Aruba Intro: One Happy Island
With its white-sand beaches, constant, cooling trade winds and warm, friendly people, Aruba lives up to its name: One Happy Island. Since it’s far enough south to be blow the hurricaine belt, Aruba has more stable weather than most of the rest of the Caribbean. It’s landscape is quite different as well, with a desert-like […]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Unique
Spirobranchus giganteus, AKA Christmas Tree Worms, are an intriguing specimen among Earth’s creatures. These little guys are not uncommon in tropical waters, but they certainly are unique! The tube-dwelling worms are found living in and on coral, eating plankton and tiny microorganisms as they pass by carried on the currents. The twin, spiral appendages are actually a […]
Yabba Dabba Doo. Enjoy the Cave in Aruba!
Soon after arriving in Aruba, we rented a Jeep and took off to explore. Resorts are comfy and relaxing, but we wanted, as much as possible in a place so heavily reliant on its tourist infrastructure, to see what Aruba was like away from the tourist hotels, beaches and malls. Aruba, along with Bonaire and […]