Trips, Pics, and Tales

After our stop at the Natural Bridge, we continued on to one of the next most popular natural attractions in Aruba, the Casibari Rock Formations. Geologists are uncertain about the actual origins of these rock formations, but they believe that the collision of tectonic plates created them, forcing these massive slabs to the surface.  There are two sections to the Casibari, the second being the Ayo. However there are no trails or steps to the top of the boulders at the Ayo, so visiting there is a bit more challenging.  It's said that the Casibari is Aruba's Stonehenge, with their destincive shapes, created by the eternal trade winds.  There were a few friendly lizards sunning on the boulders! Our British friends had only signed up for the morning tour, so they departed, leaving us to drive the rest of the day! It was hard to believe that our tour was only half over. We had already seen...

Today was our first port day, Aruba! I've never been to Aruba so I was really looking forward to spending the day here! One of the great things about Windstar is that the days in port are long! We would be docked from 8:00 am until 6:00 pm so we were able to really get a nice full day of exploring in! Lisa and I decided to do a full day Jeep tour of the island.  This tour would give us a great overview of the island, plus some time at the beach at the end of the day!  When we docked we had a bit of a walk to meet the tour, which was slightly confusing, but we figured it out and off we went!  Our ship looked pretty great docked in Oranjestad! From the port we went in a shuttle bus, picking up a few more people in our group at some of the various hotels, and then we went to the spot where the Jeeps were waiting for us.  While driving our own Jeep sounded fun, ultimately neither Lisa nor I actually volunteered to be a driver and we opted to be passengers with a lov...