Turtle First Sighting

Finally in Aruba again

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September 18th 2021
Well, we are here! Up at 3 am Saturday of course but it was amazingly clear sailing all the way: from making every green light in Streetsboro to sailing thru the convoluted paperwork for Covid testing – it turned out that all those papers we printed out – just in case – all ended up only needing the big green check mark. Some people just showed it on their phones. The flights were fine, an ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Aruba » Eagle Beach

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Discovered and claimed for Spain in 1499, Aruba was acquired by the Dutch in 1636. The island's economy has been dominated by three main industries. A 19th century gold rush was followed by prosperity brought on by the opening in 1924 of an oil refin... ... read more