Frommer's Portable Aruba, Bonaire, & Curacao
Chapter One
Planning Your Trip to Aruba
So many islands, so little time. With all the tropical paradises you
could visit, why would you pick Aruba for your Caribbean vacation?
Well, there's the reliably near-perfect weather. If you have only a
week away from the job, why not guarantee yourself 7 days of ideal
tanning conditions-unwaveringly sunny skies, warm temperatures,
and cooling breezes. And because the island's more of a desert
than a rainforest, the humidity's low and it hardly ever rains. Hurricanes?
Schmurricanes. There's rarely one within hundreds of miles.
Aruba is far south of the tropical-storm belt.
You like beaches? Aruba's got beaches, some of the best in the
Caribbean ... in the world, for that matter. The photos only look
as if they've been doctored. What you see is what you get: miles of
white, sugary sand; warm, gentle surf; turquoise and aqua seas; and
plenty of space.
When you tire of lolling on the beach, there's scuba diving, snorkeling,
great windsurfing, and all the other watersports you expect
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