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I am planning on making my first visit to Aruba at the end of August or early September, and I am interested in getting some advice and opinions. I’d like to NOT get an all-inclusive vacation package. A few people hotel/motel right on the beach is not that important to me, especially if it will save me a significant amount. I am thinking about searching for cheap accomodation, perhaps in San Nicholas, and renting a car for the duration of my visit to drive to the beaches, casinos, etc. Is this practical and economical? Is parking near the beaches, casinos, etc. easy to find? Thank you.
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>I am planning on making my first visit to Aruba at the end of August or >early September, and I am interested in getting some advice and >opinions. >I’d like to NOT get an all-inclusive vacation package. A few people >hotel/motel right on the beach is not that important to me, especially >if it will save me a significant amount. I am thinking about searching >for cheap accomodation, perhaps in San Nicholas,
There are ample cheap accommodations on Aruba. See pages like: Aruba guest houses: http://www.arubatourism.com/wheretostay/apt.html http://www.visitaruba.com/wheretostay/apartments/ Good list, but no prices: http://www.enjoyaruba.com/apartments/ Good, has prices: http://www.geographia.com/aruba/accommodation.htm If you can spend a little more money, I recommend Quality Apartments. > and renting a car for >the duration of my visit to drive to the beaches, casinos, etc. Is >this practical and economical? Is parking near the beaches, casinos, >etc. easy to find?
You can rent a bicycle. Cheaper than a car. And easy to park right at the beach. You can read about how I got around by bicycle in this trip journal: http://donwiss.com/carib2005.txt Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).
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The main thing is not to leave a bar drunk with locals you dont know. Everyone is looking for nataleeee so they will not have the resources to look for you
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->I am planning on making my first visit to Aruba at the end of August or >early September, and I am interested in getting some advice and >opinions. >I’d like to NOT get an all-inclusive vacation package. A few people >hotel/motel right on the beach is not that important to me, especially >if it will save me a significant amount. I am thinking about searching >for cheap accomodation, perhaps in San Nicholas, > There are ample cheap accommodations on Aruba. See pages like: > Aruba guest houses: http://www.arubatourism.com/wheretostay/apt.html > http://www.visitaruba.com/wheretostay/apartments/ > Good list, but no prices: > http://www.enjoyaruba.com/apartments/ > Good, has prices: > http://www.geographia.com/aruba/accommodation.htm > If you can spend a little more money, I recommend Quality Apartments. > and renting a car for >the duration of my visit to drive to the beaches, casinos, etc. Is >this practical and economical? Is parking near the beaches, casinos, >etc. easy to find? > You can rent a bicycle. Cheaper than a car. And easy to park right at the > beach. You can read about how I got around by bicycle in this trip journal: > http://donwiss.com/carib2005.txt > Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).
One more item – if you want to travel between the commercial areas and the beach in front of the Amsterdam Manor Hotel, the bus is another inexpensive way to get around. I rode it from downtown Oranjestad to the lighthouse at the north end one day and took it to San Nicholas another. I wouldn’t reccomend San Nicholas as a lodging spot though, the refinery takes up all of the waterfront and I don’t recall any hotels. There were several economical hotels in Ajax which is sort of in the center of the island and nore accessible to the beaches and commercial areas. I took the packaged bus tour which wound all over the island so I may have missed something, but San Nicholas didn’t look very nice to stay – nothing run-down or dangerous, just industrial.
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and we see that they have done a great job finding her
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the ehole us army is searching for bin laden….havent found him…..so shoudl we assume the sidetracking in Iraq is costing us in finding him, or are they just not doing a great job of looking? Chuck
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> The main thing is not to leave a bar drunk with locals you dont know. > Everyone is looking for nataleeee so they will not have the resources > to look for you
Everyone meaning all the American friends of Natalee. The Arubans and particularly the Aruban authorities are doing nothing to search for her. They are more interested in protecting their tourist reputation and their Van der Sloot friends than finding her. r
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