Tree house at Lodge Kura Hulanda in Curacao
Cassie and I have made plans to spend a week scuba diving in Curacao this September. We're both very excited, and while we've booked our plane tickets, we have yet to decide where to stay.
The west side of the island seems most compatible with our personalities and the style with which we want to spend the week: off the beaten path, quiet, laid back. We narrowed down our options to two choices: All West Apartments, which offers a low budget, no frills vacation; and Lodge Kura Hulanda, a more luxurious resort.
Save money or live it up? A tough decision... but then we learned that Kura Hulanda also has a budget-conscious "Tree House," a rustic, $100/night accommodation that appealed to our sense of adventure and our wallets. How cool would it be to live like the Swiss Family Robinson for a week?
The answer: we didn't know. We combed the entire World Wide Web, but could not find a single photograph of the Tree House. So when it came to putting down our money, we were reluctant to book the Tree House for a week sight-unseen.
Enter Scubaboard, an online message board for scuba divers. We hooked up with "ffixer," a diver who happened to be spending a week at Kura Hulanda. He was gracious enough to shoot some photos of the arboreal accommodation and email them to us. Because these might be the only photographs of the Tree House known to exist online, I felt a duty (with ffixer's permission) to post them here.
Having now seen the rustic Robinsonian retreat, we are now leaning toward the hard-to-turn-down offer that All West made to us. Nevertheless, we will probably spend at least one night in the Tree House. A day in the depths and a night in the branches? Sounds like an adventure to me.
The Tree House
Trapdoor to Tree House platform
Private terrace outside the safari tent
Safari tent on the Tree House platform
Elegant furnishings inside the safari tent
Outdoor shower and privy
The "yard" outside and around the Tree House
The west side of the island seems most compatible with our personalities and the style with which we want to spend the week: off the beaten path, quiet, laid back. We narrowed down our options to two choices: All West Apartments, which offers a low budget, no frills vacation; and Lodge Kura Hulanda, a more luxurious resort.
Save money or live it up? A tough decision... but then we learned that Kura Hulanda also has a budget-conscious "Tree House," a rustic, $100/night accommodation that appealed to our sense of adventure and our wallets. How cool would it be to live like the Swiss Family Robinson for a week?
The answer: we didn't know. We combed the entire World Wide Web, but could not find a single photograph of the Tree House. So when it came to putting down our money, we were reluctant to book the Tree House for a week sight-unseen.
Enter Scubaboard, an online message board for scuba divers. We hooked up with "ffixer," a diver who happened to be spending a week at Kura Hulanda. He was gracious enough to shoot some photos of the arboreal accommodation and email them to us. Because these might be the only photographs of the Tree House known to exist online, I felt a duty (with ffixer's permission) to post them here.
Having now seen the rustic Robinsonian retreat, we are now leaning toward the hard-to-turn-down offer that All West made to us. Nevertheless, we will probably spend at least one night in the Tree House. A day in the depths and a night in the branches? Sounds like an adventure to me.
The Tree House
Trapdoor to Tree House platform
Private terrace outside the safari tent
Safari tent on the Tree House platform
Elegant furnishings inside the safari tent
Outdoor shower and privy
The "yard" outside and around the Tree House
Labels: photography, reference, scuba diving
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1 Comments:
Hi Guys!
I too used to scuba (popped an ear, can't go under no more..) and I didn't have the chance to do the Caribbean waters before, BUT, let me tell you what I did find out about the Caribbean that surprised me - Couch Surfing!
I had no Idea that there are "couches" there, but when I decided to go I looked it up and realized...
No the thing there is that most people do not offer a couch, and you can get your own room. This is a whole other type of an experience...
You wanted to live it up and have an interesting experience to feed your need for adventure?
anyway, Always enjoy reading travel experiences and finding out about new options, but let me tell you - Save your 1004 a night, and use it for gourmet meals with your hosts.
There are some very (Very) interesting people with high-end homes over there who offer a free space to live for some interesting company.
Keep on traveling and writing!
(And yeah, do treat yourselves with an expansive room here and there :) it is even nicer when it is rare, and with a Jacuzzi)
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