"ARUBA - CARRIBEAN PEARL" Aruba by RoyJava

Aruba Travel Guide: 1,190 reviews and 2,125 photos

Good Things Of Life

Ge ... we bring good things to life. An Aruban thought you may hear at one of the Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean. It belongs to the ABC-islands where a Southerly boat-trip over the Caribbean Sea to the Venezuelan coast will take a short time (only 15 miles away).

I flew with Sabine from London to Aruba mixed up in a deep conversation, so we haven't noticed the longitude of the trip. That long we had not seen each other ... and we continued at Aruba during our work for Dutch magazine Harper's Bazar... together with my brother who stayed at the same spot.

Our Dutch Queen Beatrix is "chief of state" here, because Aruba still is an autonomous member of Netherlands Kingdom, (on its own since 30 April 1980). Thanks for visiting.

Strip By The Hotel

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Known for its colorful tint of water the Southern coast is named Turquoise Coast, with beautiful, snow-white sand. It is completed with private beaches and a lot of hotels. Our hotel, the Renaissance Ocean Suites & Casino, got a fabulous strip where we could work without intruding ... except the sunburn went faster as we thougth. The Northern coast is said to be dangerous for swimming, so we stayed in Southern sections.

GOLD

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Aruba means "oro huba" (Spanish for "there's gold"), however the Spain traders left the island, maybe because of the Indians of Caquetio Arawak-tribe who still live at Turibana, Guadirikiri, and others.

To me the Aruban-trip was a golden time, meeting after a long while my brother, at that time still a dancer (see pic, with friend-dancer). You could find the dance group in the Hotel Casino and, you can guess we had a wonderfull time ... although it was quite a while ago (1994). Fortunately the lover of my Dutch sister-in-law has been born on Aruba and, returns every year with her ... so I do hear the newest and exciting stuff !

Pros and Cons

Pros:White beaches, aquamarine ocean, deep-sea diving, Dutch-speaking,
Cons:One-way-wind, dangerous sun-beam, Dutch-speaking, tiny little biting flies
In a nutshell:Holiday Place In One Little Pearl

Last visit to Aruba: Sep 1994
Intro Updated Sep 15, 2009
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Sharks? Ofcourse! Warnings Or Dangers (3)

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Sun Radiation At Aruba Warnings Or Dangers (3)

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Language & Electricity Local Customs (3)

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Money Makes The World Go'Round! Local Customs (3)

A bit of confusing: the Aruban Florin (AWG), the Antillian Guilder (ANG) and the US$! They do have all about the same... more travel advice

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Written Aug 26, 2004

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Comments (7)

SLLiew Dec 22, 2007 at 12:47 AM Report Abuse

Great page of Aruba. Lot of interestng activities from your tips.
dejavu2gb May 9, 2005 at 5:19 AM Report Abuse

COOL... great page... seems a real gem... Will have to go see for myself someday...
amapola66 Feb 10, 2005 at 4:11 AM Report Abuse

Great Pic!
nandywell Oct 21, 2004 at 2:58 PM Report Abuse

Aruba is one of the ports of call I think
bijo69 Sep 22, 2004 at 2:01 AM Report Abuse

Aruba must be a very interesting place! Thanks for your comments on my pages :)
Alpha_Ghana Sep 1, 2004 at 10:24 AM Report Abuse

I thought that Aruba was just for off shore banking. Thanks to share so much useful information AG
herzog63 Aug 31, 2004 at 6:51 AM Report Abuse

Those Divi-Divi trees sure look cool! I see why Aruba is a great place!! It's more than just beaches!