Blogs from Aruba, Central America Caribbean - page 13

Tenia que despegar una vez más así fue como comienza a soñar con un nuevo viaje, con un nuevo destino, esta vez en aguas del Caribe.Consultando un poco sobre los destinos, partiría desde Venezuela en la ciudad de Punto Fijo rumbo a Aruba, una pequeña isla ubicada a tan solo 20 minutos del país de Venezuela . La aerolínea con la que viaje fue Tiara - Air . En el arribo a la isla nos estaría esperando a mi y a mi amigo Javier de Venezuela: Mariza. De la pagina couchsurfing que gentilmente se ofreció para hospedarnos en su casa en construccion . Luego de hablar un rato con ella emprendimos el viaje a su casa de una manera poco usual para mi que seria haciendo dedo Para sorpresa nuestra en menos de 5 minutos ya ... read more

Geo: 12.53, -70.03 We got a call from Mickey at 6:30 this morning. We needed to get ready and grab breakfast before our 8:15 shore excursion. We got breakfast at Topsiders and tried to find a table but there were none inside. We went out on deck to eat only to discover...rain. Luckily we found a table by the Mickey Pool that was covered. After breakfast, we ran to the room to pick up our bag and then go down to Diversions, our assigned meeting place. We arrived at Diversions and there was nobody there to check us in. We waited for a while and I finally, at 8:15, went to find someone to help us. It turns out that the person who was supposed to check us in was "delayed" so someone else came to ... read more

Por Favor... Realize that I write these things in the early morning without any sort of proof-reading or spiellchaker....and to make matters worse I cannot delete entries eaning my errors will taunt me for the rest of my days. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in this matter, Jon ... read more

Aruba is an island which is part of the "West Indies". It is 20 miles long and 6 miles wide, has 101K inhabitants, and is located 17 miles from Venuzuela and 40 from Colombia. Aruba is an autonomous state within the Netherlands (under Dutch administration and support). An oil refinery keeps the economy strong and Aruba is the world's largest exporter of aloe (once covered 2/3rds of the island). The official language is Dutch, English is widely spoken, and nearly all Arubans also speak Papiamento. We didn't eat any ostrich (there is an ostrich farm on Aruba).... read more

We arrived to fine weather. From above we could see the turquiose waters lapping the white sand shoreline and palm trees swaying in the breeze. The passengers chattered excitedly and the air hostess welcomed us to Aruba. After reporting a damaged bag to JetBlue customer service, we exited to find Tanta Henna waiting for us. We hugged. And then, a little head appeared thru the back window of her car. Panic was jumping up and down with excitement wagging his little stumpy tail. We hugged again and then headed home. Oom (uncle) Jean, Tashi (Shanna's 10-year old cousin) and Tanta Henna's delicious fried fish were waiting for us. Then Opa came. It's always a pleasure seeing Opa. The 92-going-on-93 spritely 'youngster', who still drives himself to bingo a few times a week, always brings good humour ... read more