More about Aruba

This is my next blog about Aruba.   I would like to share my pictures that I posted on Instagram .  The first picture is of cave art. 

Heres a plane that someone is turning into their house. My friend Isabella is standing in front of it.

Here is the Alta Vista chapel.

Here is the California light house under renovation.

Back in September Tiffany, Isabella, and I went to a festival. The festival was in the Brazil section of Aruba. We ate local food and watch a parade.

Here are some pictures from the Balashi gold mine ruins.

This is the Alta Vista chapel. The Alta Vista chapel is on the east side of the island. The east side of the island is more rough and wild. It is mostly desert with lots of cactuses growing there.

Here's some pictures of the natural pool in Aruba. The natural pool is on the east side of the island. It was used back in the day to keep sea turtles in before locals would eat them. Now many tourists drive Jeeps down to the natural pool. The tour groups will scream and shout as they go down the steep hills. Tiffany, Isabella, Isabella's sister and I walked to the natural pool. We walked three and a half kilometers into the natural pool and enjoyed it. We then walked back to our car.

Here is an abandoned water park. It's very interesting looking.

This plane is in the Santa Cruz area. Someone is converting it into their home.

Here are a few nice pictures of the beach. Living on a resort island can sometimes be difficult. Everyone is here on vacation, but we have to go to work on Monday. So often times on a Sunday evening it's a little bit sad because we have to go to work the next day.

Here's a few pictures from work. In this picture tiffany is sitting at her desk.

Here are some pictures of Isabella in her classroom.

Here I am in front of my classroom. This was the day that we had parent teacher conferences back in November.

Here are a few last pictures of us exploring around the island.

Here are pictures of the ostrich farm. We went to the ostrich farm and saw many baby ostriches. They had just arrived from Belgium.

I even laid an ostrich egg.

One day we decided to go to the National Park and explore the kids there. The case of very interesting at Kmart. Historians are not completely sure what the drawings are of.

Outside the cave is it natural pool. You can sit on the swing and put your feet in the water. Little fish will swim up and then eat the dead skin off your feet. You can come and sit on the swing and have your feet cleaned.

Isabella friend Luis came to visit in Aruba. Luis is from Spain and has been traveling around South America for the past 10 months. After leaving Aruba Luis went to visit Panama. One night it was interesting because Isabella, Luis, and I were out to eat dinner. When we ordered our meal Isabella ordered in Dutch. Luis ordered his meal in Spanish. And I ordered my meal in English. The waitress spoke each language very fluently and it caught her a little off guard. She had to come back and ask again what drink I had ordered. 

In Aruba most people speak 4 languages fluently. It makes it very easy to visit here and feel welcomed.

On Thanksgiving Day we did a tour of the Belashi Beer plant.

The beer plant also makes all the Coca Cola products on the island. The man giving the tour said that Coca Cola here on the island taste different than it does in Venezuela. The water here is very pure. The water is purified sea water.

The machinery is all from Germany. It's very automated and works very efficiently. The machinery is all from Germany. It's very automated and works very efficiently. The beer planter is an operation from Monday to Friday. You can do chores there at 10:30 in the morning. You need to arrive at around 10 a.m. and the price is $10. After the tour you get one free beer.

Send beer plant will be operating seven days a week. In two years Royal Caribbean cruise lines will start having ships that leave from Aruba. This beer plant will be providing all the drinks for the cruise ships. In addition to brewing beer and making Coca Cola products they also distribute Grey Goose vodka and Dewers.