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4th Of July

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Happy 4th of July to visitors from the US
There isn’t a country that has had a bigger impact on Aruba’s contemporary history than the US. On 4th of July it is a perfect time to look a bit deeper into this day and what it means for our friends from the US. It certainly made [...]

Morgan’s Island Waterpark Aruba Update

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Morgan’s waterpark progresses with parking

Morgan’s Island waterpark has been under construction for three years now. Currently construction is still ongoing, with a lot of pain however. Construction isn’t going on a satisfying pace, or so it seems. There have been several issues throughout the life of this project. I’ve been told recently that budgetary reasons [...]

Caribbean Sea Fishy

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Sleepy fisherman’s pier in Aruba

Some time ago BBC Caribbean featured an article about fishing in the Caribbean. It was actually about over-fishing in the Caribbean Sea. According to the article, a major problem for the future of the Caribbean is the fact that many island nations allows their territorial waters to be susceptible to over-fishing. [...]

Aruba Beaches and Oil Prices

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In large parts of the world high oil (gasoline) and food prices is affecting many people. In Aruba it is no different. If you put into perspective that this island’s gasoline prices have gone up with 21% since January to a whopping $1,47 (€0,95) per liter or $5.55 per gallon, you can imagine how things [...]

First Anniversary

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Wohoo! It’s the first birthday of arubabeaches.net. Apparently it is a big accomplishment as I learned recently that the lifespan of an average blog is only three months!
To be exact the first post was made on May 20th, 2007. At first as I started without exactly a specific idea what to write about, other than [...]

Again Issues With Computer

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In the anniversary week of arubabeaches.net, I’ve had some computer problems yet again. I’m working on the problem and expect to have it fixed by Friday 23th or Saturday 24th. I’m also working on a few interesting posts as well. Stand by for those.

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It is almost mid-May and we can make an unofficial mini-balance as to how the flow of visitors to Aruba is currently doing. I’m going to look into the well known crystal ball, highly inaccurate but largely entertaining, and try to make sense of it all. I suspect the current situation has a lot in [...]

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