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Article: Aruba: a Southern Caribbean Dutch treat.(Port Of The Month)
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- Cruise Travel
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- July 1, 2004
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Tiny Aruba, smallest island of the ABC Dutch West Indies off the coast of South America, is an unusual cruise port. If you're standing on an upper deck as your ship approaches, you realize that Aruba is flat (highest point is only 617 feet) and arid. Later you learn the soil is so poor that basically all foods have to be imported, usually from Venezuela, some 15 miles away.
Aruba's topography and vegetation are unusual for a Caribbean island. On the south and west coasts are miles of beautiful whitesand beaches, among the finest in the world. They're rimmed by placid seas offering visibility as deep as 100 feet. The northern coast--the windward shore--is wild. ...