GoPro Hero3) Original video can be found at: https://vimeo.com/55059626 Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/