Aruba

Bon Bini ! Aruba is one of the ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao) which are part of the Netherland Antilles. Aruba is now an independent country but it still retains much of its Dutch culture and language. The buildings are colorful (although some were a bit odd) and the design could be called Dutch in a Caribbean kind of way.

We did 2 dives in Aruba, I did not take my camera on the dives because the currents were a bit strong and the dive boat didn't have rinse tanks for cameras. The defog for masks wrecks the rubber O-rings.

We arrived on a Sunday, when we left for our dives all the stores and restaurants were open. When we returned from the dives that afternoon everything was closed. We found out that all stores most close at 2pm, its the law. The only stores allowed to be open were in a very small "free zone" near the cruise ships. It was probably a good thing all the shops were closed. We were running out of room in our luggage and we still had 4 more ports to go.