Aruba pics

[Aharami]

not too much since i stayed with gf's family at their resort timeshare. airfare was $565...and spent about $250 there between food, car, activities, etc. but hotels there are usually $130+ per night

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Aharami
wow there used to be a lot of water under the natural bridge before it collapsed. now it looks like this
which hotel did you stay in? I've heard good things about Aruba House

WOW!

What happened to the bridge. When I was there in 2003 it was fine?

PS - if you guys want to dive, go to cozumel, belize, cayman brac. Simply amazing.

-edit- very nice pics by the way.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Aharami
not too much since i stayed with gf's family at their resort timeshare. airfare was $565...and spent about $250 there between food, car, activities, etc. but hotels there are usually $130+ per night

You can get really good deals to aruba. I stayed at that mariiot for cheap. Almost bought a timeshare. I can't recall but the "timeshares are bad, mmmkay?" doesn't apply there. different options/rules/selling/etc. Plus, just grease one of the guys at the counter and you can get an all inclusive band.

 

[Aharami]

yea it fell in 2005 sometime. 🙁
they claim it fell at night and noone was hurt

 

[spacelord]

wow, I didn't know it fell. We were there about 5 years ago.. great place.
We took a crash course in Scuba diving and did that while we were down there. Did 3 tanks worth of diving. great experience.

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Aharami
not too much since i stayed with gf's family at their resort timeshare. airfare was $565...and spent about $250 there between food, car, activities, etc. but hotels there are usually $130+ per night

You can get really good deals to aruba. I stayed at that mariiot for cheap. Almost bought a timeshare. I can't recall but the "timeshares are bad, mmmkay?" doesn't apply there. different options/rules/selling/etc. Plus, just grease one of the guys at the counter and you can get an all inclusive band.

good to know cuz next time we're going with friends...so no timeshare deal to take advantage of

 

[Aharami]

oh and spidey, were you allowed to go on the natural bridge while it was still up? when we went there they had it fenced off from the parking lot side saying its not safe to go on it.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Aharami
oh and spidey, were you allowed to go on the natural bridge while it was still up? when we went there they had it fenced off from the parking lot side saying its not safe to go on it.

yes. Got pics laying around somewhere.

 

[panther309]

nice pics man.. i went to St. Thomas/John (US Virgin Islands) over winter break.. i LOVE these types of places and would love to visit Aruba.

 

[purbeast0]

IF any of you all care ... here is my gallery from my trip to Aruba last summer.

(not trying to steal your thunder Aharami, you just got me excited about Aruba again and I checked out my gallery so I figured I'd share it in this thread 🙂)

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: panther309
nice pics man.. i went to St. Thomas/John (US Virgin Islands) over winter break.. i LOVE these types of places and would love to visit Aruba.

Ive been the Cancun twice, Miami multiple times, the Bahamas once, and Aruba is my favorite vacation spot so far

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
IF any of you all care ... here is my gallery from my trip to Aruba last summer.

(not trying to steal your thunder Aharami, you just got me excited about Aruba again and I checked out my gallery so I figured I'd share it in this thread 🙂)

haha steal my thunder. nah its all good man. I thought your site is down?
and Drew, you might want to check out autopano-sift, hugin, and enblend to stitch together your panoramas. Together they work WAAAAY better than that ****** canon photostich program. Learning curve is a bit high, and it takes a little longer to create the panos, but they come out so much better

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: Aharami

i wasnt sure if you were referring to my spelling...made me second guess myself. looks like I spelled it right

but yea, apparantly the males can rip your guts open with one swipe of their claw. their beaks are harmless though...apparantly

No you're spelling's fine - my misspelling was apparently due to the margaritas. :laugh:

Yes, the nonflying birds are feisty. Looks like you had a great time. It's been a while since I've been there. (1992)

 

[panther309]

Originally posted by: Aharami

Originally posted by: panther309
nice pics man.. i went to St. Thomas/John (US Virgin Islands) over winter break.. i LOVE these types of places and would love to visit Aruba.

Ive been the Cancun twice, Miami multiple times, the Bahamas once, and Aruba is my favorite vacation spot so far

I'm probably mixing this up with Fiji or some other exotic destination.. but is Aruba relatively inexpensive not counting the plane tickets?

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: panther309

Originally posted by: Aharami

Originally posted by: panther309
nice pics man.. i went to St. Thomas/John (US Virgin Islands) over winter break.. i LOVE these types of places and would love to visit Aruba.

Ive been the Cancun twice, Miami multiple times, the Bahamas once, and Aruba is my favorite vacation spot so far

I'm probably mixing this up with Fiji or some other exotic destination.. but is Aruba relatively inexpensive not counting the plane tickets?

You spend what you would in America on vacation, or maybe a LITTLE more. And that's for attractions.

When we did the snorkel trip it was I believe $35/person. That included a ride to/from our hotel to the dock, an open bar on the boat, a 3 hour or so ride with snorkelling at 2 different locations for about 30-45 minutes each.

It really depends what you want to do that will make or break the bank. When I went w/my GF we decided to go all out and eat out every night and go party every night, as well as do some type of activity every day. But if you don't go eating out every night and want to hang on the beach all day, you can spend very little $$. I believe Aharami said he spent $250 on his week long trip. Hell my GF and I spent more than $250 in one day when we went. It included wave runners in the morning, horse back riding in the afternoon, dinner at the flying fishbone, then partying all night long.

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Aharami
wow there used to be a lot of water under the natural bridge before it collapsed. now it looks like this
which hotel did you stay in? I've heard good things about Aruba House

WOW!

What happened to the bridge. When I was there in 2003 it was fine?

PS - if you guys want to dive, go to cozumel, belize, cayman brac. Simply amazing.

-edit- very nice pics by the way.

I snapped my pic of the Natural Bridge March 2005...it collapsed relatively recently I believe.

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: panther309

Originally posted by: Aharami

Originally posted by: panther309
nice pics man.. i went to St. Thomas/John (US Virgin Islands) over winter break.. i LOVE these types of places and would love to visit Aruba.

Ive been the Cancun twice, Miami multiple times, the Bahamas once, and Aruba is my favorite vacation spot so far

I'm probably mixing this up with Fiji or some other exotic destination.. but is Aruba relatively inexpensive not counting the plane tickets?

I surprised at how far our money went when I was in Aruba.

 

[NatePo717]

I......hate.....you!!

(not really I'm just jealous. 😛) Very nice pictures. I really wanna go back to the Virgin islands/Hawaii/any other tropical island again.