Aruba vacation guide information with travel tips, guides for hotels, resorts island vacations with photos and pictures of tourist attractions in the Caribbean Islands. Your Aruba vacation planning site for restaurants and dining find the best white sand beaches for a bikini, topless beach, swimsuits at the swimming pool and photo galleries and info from Jerry. Go sunset sailing and find jazz clubs, events and places to have weddings or honeymoons. Go for a swim or enjoy scuba diving near the Natural Bridge and along the coast. The weather is great for shopping at downtown shopping malls at duty free shops, cigars, food, clothes, new swimsuits or sexy bikini. Marriotts  Surf Club offers somr wedding package, Marriotts Ocean Club timeshares with Aruba best beaches in the world. Travel info from MVCI, Interval International and see what an island paradise it is ti visit. Walking tours  daily at the Aloe Factory, Balashi Beer Brewery where you can have lunch and a beer outside on the covered patio, Natural Pool, Eagle Beach, Manchebo Beach, Bucuti Beach, Palm Island, Tierra del Sol Golf Course, Divi village and  Palm Beach. Watch all the babes at the pools and spas as they wear bikinis and exercise at water  aerobics classes. Jerry’s travel tips, what’s the Story Jerry.

Aruba History & Culture

 Aruba was first inhabited  about 1,000 A.D. by the Caquetios Indians from the Arawak tribe originating in Venezuela. Europeans had discovered Aruba in 1499 when Italian- Amerigo Vespucci & Spanish-  Alonso de Ojeda were sailing together in the area of Venezuela on their 3rd trip from europe. Both of these men had sailed with Chistopher Columbus on all of his sailings from europe. In 1508 Alonso de Ojeda was appointed as Spain’s first Governor of Aruba, and Aruba became a Spanish colony for more than 100 years.

Location: 12° 30’ north latitude; 70˚ west longitude  19 miles/31 km north of the Venezuelan coast  1820 nautical miles from New York City  990 nautical miles from Miami  890 nautical miles from the equator  3105 nautical miles from Buenos Aires. Population: 96.104, Central Bureau of Statistics 2003. Life expectancy: Male 71.6 years; female 76.8 years. Death rate: 5.2 per 1.000 population (world average 9.9). The birth rate is substantially lower than the Caribbean average. Language: Official language Dutch  Native language Papiamento  English and Spanish widely spoken.

Flag  of Aruba

Map of Aruba

Culture & People

The Aruban People _ You will discover that the Arubans are sincere and  probably the friendliest people you will ever meet while vacationing. You will always be treated as a guest and this is why tourists return year after year.Aruba has a healthy economy and an excellent educational system structured by the Dutch.   Language - The official language of Aruba is Papiamento & Dutch. For the most, Arubans speak a mininum of four languages including English and Spanish.   GOVERNMENT- The Kingdom of the Netherlands is a hereditary constitutional monarchy. The system of Government in Aruba is based on Western democratic principles. The Governor is appointed by the Queen of the Kingdom for a term of six years and acts as the sovereign's representative on the island.

Annual Festivals

Every year, coinciding with Lent sometime in February, Aruba celebrates Carnival, a grandiose, two-week festival of fantastic parties, dinners, parades, and events. Carnival in Aruba begins with two children's festivals and parades, before kicking it up a notch. The Carnival Queen competition takes place in Oranjestad, where women finally show off the Carnival costumes they've worked on all year. The first Grand Carnival Parade is held in San Nicolas, and the second in Oranjestad. Both feature amazing handmade floats and costumes, entertaining Aruban song and dance, and delicious food and drink. Afterwards, the big events that mark the end of Carnival take place simultaneously in San Nicolas and Oranjestad: the Old Mask Parade and the Burning of King Momo. Resorts, restaurants, and bars host their own Carnival celebrations across the island.

 Aruba History - Culture - People, Things To Do, Aruba's Climate, Family Life, Relaxing