The 'Other' Side of the Island

 

 

 

 

The Southwest side of the island has wonderful protected beaches of the white sand sort already displayed. The Northeast coast is exposed to the waves from the Atlantic and instead has giant rock formations. Not too inviting, but they still look pretty cool.

Caves!!

 

 

There were some excellent caves. Including early 19th century graffiti. The pictures of that weren't so great though.

Flower!

 

Not as exciting as the Lizard, but you can't have lizards every day people.

LIZARD!!!

 

I've been waiting for the day when it was time to post the lizard. He is pretty and it took forever to get this photo. My all time favorite arbua picture(s) (there are several pictures of this lizard and others in fact. They are very quick movers). I don't think (s)he needs more explanation than that.

Day 5: National Park! Part 2...Plants!

 

I'm going to ignore the month absence. I was busy, teaching summer school, etc. But now I'm back. And I have a backpacking trip coming up, so I must finish the spring break trip asap! Yes, yes, the Cacti were plants too, but here are some other plants. Aloe above. Aruba has lots of it for sale. And Tequila plants below?? I think. These weren't the exact plants the guy pointed out as Tequila plants, so who knows, but they look like them.

 

 

Day 5: National Park! Part 1...Cacti

The next day we drove to the National Park on other side of the island. There are tons of photos, so first off, the Cacti.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day Four: Rented car

 

The next day we rented a car and drove into the main city for lunch. Turned out it was a holiday, which we knew, but turned out that meant there wasn't much open for lunch. So we drove up to a lighthouse. The lighthouse above was not THAT exciting, but the views were nice. The dessert below was quite nice. The ocean was too.

 

Then we went to a beach that didn't have any hotels!

 

All the locals were out camping and drinking, apparently good friday there is sort of like July 4th here.