Astoria Hotel & Restaurant Aruba

Day 11: Aruba<br><br>Ahhhhh were FINALLY here. After all that traveling, we made it. I'm kissing the ground I&#8217;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 water and headed to town about 5 minute dinghy ride ...

... were. They said there was &#8220;no problem&#8221; we could anchor there. We had gone over what my job was, and how to anchor there many times that morning because we knew it was going to be a unique anchorage. But its always the exact opposite of how you practice. Usually at anchorages you just put the anchor down, but here there was a rope that we had to tie to instead. It was my job to grab the rope as fast as I could while Jamie steered the boat. I had to use a boat hook to reach over ...

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... sign as far as the eye can see). To get the car back I had to pay a $45 towing fee first. Conveniently, there&#8217;s a ticket machine inside the airport lobby where you can pay the towing fee. Out of cash? No problem, in the adjacent building you&#8217;ll find a bank where you can pull some money at the ATM.<br><br>Trying to return my car again, this time I stayed in the left lane as I followed the rental return ...

... kolorach teczy. Karaiby maja charakteryzuja sie zwykle mala atrakcyjnoscia miast, a duza iloscia pieknych miejsc naturalnych. Orajenstad byl jednym z nielicznych wyjatkow. Buildings as if from a fairy tale, sun and heat - tht`s how I`ll always remember Aruba. Me and my Turkish team mate - Utku, we went to see the town after shooting gangway in the ...

... were in trouble, we went to fill in forms and Colin thought he better go through to deal with the hire car as we were the last flight that night. Yes you guessed it, the car hire company had closed down and gone home......WE WERE STRANDED......at the airport with no luggage, no car and no taxis at 1am in the morning !! the end of a 23 hour marathon, nerves were frayed, but fortunately a taxi arrived and we went to the house....it surely must get better !!!! After 2 ...

... to read. Hard not to close one's eyes and nap. Formal night tonight. Kids came to our cabin, then we all went to the Captain's cocktail party, in the four-story grand atrium. Many more long gowns seen tonight than on any previous cruise. Our table for four is tucked off in a corner - we like it very much. Nice Romanian (female) head server. Junior waiter is from India; English couple at our nearby table always make faces when he ...

Our second day began with a late start to go to California Lighthouse at the northern end of the island. Not much to see at the lighthouse, but a quaint and beautiful restaurant sits atop the hill, La Trattoria el faro Blanco. It's italian cuisine and pricey [you are paying for the view after all]. Eat outside at the patio for a spectacular view of Arashi Beach [on the way up to the lighthouse and a good place for some snorkeling] to ...

... go with plan B..if we had one. Not happy about trying to live on a budget, but part of the ...

Just a brief stop to refuel the plane and change the crew at the tropical island Bonaire in the Caribbean. On the flight from Amsterdam to Peru, I met a very nice Peruvian young lady who is married to a Swiss man. She has been living in Switzerland for 6 years and could speak perfect German, so it was in that language that we spoke to each other. (Funny, isn't it - a Peruvian ...