During one of my Caribbean cruises, I arrived in Curaçao and immediately discovered that everyone had received the dress code—except me.
During one of my cruises across the Caribbean, I stepped ashore in Curaçao and quickly discovered that everyone had received the dress code—except me.
Standing between two wonderfully cheerful women dressed in vibrant Caribbean costumes, my plain white T-shirt suddenly felt like the least ambitious outfit on the entire island. Their energy, colours and smiles captured exactly what Curaçao felt like from the very first moment: warm, joyful and impossible to overlook.
Sometimes the best travel photographs are not carefully planned. You simply arrive, stand in the right place and realise that you are clearly the most underdressed person in the frame.
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- 2026-01-01