BoardWalk Boutique Hotel Aruba Palm/Eagle Beach

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 ...

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... OF ARUBA' which provided me with an overview of Aruba's natural wonders, a chance to visit an aloe factory and then spend some time at one of Aruba's most famous beaches. Coooool!<br><br>We proceeded to the 4th floor being the ship disembarkation deck. A line was already starting to form with anxious and excited people like us. We were instructed to always bring our identification documents with us as we left the ship such as passport and ...

... so gave it a miss. New years eve we went to a party at Bob &amp; Mays house, they have an elevated 360 view of the island. In Aruba you can only sell fireworks for 1 week a year, and from the day they were on sale, we have had them going off day &amp; night....it is like world war 3........we didn't think NYE would be much different, we were wrong....from our amazing position the whole island around the coast was alight with colour ...

... The bus tires were nearly bald. The bus broke down half way through the tour and we got to sit and wait half an hour for another bus....the relative of the one we were on...to get dragged to the last stop....a place where you paid .50$ to pee.....got to take pictures of garbage being washed ashore under a natural stone formation shaped like a bridge...of course all this was done while dodging broken beer ...

... more prosperous than Jamaica, and were charmed by the bright Caribbean colors and Dutch style of some of the buildings. Our destination was Arikok National Park. The park ranger, Rodney, led our group of 16 on a hike through the park. Since Aruba is a very dry island (about 18" of rain a year), we saw many cacti, aloes, and other arid climate vegetation. Sometimes we thought we could be in Arizona, but then we'd catch a ...

Sunday: the last day of our car. We wake up late, have brunch and decide to which beach to go. We are just ready to leave when Dr T says: is that rain? It is not: it is showers! What to do, locked up in an apartment? Hubby wakes up at 15h: too late for beach. He looks up the happy hours on the island. We find one from 4 till 6 in a resort, quarter of an hour away. And it has a nice restaurant attached to it: a real boat. We go for a walk on the beach. The ...

... our plates: even if we have the same stuff, it is cut in a different way, like the kiwi and orange. Dr T in his office/sitting/dining room: Me in my dining room/bed: head censured due to fever blisters; be grateful. And yes: we spend our morning being silly and love it! Dr T in front of our apartment: and going down the 'stairs: We are on our way to ask the owner to book ...

... of us on. And yes, it is a "booze" cruise as I expected, as all the cocktails is offered for free. Since they are not too strong, I ordered about 4 different variations of tropical drinks. It sailed along the eastern coast of Aruba and passed an extremely touristy beach (Palm Beach). Seeing all those high-rise giant hotel resorts along the beach, I can imagine how popular Aruba is. I'm glad I did not go to those overtouristy becah, but instead took a ...

... on every door. Inside there was a small Christmas tree on our bureau. The fridge was on, with ice cube trays filled and a pitcher of cold water inside. We felt well and truly welcomed. We had a studio, which has everything one would need. The pool and gardens are beautiful. We spent quite a bit of time there. What we did: We spent some days on the beach (Malmok or Eagle), some days at our pool ...