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- Oranjestad
- Capital
- Aruban Guilder (AWG)
- Currency
- 70,007
- Population
- AW
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Oranjestad Slideshow
Oranjestad
Travel Blogs from Oranjestad, Aruba
Day 11
Day 11: Aruba Ahhhhh were FINALLY here. After all that traveling, we made it. I'm kissing the ground I’m standing on right now. I kid I kid. But seriously its so nice to finally be here. Its absolutely gorgeous. We anchored and put our dinghy in the ...
Jeeps can take a beating
... . We had a number of bitter and bruised travellers that evening. I don't blame them. Aruba has some nice shops around the main area of Oranjestad if you're into high end shopping while on vacation. Most places did not look ...
Aruba
... 2011 Aruba Up and out for the now regular stretch and tai chi then back with tea for Tina and up for breakfast. Headed into Aruba and hired a car, decided on an older one with aircon rather than the jeep and got a deal for 50 bucks. So off we went ...
It's never what you know, but who, or whom
... had other ideas. And what I’m about to tell you normally happens with me on board. The route from Panama to Aruba is effectively sailing due east. The prevailing winds are due west; in exactly the opposite direction. Impossible to really sail. And ...
Aruba - Winter 2006
My boyfriend, some friends and I stayed in Aruba for approximately a week over Christmas 2006. My boyfriend and I stayed at the Westin, a nice hotel on the beach. We were a 10- or 15-minute walk from the Marriot Hotel, where all our other ...
The Dutch Island
The wonderful Aruba!!! But not a place for children!!! Go with your wife, not with your ...
renovations everywhere
... Prices are going up at the grocery stores and the roads are now being repaved causing a traffic fiasco. Once all the changes are implented, Aruba will again become more "user friendly". Check out the beach and the La Cabana unit renovations in the ...
A pretty little place!
We arrived in Oranjestad, Aruba at 3:00 pm and we had until 11:30 pm before the call back to the ship for "All Aboard". The trip from Santo Domingo to Aruba was 357 nautical miles... Aruba is a Dutch island and Oranjestad is the capital city. ...
Welcome to Aruba!
... Airport on American Airlines. We chose the earliest flight possible so as to have as much time as we possibly could to enjoy sunny Aruba. Our flight departed at 6:30a.m. and arrived Aruba at 1:40p.m. EST. We hopped a taxi and took in the ...
1. Seetag: Auf dem Weg durch die karibische See
Unser erster Seetag. Es ist warm, bewölkt und gelegentliche kurze Regenschauer führen zu größeren Völkerwanderungen auf dem Pooldeck. Auf die Liegen, unter den Regenschutz, auf die Liegen, ... usw. Fern der Heimat möchten wir natürlich auch unser ...
Snorkel Sensation in Aruba
Today we awoke to find the Ventura docked in Oranjestad, Aruba. We had been here once before; on the Arcadia in 2007 and we enjoyed it a lot, so we were pleased to be back. After breakfast we decided to go ashore and spend the ...
Happy New Year - Welcome 2010
... the kids (including me) had a blast. This was the first time in 25+ years that I was spending new years on the islands (Aruba or Curacao) and the highlight of the evening for me, other than the banana fritters and the olieballen and spending time with my ...
Aruba
... is a bizarrely twisted scrub endemic in Aruba because of the constant trade winds Walk in downtown Orangestadt. Visited the Aruba Historical Museum showing their cultures and bought an good health plaque for the house. Bought a ...
Aruba
... port day, in Aruba. We decided to divert from our normal shopping time to take a taxi driver 2 hour tour around Aruba. We had a great and enjoyable driver named 'Lenoard'. He gave us all the highlights and had some great sights, ...
What's Dutch about this island, huh?!
... interesting fish nor beautiful corals. Snorkkeling expenditions are more of a party kind, with open-bar and rope-jumping included. Oranjestad is a small place without many attractive things to gawk at. At least there are some decent restaurants and such, ...
Aruba
no blog .. just a placeholder for pics (still being scanned, this was during my pre-digital camera ...
Prices are HIGH!
Just wanted to let you know that we are safe in Aruba. Lisa called her mom yesterday, but was worried about the charges, so I didn't ask to use her phone. My phone is roaming, but I'm keeping it turned off. We have internet at the hotel ...
Michael Jackson - wow!
Went to see This Is It last night! Completely blown away by what would have been a terrific show. ...
Aruba la colorée
Aruba... Quel endroit pitoresque. Tout est coloré. En fait, comme il s'agit d'une des trois îles "ABC" ("A" = Aruba, "B" = Bonaire, "C" = Curaçao) appartenant aux Pays-Bas et qu'on appelle aussi les Antilles Néerlandaises. Ici encore, le tour ...
Getting hotter
... around 7am. It is windy and sunny. This is a small island. We woke up and outside our balcony there is the city of Oranjestad. After breakfast we get ready to visit it by taking a walk into the center of town. A LOT of jewelry stores everywhere. Too much ...
Kerstkaart: "THE MAKING OF"
Een blik achter de schermen tijdens de opnamen voor de kerstkaart. Starring: Maria, Jozef, Annelies, Enoch, Mathilde en ...
Hot
It was so hot we didn't go far. If I go again it will be beach or water sports on this beautiful island. ...
Aruba
lay-over on way home from Bonaire. drank lots of water on the flight into Aruba- you know the ...
hot
... so the place is heaving with tourists. We have got used to having places to ourselves so it has become a bit of a shock. Oranjestad is transplanted America and as such is not of much interest so me. We did go to a butterfly farm and that was ...
Ethnographically
Gender, Sexuality, Evolutionary Biology. Genetics. Physiology. Instinct. movement. communication. interpretation, translation. Flight Attendant. Stewardess. we all 'attend' the flight. First Class 'distinction'. Attitude. chicken or egg: ...