Aruba Travel Blogs

Our crappy apartment in Aruba
Aug 6, 2007 (18 photos)

... was so adventurous to try something at random. He wasn't. He just taught it was strawberry. And did not like it! Arriving in Aruba, after a 40 minute flight, we went looking for the AlkeFly office. Dr T booked our home flight weeks ago in Curacao. The ...

Hubby, you lost your tank
Aug 8, 2007 (3 photos)

... with a dictionary and grammar. Papiamento, or Papiamentu, is the primary language spoken on the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao. Papiamento is a creole language whose lexicon is drawn firstly from Portuguese and Spanish (about 60%) ...

This is goodbye
Aug 16, 2007 (1 photos)

Indeed, goodbye to my mails but hello to us!!! I plan to see you all in the coming 1,5 months: my family and friends, is that not great???  It is goodbey to the daily mails AND our crappy appartment.  So great that I already started ...

To car or not to car
Aug 9, 2007 (9 photos)

... call.  At 10h30, we step back downstairs: nobody home. So, even if they would call, that would not help. Welcome to Aruba, have a nice day. We start walking to the city to look for a car ourselves, when Ingrid passes us by car and says, come ...

Jehovah's witnesses
Aug 7, 2007 (13 photos)

... in the Realm of Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of a European part (The Netherlands) and a Caribbean-American part (Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles). Unlike much of the Caribbean-American region, Aruba has a dry climate and an arid, cactus- ...

On our way at last
Mar 4, 2007 (5 photos)

... , sky is blue and everything is right in the world....spent a couple of days just chilling out and soaking up the Caribbean atmosphere, Aruba is great.....touch me !! Not all going well, can't get the mobile phone to work, may have to go with plan B.. ...

The north of the island
Aug 11, 2007 (9 photos)

Today, we go and sniffle north. See Aruba.jpg. We drive to the California light house: 2464-66-69 and come back down.  The whole north east side is in dust road: 2470, for which we do not have the right car! Our second stop is the Wish Rock Garden, ...

Missing work...you must be joking !
Apr 20, 2007 (8 photos)

... are great, managed to scare the young ones (and Kim) on the way out when all the bats started to fly.  Easter in Aruba is really weird, everyone seems to go camping on the beach, there were thousands, only went on for a week, and the Easter bunny ...

1 lazy day, 3 days diving, or not
Aug 12, 2007 (24 photos)

... so it is a lot. But even if it was peanuts: he owes us! We go diving with Bero and Tito. http://www.scubadivers-aruba.com/services.html Back right is Bero, our instructor for the day. Left is Tito (your dark twin, Norbert), his grandma is 111 ...

Bonaire stopover
May 1, 2007

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Chilled, tanned and visitors
Apr 1, 2007 (11 photos)

... and so many....what a great day out. Steve & I went deep sea fishing, up at 5am for 6am start.....but this is Aruba, so we didn't actually leave until 7.15am, still caught some fish over 50lb (oh alright then, 30lb but you should have seen the one ...

The House Where We Stayed
Apr 13, 2005

We stayed in a very beautiful community at the northern end of Aruba called Tierra del Sol. Our little house had two bedrooms and two full baths, a full kitchen, living room, dining room, two small patios and our own private pool. The houses were ...

Aruba
Aug 29, 2008 (3 photos)

... in the jeeps up and over the same mountain and back to the tour operator office to get on a bus back to the ship. Aruba was a very pretty place but not at all what I was expecting.  Our Tour Guide referred to it as Arizona with water all around it ...

Happy new year
Jan 1, 2009 (13 photos)

... London transport) we have got fitter and lost some weight (before Xmas). We were introduced to the IFA (International friends of Aruba) which has allowed us to meet new people, we have been invited to a range of events and dinner parties....3 invites ...

Aruba time
Oct 6, 2008 (17 photos)

... in a rush despite telling them of the urgency... Colin concluded that they are rude, arrogant and paranoid. Forth, we landed in Aruba at midnight....waited at the baggage reclaim until we were the only one left and no bags seemed to be going around, so ...

Last minute shopping
Apr 18, 2009 (14 photos)

... . After lunch the kids went swimming in the pool while I was doing laundry in our room and started packing. I want to see the Aruba sunset one last time. Lola and DS do not want to go out anymore. So we went to Eagle Beach by "workman's cache" and ...

