Aruba - talk to me.
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TS,
Wife and I went to Aruba in September 2001, so a while back. In passing we were there at the time of 9/11, but that's another, and sad, story.
Aruba is great, although it's all about the west coast, the east being just too rugged for tourism of any sort, but it is worth a visit.
The west coast is really in two halves. The northern end is called the high rise end and is full of tall hotels from all the regualr hotel chains; all are all modern, probably extremely comfortable, full of Americans...The southern end is called the low rise and has small, usually indepenedent, low rise hotels, and it's where the Europeans tend to be.
In my view, it is far better to be south: less crowded, quieter, more space for everyone etc. We stayed at the Baccuti Beach Resort which we found just about perfect and ideally located.
There's some excellent restaurants, the best being Madame Jeanette's, if it is still there after some 10 years!
Wife considered the shopping good in the capital and only town.
Crime is almost a non event in Aruba: the jail looks like a regular suburban house!
Hope you all have a great time there. Are you flying direct from the UK? If so, who with? When we went there were no direct flights so we flew to Schipol and then went KLM direct to Aruba on their Lima bound flight on a 747. The plane stopped at Aruba only to refuel and maybe 10 or so people got off there, us included.
R.
Wife and I went to Aruba in September 2001, so a while back. In passing we were there at the time of 9/11, but that's another, and sad, story.
Aruba is great, although it's all about the west coast, the east being just too rugged for tourism of any sort, but it is worth a visit.
The west coast is really in two halves. The northern end is called the high rise end and is full of tall hotels from all the regualr hotel chains; all are all modern, probably extremely comfortable, full of Americans...The southern end is called the low rise and has small, usually indepenedent, low rise hotels, and it's where the Europeans tend to be.
In my view, it is far better to be south: less crowded, quieter, more space for everyone etc. We stayed at the Baccuti Beach Resort which we found just about perfect and ideally located.
There's some excellent restaurants, the best being Madame Jeanette's, if it is still there after some 10 years!
Wife considered the shopping good in the capital and only town.
Crime is almost a non event in Aruba: the jail looks like a regular suburban house!
Hope you all have a great time there. Are you flying direct from the UK? If so, who with? When we went there were no direct flights so we flew to Schipol and then went KLM direct to Aruba on their Lima bound flight on a 747. The plane stopped at Aruba only to refuel and maybe 10 or so people got off there, us included.
R.
Leaper, flying with Thomson direct from Gatwick.
Staying at the north end, so was expecting shedload of Americans, it being the equivalent to their Canaries.
We stayed at Sandals in St Lucia in 2000 and it was like upmarket Butlins for rich American kids. I'm expecting the Occidental to be the same in view of what it's costing!! This I should hope means decent AI drinks and no rubbish food - quality burgers and pizza!
Staying at the north end, so was expecting shedload of Americans, it being the equivalent to their Canaries.
We stayed at Sandals in St Lucia in 2000 and it was like upmarket Butlins for rich American kids. I'm expecting the Occidental to be the same in view of what it's costing!! This I should hope means decent AI drinks and no rubbish food - quality burgers and pizza!
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