The Nokia Guide

The N82 captures the vibrant colors of the 2008 Carnival

I’m a bit late with this one, but a few weeks ago Curacao celebrated its 2008 edition of Carnival, one of our main National celebrations. Basically the month of January and a part of February is dedicated to various Carnival parties called: “Jump-ins” and “Jump-ups” where the main difference is that one is held indoors while the other is done marching along the streets of Curacao. During this season of festivities specially created song festival are held to crown the best singer with his or her song as the “Tumba King or Queen” that will accompany the main parade. This is followed by the Children’s Carnival and the Teener  Parade. The carnival festivities will reach its height with the Grand Carnival parade. People take this so serious that they build sometimes elaborate and nicely decorated sitting areas alongside the route called “stands” so that they can sit, dance, eat and drink in the comfort of their stands and enjoy the Carnival, while others are happy with just a few chairs and umbrella.

Model returns to her native islands of Curacao: N82 captures the moment

Yesterday was a very exciting day as Miss Curacao Teenager (and girlfriend) Laurien returned to her native island of Curacao after winning the Miss Caribbean Hibiscus 2008 pageant and having taken part in the Dubai International Fashion Week. A group of friends, family, fans and people from the Curacao fashion community had joined together at the airport to welcome Laurien. Let’s just say that she wasn’t aware of the festivities planned for her so we got to see a few tears here and there. All of this was followed by a small night-time parade that ended in a night of partying! Of course I was there armed with the Nokia N82 to capture the moment. As you can see from the images the flash makes a world of a difference and completely replaced my digital camera that I had forgotten to recharge. Anywho, congrats to Laurien as she will be staying just a few days on the island as she will shortly have to leave again to attend some fashion shows in Europe.