Curacao 2026 (page 5 of 9)

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Day 5 - Feb 11, 2026

Dive Day 2! We started out with juice, yogurt and muesli in the room and then headed back to Ocean's Encounters. We once again were on the Phoenix and had Anita as our dive master. The two sites we dove were Black Rock and The Booby Trap. We didn't see quite as much today but still saw some great cowfish, trunk fish and even a nurse shark. They are quite unusual in this area so even the dive masters were thrilled! Mike also saw a tiny lion fish, and Anita pointed out a very very small crab, about the size of your fingernail.

After diving, we stopped at the Centrum Supermarket to stock up on some more breakfast food and also got some Bacitracin for a cut on Mike's had that he had before we'd left that wasn't getting any better. For little things like this, they are kept behind a counter, and you have to pay for them separately.

After that we got back to the hotel and our room was just starting to be cleaned. The lady offered to come back later, so we changed clothes quickly and headed out to find a quick lunch. We walked down the street that the parade had been on; it was full of tourist shops. We did find the Terrace Plaza, which was empty but advertised as a sports bar. They had a lot of pictures of soccer players as well as Curacaoan baseball players on the wall, and the man who appeared to be the owner waited on us. We got a couple of Cokes, and the owner convinced Greta to try the Pastechi, which was a fried pastry filled with shredded Chicken. He also showed Mike on his phone that it was rated the "Best Pastechi in Curacao" by a site in the Netherlands. Greta did enjoy it and would try one again. Mike wanted to get Chicken Satay but they were out so he got the BBQ Grilled Chicken instead. Both came with fries that had mayo on them (we were asked which we wanted - maybe or ketchup). It was a fast, easy meal - just what we needed.

Back at the hotel, we discovered that the cleaning lady was in our room, so we headed down to the pool area for a bit to wait. Then once we got back to our room, we just relaxed a bit before heading out for a night dive. We hit a bit of traffic on the way to Ocean Encounters - Greta suggested a side road off the "RING" highway, but soon discovered that it ended on a one way going the wrong way. Eventually we got turned around on back on our way. At one point, off-internet Google directed us the wrong way but eventually we got to the dive shop. We were the only divers scheduled, so we didn't hold anyone up. Megan was our dive master and she told us not to worry about hurrying - we didn't need to leave for a half hour. We'd hoped for a boat dive at Tugboat, but because it was only the two of us, it was downgraded to a shore dive on location. There had been sightings of a sea horse that day but we didn't find it. There wasn't a lot to see on this dive but we did see a small lobster walking on the sea floor, and Mike saw a few crabs (Greta only saw the one that Megan pointed out). But right at the end of the dive we were successful - an OCTOPUS! At first it hid under some coral, but then climbed out the other side, hid, then climbed out again. Then climbed over to another rock/coral formation and was changing colors from purple to brown even as we watched. That was a great way to end the dive. We turned in all our gear and ran our things back to the car. We'd stored everything overnight there the night before, but since we will not be diving on Thursday, we had to turn in the rental gear.

We then ate at one of the restaurants on the resort site - a waterside restaurant called Olas & Copas. They advertised a number of different kinds of fresh fish, so we both ordered the catch of the day. Mike had Mahi Mahi with veggies and mashed potatoes. Greta had yellow fin tuna with veggies and fries. It all was very very good!

After that, it was back to the hotel to hang up our things to dry and to go to sleep for the night.

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