A bit of Aruba, again

We're back in the world of wi-fi in our Miami hotel, so here's a few shots of Aruba that we never got to put up (An overview of Curacao will be next!)

As Aruba was a Dutch colony, there is still a strong Dutch influence, which translates into a vlalicious experience for Ravi, as he is reunited with the pudding-like treat, vla!



On our last full day in Aruba we signed up for a bus tour of the island. It turned out no one else was on the tour, so we had our own tour with a seventh generation Aruban, Frank. He showed us all sorts of great stuff on the island -- including the Divi trees which lean due to the steady breeze.



We had lunch at a place called Coco Beach (though there is no beach of that name), before we did some great snorkeling at a place called Baby Beach. The industrial landscape in the background reminded us of images of Iceland.



Here's one of the big geological features of the island -- The Natural Bridge formation. I then realized why they had a cocktail at our resort called a Natural Bridge...



We closed our tour with a visit to the big lighthouse on the western part of the island. I did a quick composite of two images: one of the lighthouse, and Sonia with Frank, our guide!