Relaxing – Appelita

What’s more relaxing than a day at the beach?

A day at the beach, on a deserted island!

An island a few miles from Curaçao, named “Klein Curaçao” [= meaning “little Curaçao”]. This piece of uninhabited 1.7 kilometers, with its crystal clear waters, is the perfect get-away.

My friend’s birthday was right around the corner and what better way to celebrate her birthday than a trip to Klein Curaçao.

We booked a trip on the catamaran “Black & White”, with the organization Blue Finn.

Since our last rock climbing adventure, my friend got pretty sick. I was quite worried that she’d experience the same again. So in preparation for the trip, we brought along seasickness pills, sparkling water, crackers, sunscreen and caps.

Nothing was going to spoil our R&R day in the sun!

Despite that it’s a 1.5 hour trip sailing against the current to Klein Curaçao, motion sickness can occur, luckily it went quite smoothly.

It was a well-planned and organized trip. I was baffled of the organization’s accurateness with their planning. The boat reached exactly at 8.15am, lunch was exactly at 12.30pm, we left Klein Curaçao at exactly 3pm and reached Curaçao at 5pm!

Flashbacks from the days in The Netherlands, were majority is well planned and organized.

This is level of planning and organizing is Top-Of-The-Line!

We spend the day swimming, taking a ton of pictures (you have to flaunt the escapade :)), bbq’ing and just plain chilling.

We came home relaxed and incredibly tanned.

Next trip… a sunset sailing trip!

A day at the spa was precisely what I needed. Due to the Covid-pandemic, I haven’t taken a vacation. I was craving for some “R&R”days, Rest and Relax moments. Doing so, on the island can be challenging, as you get taken back into your routine easily.

A friend of mine was in the same jam as me, so we booked a day-pass at the spa, on the opposite side of the island. With a 30-minute drive to the spa, at an off-road area, the spa was located next to a beach. It felt as though, being at a different place all together.

When we reached the spa, we were offered a menu, from which we could we choose 4 services. We chose a (1) 15-minute shoulder/neck massage, (2) 15-minute hand massage, (3) lip scrub treatment and (4) body scrub session. Each service placed us more and more into a Zen-mode.

The premises included a steam room, sauna, ice-room, Jacuzzi and pool; we relaxed in each and every one of them!

Just before heading home, we still had a body-scrub session pending. We were offered 3 types of body scrubs, which we could use in their water-fall shower. We left clean and completely relaxed!

The ultimate Zen-escapade 🙂