Baby Beach Reef

Yesterday, we drove the island from end to end.  This is no great feat, mind you.   The island of Aruba is a bit under 20 miles long.  The lack of proper road signage made for some interesting side adventures along the way.

We were all struck, for one thing, by the fairly regular appearance of lemon yellow houses along the narrow neighborhood streets.  These houses positively glow.  The other drivers on the road are also noticeable.  By noticeable, I mean they tend to pull out in front of you on a regular basis.

I am personally impressed by the lizards.  I have seen several iguanas.  One was at least three feet long.  I have also seen a gazillion little whiptail lizards.  The whiptails appear everywhere on the ground, on buildings, across the pool deck.  They are like living punctuation marks required to interrupt our own movements from point to point.

We ended up spending most of our day at the southernmost tip of the island.  We swam and snorkeled at Baby Beach Reef and then watched kiteboarders at Spanish Lagoon Reef.

-- Mitchell Hegman