{"id":342,"date":"2006-02-27T22:53:42","date_gmt":"2006-02-28T06:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boulter.com\/blog\/2006\/02\/27\/vacation-blog-day-5-aruba\/"},"modified":"2006-03-12T18:40:42","modified_gmt":"2006-03-13T02:40:42","slug":"vacation-blog-day-5-aruba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/boulter.com\/blog\/2006\/02\/27\/vacation-blog-day-5-aruba\/","title":{"rendered":"Vacation Blog Day 5: Aruba"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was last in Aruba about 13 years ago. I remembered only a pool, a beach, a casino and a windmill. Today we set off to rent a car and tour the island, and we did. After waiting for an Avis guy to pick us up, the 6 of us got into Suzuki XL-7<\/a> and headed off. Being a Dutch colony, all the street signs are in Dutch. I still don’t know what some of them mean. At least they drive on the right side of the road.<\/p>\n

There were 10 caches<\/a> on the island which made for convenient destinations with some other stops inbetween. Some of the cooler stops were: a huge cave with lots of bats flying around, the wish rock garden with thousands of little rock piles and 4-wheeling around the edges of the island. I drove the whole time and I had a blast.<\/p>\n

The most unamusing part was Aruba’s famous natural bridge which is no longer a bridge. It collapsed last year and all you see is a bunch of rock lying in a gulley. That doesn’t stop tourists from coming here though – there were more here than I saw anywhere else on the island.<\/p>\n

The final stop for the day was Haystack Hill<\/a>, the highest point in Aruba. 562 steps lead up to the top of this peak which is quite a workout. I was quite winded but we all made it up.<\/p>\n

No good vacation comes without injuries though. Anne smashed her knee on our second stop. It’s been sore, but she seems fine. I was proud of being out in the blazing sun all day and only getting my neck burnt a little bit. Yay sunblock!<\/p>\n

We ended up finding all 10 caches and the windmill and casino I remembered. It was a long day though and we were glad to get back on the ship, take a shower and go to bed at a reasonable hour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was last in Aruba about 13 years ago. I remembered only a pool, a beach, a casino and a windmill. Today we set off to rent a car and tour the island, and we did. After waiting for an Avis guy to pick us up, the 6 of us got into Suzuki XL-7 and …<\/p>\n

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