Show curacao curacao Is 40 miles long and three to seven miles wide it lies 41 miles north ot of the coast of ven venezuela azuela the island Is very dry and produces little vegetation sometimes there Is no lain tor for several months nearly all food has to be imported even drinking water being brought from the mainland for or those who can afford it others as in the case of bermuda drink rain water caught from the roofs of houses and stored in immaculately clean cisterns the most conspicuous tree irk in curacao Is the sap sapodilla odilia the if ruit of 0 which Is delicious but peculiar lia flavor here also grows the bitter orange the peel of which Is shipped to amsterdam or hamburg tor for the manufacture of curacao liqueur llou eur popular throughout the world but not anda aln in curacao |