just another day in paradise

Our hotel was located on the marina side of the island so they had a private island to make up for their lack of beach, and it did just that. They provided a boat that would pull into the lobby of our hotel and take us to the island.

This was definitely our favorite part of Aruba. The island was just what I imagined a tropical paradise to be, complete with pink flamingos. We planned this trip hoping to relax and for Jason to unwind after the bar and I don't think there could have been anything more perfect to help him do this. It had everything we needed; palm trees, lounge chairs, ample fish for snorkeling, a cafe and tennis court. Our favorite was to wake up early and be the first ones on the island. We would play a little tennis before it got to hot and then cool off with a little snorkeling and then some reading and sun bathing.

The island was sectioned off creating a lagoon so you wouldn't drift out to sea. There were tons of huge blue parrot fish you could see while snorkeling and we learned that if you went outside of the rocks into the open water there was a ship wreck with lots of fish. This quickly became Jason's favorite spot, the visibility went on forever and there were tons of beautiful tropical fish swimming around for us to see.

I get nervous when I snorkel but I loved when we would venture outside of our safe lagooned waters and Jason would hold my hand as we swam around and discovered new fish.

There were iguanas and lizards wandering around but the highlight was watching the flamingos. It was fun to see their vibrant pink feathers and watch them wonder around in the water.

Feeding the flamingos







Around the island









Blue parrot fish

Jason snorkeling

Jason on the boat


Leaving the island