well this is depressing ...

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: laurenlex
Pics! I will be there next winter, but only for a day. It's a cruise stop. Can't wait.

tonight.

i'm going to try and setup apache + 4images + mysql + php and see if I can get a gallery running off of my PC at home. i have about 500 images total. i just have to get off work, fix my flat tire, then ill mess around w/those apps.

 

[chuckywang]

where are the pics???

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
oh yea, and one thing i did not know about aruba until I went there is how WINDY it is there. the wind is CONSTANT. however, w/out wind, that place would be too hot. the wind helps cool things down. its cool too cause all of the trees are pointed to the west because the wind always is blowing west.

I told you about the wind.

Glad you had a great time. I want to make it a yearly thing for the wife and I.

BTW don't plan on moving there. They are very strict on letting people move there and such.

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: purbeast0

Originally posted by: Beast1284
Was that $1700 including everything? If not, how much would you say you spent the entire trip, including meals, activities, souvenires, etc.

no that was just flight + hotel.

i would say we spend about $2000 on everything else, maybe a little more. however we did a lot of activities which were pricey, as well as eat out every night at nice restaraunts. i would say i spend probably $300 - $325 on dinner alone. our very last day we did a lot of stuff. we went parasailing in the morning ($50 each, $100 total) then went horseback riding ($60 each, $120 total), then went to dinner where we ate with the table at the shoreline ($111 including tip), then we took a cab downtown ($20) and ended up partying ($100 on drinks the whole night). luckily we caught a ride w/other people to the restaraunt as well as home from the bars. but that day alone, as you can see, we went all out and spent about $500 in one day, not including purchases we made. we spend probably $200 on souveneirs and stuff. we also went out everynight, spending probably $60 - $100 every night on partying.

its way worth it, and we had saved enough $$$ to do everything we wanted to do w/the little time we had. next time I go i'm renting a car though to explore the island more, and to not have to worry about cab fares to get to places (although at night i would take bus into town and cab back home to not worry about drinking/driving).

Should have taken the Arubus downtown. It was $4 for 2 roundtrip passes.

What places did you eat? I should have told you to hit Iguana Joe's for afternoon drinks and appetizers.

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: Feldenak

Originally posted by: purbeast0

Originally posted by: Beast1284
Was that $1700 including everything? If not, how much would you say you spent the entire trip, including meals, activities, souvenires, etc.

no that was just flight + hotel.

i would say we spend about $2000 on everything else, maybe a little more. however we did a lot of activities which were pricey, as well as eat out every night at nice restaraunts. i would say i spend probably $300 - $325 on dinner alone. our very last day we did a lot of stuff. we went parasailing in the morning ($50 each, $100 total) then went horseback riding ($60 each, $120 total), then went to dinner where we ate with the table at the shoreline ($111 including tip), then we took a cab downtown ($20) and ended up partying ($100 on drinks the whole night). luckily we caught a ride w/other people to the restaraunt as well as home from the bars. but that day alone, as you can see, we went all out and spent about $500 in one day, not including purchases we made. we spend probably $200 on souveneirs and stuff. we also went out everynight, spending probably $60 - $100 every night on partying.

its way worth it, and we had saved enough $$$ to do everything we wanted to do w/the little time we had. next time I go i'm renting a car though to explore the island more, and to not have to worry about cab fares to get to places (although at night i would take bus into town and cab back home to not worry about drinking/driving).

Should have taken the Arubus downtown. It was $4 for 2 roundtrip passes.

What places did you eat? I should have told you to hit Iguana Joe's for afternoon drinks and appetizers.

yea i took the bus downtown, but it stops running at midnight so we had to get a cab on the way back. i stopped in iguana joes during the day when we went shopping down there, but we didn't eat or drink anything in there.

 

[Aharami]

still no pics

im gonna start calling shens on your trip soon!!

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: Aharami
still no pics

im gonna start calling shens on your trip soon!!

lol. well seroiusly, if you wanna PM me that FTP info i can queue up the pics right now before i leave for work.

i couldn't get apache working on my PC last night at all and went to see batman begins so i never figured it out. i will hopefully try again tonight, but not sure if it will work.

but you did offer that ftp .... so pm me if you want me to up to the server, ill be here for 10 more mins before i go to work.

 

[mrrman]

any news on the lost 18 yo grad

 

[bunker]

That was one of the stops on a cruise I took many years ago. Out of the 5 islands we stopped at, Aruba was definitely my favorite.