30
Oct
2010

This morning Tropical Storm Tomas has been upgraded to a Category 1 Hurricane. This means that this storm has wind speeds of up to 85 mph. Currently at a distance of around 700 miles away from Aruba. The path of Hurricane Tomas is moving further away from the route to Aruba. I’ve followed this system [...]
29
Oct
2010

Storm Tomas has been upgraded to a tropical storm and is expected to become a Category 1 Hurricane early Sunday morning. The island governments of Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, St. Lucia have begun issuing storm warnings for their territories. The preliminary paths suggested a more southern route of this storm, thus threatening Aruba among other [...]
28
Oct
2010

My daily routine takes me to all the websites about weather and storms and noticed a weather disturbance near the coastline of South America. Currently it is about 1200 miles away from Aruba. According to National Hurricane Center it has 80% chance of becoming the next named storm, which is going to be Tomas. The [...]
25
Oct
2010

In the old days the only activities you could do in Aruba was go to the casino or restaurant. That time is long gone. There’s a lot to do in Aruba. Not only that, every year new activities are introduced in Aruba. Such as two years ago. This is when ArubaSalsa entered the leisure service [...]
21
Oct
2010

Carnival Cruise Line decided to drop its Southern Caribbean itinerary at the end of 2007 season. Locally it was said that they did this because of the excessive fuel prices (note: which Aruba doesn’t control) and that the island government refused to subsidise the fuel. For Aruba it meant the loss Carnival Destiny with over [...]
18
Oct
2010

I’ve received numerous emails voicing their concerns about the consistent lack of progress in the construction at Acqua Condominium at Palm Beach. Acqua has struggled to comply with the self imposed schedule thus far. Recently Acqua sent out newsletter with updates about the development. Of the four paragraphs one was dedicated to explaining the current [...]
14
Oct
2010

The Aruban Resort has been in the news for a few years now. The biggest news was when the years long “marriage” between La Cabana Resort and La Cabana Villas came to a bitter end in 2007. A Las Vegas, Nevada company acquired the resort and changed the name to “The Aruban Resort & Casino [...]