Is Papiamentu spoken anywhere outside the ABC islands ? Not related, but, have you seen any tree groves growing the Lahara orange trees ? I see one or two trees at the distillery but that's it; you would think there needs to be a lot of these trees to fill the need at the distillery ?
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Hi Rob, Officially not. But of course in places like holland there are such large communities of the ABC-islanders that Papiamentu is widespread. It is said that Papiamentu still resembles the Cape Verdean Creole from which it stems. About the Laraha, good question. not to our knowledge. You might find out more through Dinah Veeris herb garden. Many of us did have some growing in our yards at one point or another. But there have been widespread diseases that affected the Laraha trees over the years. And they really are not very tasty compared to the more common orange.
@ Thanks, I'll ask when I'm there. I've been Google "mapping" the whole island and I don't see anything in terms of groves like you would see in Florida (I know the scale of things are way off) but is this Curacao's little secret - no Lahara trees are used anymore ? Bum-bum-bummmmmm ! I'm kind of obsessing about it because I have some of my own fruit trees and live in a northern climate and it's a hit-and-miss proposition. Pears and apples, nice. Peaches, one year plenty of great samples, then nothing. Same for cherries. So frustrating...same for the Spanish centuries ago and they had to bring these things from Spain and nothing but a shriveled up green lump lol.
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@@robtheslob3940 Yeah, one Floridian orange grove could cover all of Curacao 😂 Perhaps you can let us know your findings once you’re here. Could make for an interesting CuracaoCurious segment! Much of our produce is imported. But we have become better at local harvests in recent years. Expect to find amazing papaya and mango’s here.
Keep up the good work.
Great work and keep up! Mi ta kier siña hopi!
Masha bon!
Is Papiamentu spoken anywhere outside the ABC islands ? Not related, but, have you seen any tree groves growing the Lahara orange trees ? I see one or two trees at the distillery but that's it; you would think there needs to be a lot of these trees to fill the need at the distillery ?
Hi Rob,
Officially not. But of course in places like holland there are such large communities of the ABC-islanders that Papiamentu is widespread. It is said that Papiamentu still resembles the Cape Verdean Creole from which it stems.
About the Laraha, good question. not to our knowledge. You might find out more through Dinah Veeris herb garden.
Many of us did have some growing in our yards at one point or another. But there have been widespread diseases that affected the Laraha trees over the years. And they really are not very tasty compared to the more common orange.
@ Thanks, I'll ask when I'm there. I've been Google "mapping" the whole island and I don't see anything in terms of groves like you would see in Florida (I know the scale of things are way off) but is this Curacao's little secret - no Lahara trees are used anymore ? Bum-bum-bummmmmm ! I'm kind of obsessing about it because I have some of my own fruit trees and live in a northern climate and it's a hit-and-miss proposition. Pears and apples, nice. Peaches, one year plenty of great samples, then nothing. Same for cherries. So frustrating...same for the Spanish centuries ago and they had to bring these things from Spain and nothing but a shriveled up green lump lol.
@@robtheslob3940 Yeah, one Floridian orange grove could cover all of Curacao 😂 Perhaps you can let us know your findings once you’re here. Could make for an interesting CuracaoCurious segment! Much of our produce is imported. But we have become better at local harvests in recent years. Expect to find amazing papaya and mango’s here.
@ I actually asked the Tourism Board and they said there was a couple of trees at the distillery ... a couple of trees, that's it ?