Colorful Aruba is our port of call this morning. We arrived around 7:00am inside the reef surrounding the island. It’s always nice to come here and see all the colorful buildings, buses, signs and its unique Dutch influence. The interior is dotted with cactus and divi-divi trees. It has numerous white sandy beaches with many secluded coves along the coast. The people speak Papiamento which is a language that combines elements of Spanish, French, Portuguese, Dutch, African, and English.
Cindy looked for some linens, but again the prices are too high here in Aruba. We will look again when we get on the trip down to the Amazon. We did pickup a 7 inch tall Hummel that was being closed out at over 50% discount. Here is Cindy at the local bus depot.
There are plenty of tour buses waiting for tourists as they arrive.
At 5:00pm we depart for Fort Lauderdale. We will have 2 sea days en route. Once there we will spend the night in the Las Olas area where there are water taxis and boats. This is only a pit stop to spend the evening and pickup a few supplies before boarding the Royal Princess for the Amazon.
