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Trends, Taste and Travel|Aruba, an Island of Refinery Episode
Bonbini, in our native language of Papiamento, means "Welcome". Welcome to Aruba. The beaches curve like an Aruban smile along the western shores, soft and white and fringed with palm trees, sloping gently toward the calm transparent turquoise of the Caribbean. The waves of the windward coast crash like incessant thunder against the northern cliffs, carving high, arched coral bridges and deep, dark secret limestone grottoes. Between the two extremes, in a desert landscape where the cacti grow to the height of a man, great building-sized tumbles of boulders stand like the lagacy of some ancient, angry god. Winding roads lead to rocky passes and hidden coves, or sometimes to nowhere at all. Giant green parakeets call to their mates, and clouds flash brilliant orange against the deep blue of the Caribbean sky.
[ Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:00:00 EST ]
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