<font face=verdana>From may till december 1998 I lived on Aruba!!
I was there for my graduation project and I worked in the Horacio E. Oduber Hospital. I have had a wonderful time on Aruba and it really is <B><font color=orangered>"One Happy Island"</font></b>.
Some facts about Aruba:
Aruba is 19,6 miles long and 6 miles across, totaling 77 square miles/ 193 square meters.
The climat is almost all year the same with a temprature between 81F or 27C tempered by northeasterly tradewinds and also very important Aruba is out of range of the Caribbean hurricanes.
the official language of Aruba is Dutch, but the native language Papiamento, English and Spanish are widely spoken.
<font color=orangered><font size=+1><B>Papiamento</b></font></font>
The mother-tongue of Aruba is Papiamento. It's a language, not a dialect and evolved from several older languages as all others have done throughout the history of the spoken word.Here are some words in Papiamento:
Bon Bini = Welcome
Con ta bai? = How are you?
Mi ta bon = I'm fine
Masha danki = Thank you very much
Te aworo = See you later
Bon dia = Good morning
Bon tardi = Good afternoon
Bon nochi = Good evening
Bunita = Beautiful
Hopi bon = Very good!
Poco poco = Slowly
Dushi = Sweet
Ayo = Goodbye
Botica = Drugstore
Pisca = Fish
Keshi = Cheese
Pabien = Congratulations
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