After our slight disaster in Cartagena we booked on the 'Best of Aruba' half day trip and after
breakfast duly set off to find our coach.
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| The landscape in parts in very reminiscent of Lanzarote |
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| Baby stone bridge. The main one next door collapsed some years ago |
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| Wild coast. Swimming is not advised here! |
Our guide, Louis, informed us that he would also be our
driver as, being a Sunday, the actual driver hadn't shown up. He reassured us
that he thought he’d be OK driving the bus on these challenging roads!
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| The larger stone arch that collapsed some years ago. The locals heard a very loud noise one night and next morning saw what had happened |
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| A couple of dodgy looking characters here. The one on the right looks as if he's been convicted of theft in Iran! |
Louis clearly thought he was a bit of a
comedian. Unfortunately we heard the same 'jokes' several times over on this
one trip and some of those we’d heard before in any case!
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| I went up this viewing point ..... |
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| When we were meant to go up the one opposite! But there were lots of people queuing to get up there |
It's a well-known
fact that G can talk ( I dispute that - Ed) but, in the talking Olympics, G would have stood no chance
against this guy - Louis was a clear gold medallist and a pain in the you know
where and it seems he had never understood the restorative powers of silence!
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| Wacky bus! |
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| Reminiscent of the Garden of Gethsemane in Jerusalem and it was on this very spot that a fellow tourist complimented me on my tropical shirt! |
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| Hope you like my new hat - got it in the sale - my sheila said I ought to have a hat with a strap to protect my balding bonce so it won't blow away in the wind - the hat that is, not my balding bonce! Feeling bushwhacked, mind, do need a sit down! |
First of all he took us to the natural bridge where the sea was lashing up
Poldark-style.
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| The hotels area where Sarah and Chris stayed can be seen on the left |
We then made for the California Lighthouse at the northern tip of the island.
Louis told us that houses in the area were frighteningly expensive $5 million +
and that Tom Cruise and John Travolta own properties there.
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| Another wacky bus, but at least it's air conditioned! |
Next we came to the tourist area where Sarah and Chris spent their honeymoon.
What a tasteful area this is with stunning beaches of white sand and blue sea
and an array of little shops and eateries.
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| Would you buy from this van? Some people were clearly OK with it ... |
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| Very pricey, apparently ... |
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| Not sure the Astroturf quite works in his case ..... |
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