Blogs from Aruba, Central America Caribbean - page 14

Heading west from Leesburg, we spent some time in Crystal River, where it was warm and muggy during our entire stay. We visited Homasassa Springs Wildlife Park and saw our first manatees. We then parked the bus at Marathon’s facility near Tampa and flew to Aruba on a timeshare exchange. Arrival was on a bright sunny day with temperatures in the mid 80’s. The weather was the same through the week with only an occasional passing shower. Our resort was on Eagle Beach, a pristine white beach with no seaweed or jellyfish and crystal clear, beautiful turquoise water. We went in the water almost every day. Aruba is a small, arid island about 6 miles wide by 26 miles long, and mostly flat. A great deal of the island is set aside as a National Park. ... read more

Aruba - been here one day already and all I've seen is flab, flubber and overhang. Goodness, these American tourists need to diet. Today, a friend and I decided to venture out of the comfort of the resort to experience the offroad Aruba. Our plan was to drive alone the rugged north and east coasts of Aruba - sparsely populated and often compared to the moon landscape. The island is infact akin to a parched desert - dry sandy expanses where cactii and tumbleweed abound. Admidst this all, you often catch a glimpse of an isolated colorfully decorated dwelling - yellows and pale blues being the dominant colours. Yet on the edges, you are greeted by deep blue waters with reasonably white sandy beaches - in stark contrast to the arid interior. First up was the ... read more

Aruba - Hudishibana - California Lighthouse  Central America Caribbean » Aruba By roseycheeksAugust 24th 2006Yvonne Choi This Hudishibana - California Lighthouse is isolated at the northwest tip of the Aruba Island. This lighthouse has become one of the Aruba’s most scenic trademarks. It offers the perfect view of the western coastline if sandy beaches. There are rocky coral shorelines and sand dunes near-by, so please be careful if you are driving! Because we saw a jeep drove through the sand dunes and got stuck in the sand! There is a restaurant just right next to the lighthouse, they offer refreshments during the days and they do fine dining during the nights. There were... read more

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9 nights, 10 days in Aruba. 1 olympic sized pool. Close to 30 hours of training. 2 ocean swims. 2 swimming related injuries. 1 boat ride. Countless flipturns. 3 people to a bed. 0 clothes. WAY too much money spent. Beastly muscles. thank you college swimming training trip. The swimming was done at the only competition pool on the island, the Piscina Olympico which is on the southeast side of the island, about thirty minutes from the high-rise hotel strip. We did not stay in a high-rise hotel of course, just near them. The pool was great.. finally a place large enough to accomodate the girls and boys teams at the same time. Some days we even shared the pool with a young team of Aruban syncronized swimmers, which was heavenly as you might have guessed. ... read more