Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Aruba

On Friday, April 1st, we arrived at our last port of the cruise, Aruba.
Aruba calls itself "One Happy Island".
And it definitely was!!

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Our shore excursion on Aruba was a 4WD Safari. We followed our guide (who was hilarious) in a caravan in an off road tour which was so much fun!!

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Our first stop was the Casibari Rock Formation.

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The climb offered a pretty view of the city.

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The climb down. :)

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This off road adventure offered some spectacular views!!

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Our next stop was the collapsed original Natural Bridge, This was carved from solid limestone and coral by the waves of the Caribbean. 

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This is probably one of the prettiest spots I have ever seen!!! We could have stayed here  forever just taking in all the natural beauty!

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The boys thought that this sign (which was in a restaurant) was very funny! :)

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More pictures from our off road tour.

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A stop at the Alto Vista Chapel.

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And a stop at the California Lighthouse.

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Our last stop was at the Arashi Beach.
(The boys loved this beach because of the big waves.)

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This jeep safari was a blast and such a fun way to see some spectacular sights!

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After our excursion we headed back to the ship to drop our bags off and do a quick change of clothes and then headed back out to do a little shopping.

Pete wanted to go into the Diamond International store to' look around'.

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And he totally surprised me-- he bought me some beautiful diamond earrings!
I am such a lucky girl!!

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After our shopping, we stopped at Iguana Joe's for and appetizer and drinks.

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Back at our ship for sail away.

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I loved Aruba!
And would love to go back some day and spend more time exploring this 'One Happy Island'!!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Great pictures!