subject: A Potent Guide To Aruba, Caribbean Water Sports With News On Budget Hotels Along With Tours [print this page] Going Shopping in Aruba Going Shopping in Aruba
Shopping in Aruba is so unlike the frazzled task one usually associates with shopping at home. For one, Aruba has no formal mall, at least not in the sense that it has endless boutiques to get lost in or a generic building to hold the shops. The closest mall found in Aruba is the Paseo Herencia Shopping and Entertaining Center, and even this surpasses expectations with its beautiful old-style plaza type of building with a strong Hispanic flavor. There are many offerings in Paseo such as liquid fireworks display at night, a cinema and musical entertainment aside from the obvious restaurants and shops. The Village, which is actually more of an old structure thats been restored to become a shopping convenience in the middle of the Aruban hotel strip. The Village has a courtyard which is filled with lots of entertaining attractions like street performances, small kiosks and quaint retail shops that is a jumble of different influences, very similar to the Aruban culture. These two are quite a visual element in themselves even without their goodies and is a truly unique experience when it comes to shopping.
Passion Unleashed with Aruba Deep Sea Fishing
A sport which requires deep concentration, a love for solitude considering the only companion is the boat and its railing, and tremendous patience to wait is deep sea fishing. Its also one of the most rewarding sports with the prize easily seen and actually touchable, such as a beautiful blue marlin or a 70 pound billfish. The waters of Aruba is a great spot for this sport, holding varied species of fish, weighing bigger and heavier with each catch, such as bonitos, kingfishes, yellowfinned tunas, barracudas and a shark if youre really lucky. There are several commercial fishing boats which can be chartered for a day or half a day during your Aruban vacation, depending on how passionate you are at the sport. Commercial fishermen can let you borrow their boats or you can hire professionals like Red Sail Sports Aruba during your Aruban vacation.
A deeper look at the Worlds Largest Bird with Aruba Ostrich Adventures
Among many things, youll be able to find out whether burying their heads in the sand is a myth or not with these flightless birds. One cant blame them though since the Aruba sand and landscape is one great adoptive setting for these African immigrants. The Aruba Ostrich Adventures is a great way to get a deeper perspective on the species with their 80 or so numbered flock along with the ostrichs cousins, the emus. Aside from a guided tour on the farm, guests of Aruba Ostrich Adventures can also partake in an African eating spree at the Savanna Lodge Bar and Restaurant or shop at their African Art Shop. The tour is every half an hour daily which allows guests to interact with these birds starting from the incubator, down to the hatchery, the pen, then off to the rugged terrain which ultimately becomes their home. The tour is only $12 for adults and $6 for kids.
Arubas Famous Gold Mills
Originally, before becoming a tourist destination, Aruba was famous for being a gold town with adventurers and settlers in the 1500s calling it the land rich with Oro Ruba or red gold. Thus, there were many attempts to capture this Caribbean island in search of the natural treasure. Today, Aruba as it is now called still has many evidences of its origins, one of which are the gold mills that have now become popular tourist destinations. The Bushiribana Gold Mills is found on the Northern Part of the island where the ruins of this ore mine which finally produced gold in 1824 and has continuously produced about 3 million pounds of gold until the supply ran dry, the Bushiribana is a set of beautiful ruins beside the beachfront. Another gold mill is the Balashi Gold Mill found in Arubas Spanish Lagoon. There are still some remaining gold smelters in the ruins and is an interesting attraction for tourists and locals alike because of its functional and aesthetically pleasing faade.
