Or one of those damn iguanas in the road...lol!
DT's right Gafelk, you will have nothing at all to worry about and don't need a wingman for travel safety. I stayed at the Marriott and my buddies and I did that run numerous times. Late at night, during the day and as the sun was coming up...lol. I suggest you do the run during the day first, just to know the landmarks. It really is pretty easy to get to Campo from the hotel so don't worry!
One of my buddies and I are debating on going down in Feb. again for a week after reading some of the latest reports!
The Actual History of Curacao's Happy Camp
I found a very interesting book preview on line:
"Sexing The Caribbean: Gender, Race, and Sexual Labor"
By Kamala Kempadoo
Of particular interest is:
Chapter 4: "The Happy Camp in Curacao:
Legal Sex Work and the making of the SanDom”.
It starts on page 87 of this 116 page book published in 2004.
It gives the most in depth factual history on Campo I have ever read, not that there is a lot of published history on the Happy Camp.
Campo was started in 1949, before many, but not all readers of this forum were born.
Before Campo was established there were many RLD Hotels operating in downtown Willemstad.
Things were getting very out of hand and the locals loudly demanded a lid be put on it and the activities moved to a less conspicuous location.
Thus The Happy Camp was started and everyone who has ever visited will never forget the day/week/month they spent camping on Curacao.
If you need the book for your library, it is $135, but I think most ISG Forum readers will be content to read it on line and then directly spend the $135 on their own ‘research’ of the subject. Happy Reading.
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