This has been a most enjoyable vacation. I am sad to see how quickly the time has flown, but still anxious to get back home to friends and family...and from all this damn sand! =o)
Not much to report since my last post. We've been snorkeling a few more times (still no octopus or squid) and spent some time on the beach. Not too much of the latter though; those of you who remember when we went to Wrightsville Beach for Labor will understand why. My 50 block sun-tan lotion got taken with the beach bag, and the 30 block does an okay job...we're still a little red. We went to one of the malls last night and saw a water show that they put on every night using fountains, laser lights, and Disney music.
We went shoppinig today. Hard for us to find things in our price-range though. Surprisingly enough, most of the stores here are high-end including Louis-Vitton, Gucci, Juicy Couture, Rolex, Coach, etc. We've been sticking to the more touristy shops. It was still nice, though, to go walking in the 95 degree sunshine, with no water and surrounded by a bunch of milling people who were just as hot as we were. =o) I'm only being half sarcastic. Ya'll know how much I hate being hot...
Oh yeah, we saw a woman sun-bathing topless today. That was nice. And Stephen saw some fish while we were swimming; one brushed against his chest, and then he saw 3 big blue ones swim by. Clear water is nice but can still be a little freaky seeing whats around you (note, that's the first time that's happened down here).
We booked an Island Safari for tomorrow. We're pretty excited about it. It's going to the Natural Bridge, a natural swimming pool with snorkeling, the ostrich farm and a place called Baby Beach. The camera is charged and ready to go!
To close with another 5 things I've learned about Aruba:
1- this island doesn't use sales tax...quite nice actually.
2- taxis come in all shapes down here: from vans to SUVs to Chrysler 300s.
3- all sweet tea comes with lemon and there are no free refills.
4- they use the metric system here: kilometers for speed, liters for gas, meters for distance.
5- it's illegal to turn right on red and they use a lot of turn-abouts instead of actual intersections.
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