The sail away party in the afternoon after Santa Marta was wonderful watching Columbia vanish in the distance. Next stop, Oranjestad, Aruba. Aruba is just seventeen miles north of Venezuela. But it seems like the other side of the world. Colorful markets, wondrous coral reefs and landscapes dotted with curiously bent divi-divi trees. Aruba is the "A" of the Netherlands Antilles' famous ABC islands. (Bonaire and Curacao round out the trio.) Aruba has a dry climate and an arid, wind blown landscape. It also has cold beer, great eateries and white sandy beaches. And I’m in part of Holland and far enough south to be out of the hurricane belt. This is like south Florida and any of us could live here with no problems. We would love to live here. The island is definitely European and not South American which leaves one with a comfortable feeling.
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