"Bonbini na Aruba" Aruba by Mirellaboer

Aruba Travel Guide: 858 reviews and 2,170 photos

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 "One Happy Island".

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.

Papiamento
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

Last visit to Aruba: May 1998
Intro Written Sep 11, 2002
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Written Sep 6, 2002

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amapola66 Feb 10, 2005 at 4:33 AM

Great language tips - thanks!
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nicoleken Apr 14, 2003 at 12:35 AM

Very nice place there ! Lovely page ! I also have a friend in The Netherlands who is from Aruba.
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MarioAlmeida Aug 6, 2002 at 4:41 AM

Parabien...lucky grl...working there for a year....
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b1bob Jul 6, 2002 at 9:47 PM

Nice job!
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wispofcloud Jul 1, 2002 at 8:02 AM

great page! makes me want to start packing!
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keeweechic Jun 18, 2002 at 8:59 PM

What a fabulous amount of time you had there. Great page
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genispp Jun 7, 2002 at 12:37 AM

Gran página
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sharkie May 29, 2002 at 6:09 AM

this place look great
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phil_uk_net May 1, 2002 at 7:42 AM

I hear the scuba diving is really good in Aruba?
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kenHuocj Feb 28, 2002 at 12:45 AM

charmin caribbean dutch outpost ;-)))