Country Info
- Oranjestad
- Capital
- Aruban Guilder (AWG)
- Currency
- 70,007
- Population
- AW
- Country Code
Oranjestad Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Oranjestad, Aruba
On our way at last
This is a top pick! ... , 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 ...
Missing work...you must be joking !
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Chilled, tanned and visitors
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Our crappy apartment in Aruba
This is a top pick! ... was not paid yet, but I extended it'. Relieve, that we can go home. With the tickets in our hot little hands, we explore Oranjestad. We go for a local beer. And a meal: grouper and surf and turf. VERY nice. Exploring the city some more: local Rodeo ...
Hubby, you lost your tank
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
This is goodbye
This is a top pick! ... to the daily mails AND our crappy appartment. So great that I already started sopping yesterday. It was a nice last day in Oranjestad. We went shopping. And, no, I did not buy you presents. Maybe if you just had your birthday OR I stay at ...
To car or not to car
This is a top pick! ... 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
This is a top pick! So this as Aruba: Aruba_map.jpg; we are staying 10 minutes walk from the center of Oranjestad, the capital. Aruba is a 32 km-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea, 27 km north of the Paraguaná Peninsula, Falcón State, ...
The north of the island
This is a top pick! 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 ...
1 lazy day, 3 days diving, or not
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
The House Where We Stayed
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
... back 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 ...
Happy new year
... 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 ...
Last minute shopping
... t-shirts. DD1 want to buy an Aruba friendship to give to friends back home but they don't have it so we went to downtown Oranjestad. After lunch the kids went swimming in the pool while I was doing laundry in our room and started packing. I want to ...
Cruisin': Days 1-4
... the country as a family, so we decided to take a 10-day cruise that departs from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and stops in Aruba, Columbia, Panama, Costa Rica, and the Cayman Islands before returning back to Ft. Lauderdale. Not too shabby! The first three ...
We arrive in Aruba
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 ...
where the hell did the week go?
... 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!
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
... . We 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 ...
Malmok Beach, Madame Janette
... 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 ...
A bucket of Balashi beer please...
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
... 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..
... 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 ...
Aruba Scuba At Last!
... updates to Cartagena & beyond. I am sweating outside in the shade. Very hot & sunny here in Oranjestad, Aruba! Such a stark contrast to the slums of San Blahs (sic) and suburban Cartagena! Albeit, heard from fellow ...
I thought this was tropical...
... . 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 ...
Our trip to the Natural Pool
... Natural Pool from the High Rise Hotels: (4x4 is a must) Got this rom TA and added some changes. Take 1A toward Oranjestad past the Adventure Golf. Make a left at the circle past Royal Cabana. This is 4A to Paradera. On the right side ...
Aruba (a Dutch island off the coast of Venezuela)
After docking at the peer in Oranjestad, we were in the terminal by 7:30 in the morning, found our tour group, and headed to the parking lot, where we were psyched to find that our transportation for the day was the Banana Bus, by far the most interesting ...
Aruba update
... always 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 ...
Alto Vista Chapel, Baby Beach, Seroe Colorado
... of 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 ...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD !
... 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 ...