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Re: Aruba - overview
[Re: KareemCheese]
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12/10/2018 02:43 PM
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If you're familiar with SXM, Aruba is quite a bit different. Aruba is more 'Americanized' than SXM. There are a lot of chain restaurants there. Overall, it is cleaner than SXM and probably safer. Prices in general for food in the grocery store and for booze are higher. There is a good bus system and you don't actually have to rent a car there, and can get around fine without it. I have no idea about Uber, as it wasn't available the last time I went to Aruba, but frankly I would never do that anywhere, but that's just me. There are lots of timeshares there, and lots of rentals also. The scenery is not nearly as pretty as SXM, as it is very desert-like, with no green hills like SXM, and in fact, basically no hills at all. The wind blows there fairly constantly. If you haven't been before, it's good to try out.
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Re: Aruba - overview
[Re: KareemCheese]
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12/11/2018 03:30 PM
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No problem. I'm surprised no one else has responded so far, as there are many members here who go to Aruba.
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Re: Aruba - overview
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12/13/2018 09:37 AM
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I've never been there myself, but there's a beach called 'Baby Beach', similar to Le Gallion on SXM..
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Re: Aruba - overview
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12/17/2018 07:53 PM
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Yes, Baby Beach is much like Gallion. The water is very calm and ideal for families. Great comparison. I was there last April ? And the beach area there has been cleared of weeds and greatly improved. Not my favorite, but very nice. Food and drinks are available there.
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Re: Aruba - overview
[Re: KareemCheese]
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12/17/2018 07:56 PM
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I strongly recommend the fish dinners at the Manchebo resort while you Listen to the piano of Eddie Sampson, who is fabulous. A romantic setting, if there ever was one. Eddie has played there for I believe 21 years. Very nice .
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Re: Aruba - overview
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We feel very at home in Aruba and in Curacao. And very safe. Beaches are beautiful, people are extremely friendly, great variety of food, easy to get around and driving isn't nuts. We stay 2 weeks in high rise area and 1 week downtown when we go. Best, and relatively inexpensive, grocery store is Ling & Sons, an IGA store with all bells & whistles. Enjoy!
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Re: Aruba - overview
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07/28/2019 08:34 PM
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We've been to Aruba twice, quite a few years ago. The best is "Bucuti and Tara Resort" on Eagle Beach: we stayed there and really liked it, though the price has gone up lately. CONS: It gets pretty crowded and suburbanized north of there, where all the condos and big hotels are (Palm Beach). We aren't gourmands or foodies but even we thought the food was pretty bland. The Europeans that go to Aruba are nice folks but they aren't very demanding as to food. PROS: Aruba is kind of underrated as to diving; do the big wreck dive off of Palm Beach . And by all means take one of the inland jeep tours through the interior. We found that we liked Curacao better then Aruba, but Aruba is pleasant and the beaches are expansive and nice. Just don't expect too much deep Caribbean MoJo. JMHO.
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Re: Aruba - overview
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07/28/2019 08:49 PM
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Going to Barbados this December (2019) for the first time. I've scheduled two snorkeling/turtle trips, one deep sea fishing trip and a big on-land van tour of various natural sites and historic sites. Is there anything I should do that's not obviously noted on TripAdvisor or the other regular tourist sites? I'm a Barbados rookie. Thanks in advance.
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