Traveling Rockhopper

Aloe is probably the most famous plant in Aruba.
If you want to learn more about aloe, visit the Aruba Aloe Factory during your trip. 🙂

If you like lighthouses, visit the California Lighthouse in Aruba.
It was constructed over 100 years ago. Currently it’s a tourist attraction located in a lovely place on Aruba.

Oranjestad is a capital of Aruba.
You’ll find here many of these colorful colonial Dutch houses.

Watch out! Lizards are everywhere on Aruba! 🙂
If you don’t annoy them, they shouldn’t be harmful. 😉

After spending a few minutes on Aruba, I found a perfect nick name for the island – “Island of Lizards”. 🙂

Don’t you agree that crabs can be very beautiful creatures? 🙂

Each time, when I’m at the coast, I try to catch the sunset.
Of course, sunsets can be spectacular everywhere, just “water” helps to see it better. 😉

Waters around Aruba are great place for snorkeling, scuba diving or simply taking a semi-submarine with a glass bottom. You’ll find nice corals, colorful fish and the wreck of the WWII German Ship, the Antilla.

Aruba’s waters offer lots of activities like swimming, snorkeling, scuba diving, sailing, fishing, etc.

The view like in today’s picture, you can expect to see everyday in Aruba.
Not the worst one… 😉

Sandy beaches are one of the attractions of Aruba. They are very nice, but I liked more all sea shells or creatures I found there. 🙂

Why to go to Aruba?
The simple answer is to relax. 🙂

There are two official languages in Aruba, i.e., Dutch and Papiamento.
Papiamento is a mixture of a few languages, mostly Portuguese, Spanish and Dutch.

Fortunately, the majority of Arubans can speak also English and Spanish. 🙂

I was flying to Aruba from a nearby island called Curacao.
The flight was very short and done with this small aircraft. I found it very funny that pilots can open the window in their cabin, so I had to take this picture. 😀

Aruba is a very popular destination of cruise ships, especially from USA. They usually visit a few Caribbean island.

There are two ways of getting to Aruba: you can fly or take a cruise ship. What’s interesting, there is no ferry service between Aruba and nearby countries.

The Aruban flag looks relatively simple, however everything what’s there, together with the colors, has its own meaning! E.g., the blue color represents the sea, yellow – island, red – love for the country and white – “snow-white” beaches. Check for more information aruba.com.

Aruba has a very nice weather for tourists. In general, its climate is tropical, but without extremes, e.g., no hurricanes. The average temperature is 28 degrees Celsius.

Aruba has its own currency called the Aruban Florin (AWG or Afl).
However, the US dollars are widely accepted so there is no need to exchange USD to AWG.

Aruba is an independent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Aruba has a bit complicated status, e.g., Aruba doesn’t belong to the Netherlands Antilles.
Aruba’s citizens have Dutch nationality.
Aruba is not a member of the European Union.
Etc. 😉

This month is dedicated to everyone who misses sunny, warm days 🙂

Welcome to Caribbean island called Aruba. 🙂