We arrive in Aruba
Apr 13, 2005 (6 photos)

We arrived in Aruba around 2pm and walked across the street to a car rental where we had arranged to rent a car for the week. The first car they offered us looked like it had seen a few hard miles and John promptly refused it. The second car they offered ...

where the hell did the week go?
Jul 23, 2006

... headed out to downtown Aruba with a few other co-workers in search of gifts. there are lots of great jewelry stores in downtown Aruba. apparently, gems are cheaper than in the states and it's something you buy when you come to the island. after a few ...

Happy Easter!
Apr 12, 2009 (14 photos)

We checked out of Divi Dutch Village today. We asked for direction to a Catholic Church nearby. We were told to go to Tamrijn where the Guest Services was located. We did not waste our time going there. We know there was a church on Noord. We drove ...

Dive JADS
Oct 4, 2009 (32 photos)

... make scuba diving on your Aruba vacation convenient and enjoyable. Certified Scuba Divers will enjoy our Boat Charters for exploring Aruba shipwrecks, deep dives, and scuba diving in a diver’s playground. All of our certified divers dive with a PADI ...

Malmok Beach, Madame Janette
Apr 15, 2009 (10 photos)

... to the Natural Pool but nothing was available.  Based on our experienced wherein we had a hard time renting a vehicle while we were in Aruba, I told DH that we should book a 4x4 before we leave but he wants to play it by ear when we get there. Now we ...

A bucket of Balashi beer please...
Jul 6, 2006 (2 photos)

So, this local Aruban beer, Balashi.. tasty! Been getting buckets of it all week while laying on the sand by the ocean. Today started off like the past few days. Morning workout, breakfast, and meetings! We were going to go on waverunners after the ...

ATVs and the dessert paradise that is Aruba
Jul 5, 2006

... for about 30 minutes to the location of the ATV rental place. Three hours or so later, we have driven the ATVs through Aruba's national park.. stopping at the Ayo rock formation, the Gold Mill ruins and a crazy looking natural bridge. I had a blast. ...

my last full day on the island..
Jul 7, 2006 (2 photos)

... sea bass EVAR. and bottles of good wine. i ate well this trip. :) the crew decided to go bar hopping and i decided that it was probably wiser for me to go to sleep. tomorrow, i go shopping in downtown aruba to bring gifts back to the folks at home.

I thought this was tropical...
Jul 3, 2006 (1 photos)

... . As I walked out, the heat washed over me immediately and memories of Malaysia hit me. I started to notice all the unique things about Aruba. Yes, it's an island but it's dry... and VERY windy! Today will be a slow day as we try to shrug off the long ...

Aruba (a Dutch island off the coast of Venezuela)
Feb 10, 2008 (7 photos)

... for the day took us, on sometimes very bumpy roads, away from the port and into the hills. We immediately noticed that Aruba is more prosperous than Jamaica, and were charmed by the bright Caribbean colors and Dutch style of some of the buildings. Our ...

Aruba update
Nov 5, 2008 (16 photos)

... tell, apparently, Brits are the only people to say "LOVELY" so easy to spot. We also found the sole Aussie on Aruba...there is always one ! Our neighbour is a former English professional footballer for 10 years....he & his wife built a jungle lodge in ...

Alto Vista Chapel, Baby Beach, Seroe Colorado
Apr 15, 2009 (28 photos)

... my check list was to buy a travel mug from Dunkin Donuts Aruba. Don't ask me why. Maybe because it says, "Dunkin Donuts Aruba....it's worth the trip" (ha ha ha). We also bought a chocolate kreme filling donuts for the kids. Then we bought bagels at Dushi. ...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD !
May 22, 2009 (139 photos)

... were ocean front units  :o) The day following my arrival (Thursday) Moira, Rusty and I spent the day at Aruba's newest attraction: Morgan's Island Aqua Park (http://www.arubamorgansisland.com/). Our cousin Ingrid was celebrating her daughters 8th ...

Hooiberg and Casibari Rock Formation
Apr 12, 2009 (41 photos)

... have a hard time we help them. After we signed the logbook, we took a water break and enjoyed the view of the whole Aruba. Can't see Venezuela because it was cloudy; nonetheless the view from the top was really awesome. From the Hooiberg we went to the ...