Home Sweet Home....

We are back from a week and a half in Aruba..... I hate saying it but Aruba was like a prettier South Florida (much prettier). I just didn't really feel like we left the country. I was hoping the Dutch Carribean was well.... more Dutch. Everything was very similar to the things we have in the US. But the beach was soooo pretty. And after a solid week of laying on the beach, I kinda felt antsy to get up and do stuff. So we found a local named Maddy to take us on a tour of the back country of Aruba. That was soooo much fun!!!!!! I would say if you plan to go to Aruba or even stop there on a cruise you have to look up Maddy and take a half day tour with her in her off road jeep. What a BLAST!!!! Some highlight pics of our trip below!


Home base for us at the Marriott Surf Club where we bought a time share for the week and spent loads of time lounging on the lazy river with Balashi beers!

The off road jeep tour with our local tourguide Maddy, took us to the Natural Pool. The rocks along the ocean form a calm, closed off space for visitors to take a dip and you can even snorkel around the pool for a bit. SO FUN!

Baby Beach is on the south side of Aruba and was so much fun to take a swim and snorkel for the afternoon. Some of the most colorful fish we've ever seen were at this reef. Also a good beach for beginner swimmers and kids. It was so calm and relaxing!

Our lizard friends are everywhere in Aruba. They aren't scared of people either- I actually saw one crawl up some guys leg- no joke! Fun fact is that if they fall into a pool they can swim to the steps and climb out!!!!