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Article: Dutch treat: Curacao is not your ordinary Caribbean island. Beyond beaches and water sports, it's a slice of history that goes back to the Dutch colonists of the 1600s. (Executive Travel Curacao, Netherland Antilles).
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- June 1, 2002
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"THERE, SMELL THIS BASIL," SAYS DINAH Veeris, plucking a leaf from the bright green plant growing in the shade. She holds the leaf up to her kind, broad face and inhales deeply, then offers the aromatic herb to her visitor. She smiles benignly as she continues through the rows of herbs and medicinal plants, pointing out berries that symbol good luck and heavy squash gourds that puportedly bring rain.
Veeris' cultivated plot is called Den Paradera, an herb garden open to the public in the heart of Seru Grandi, a suburb of Willemstad, Curacao's capital. The garden, based on traditional Caribbean folk medicine and herbal remedies, is an oasis of green among the ...