{"id":1496,"date":"2019-06-03T20:37:14","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T18:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/?p=1496"},"modified":"2019-06-04T04:17:06","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T02:17:06","slug":"aruba-one-happy-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/en\/2019\/06\/03\/aruba-one-happy-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Aruba \u2013 One happy island"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aruba \u2013 the\n\u201cA\u201d of the ABC Islands is located 15 miles north of Venezuela. It is famous for\nits white-sand beaches and rather high temperatures (on average about 28\u00b0C all\nthe year). It belongs to the Netherlands, but there is also significant American\ninfluence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now we are already almost a month on Aruba and to be honest: We are here mainly because we are still waiting for a few spare parts and not because of the pleasures of the island. Some people are joking that cruising means &#8222;repairing your boat on very exotic places&#8220;. I tend to think that there is some truth in this saying. Anyway we do enjoy the time here and spend many hours at the beautiful beaches and in the water. We have also meet many nice people here, cruising sailors as well as locals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, Aruba is not one of the most exotic places we\u2019ve been so far, nor is it our favourite. We feel that it is quite busy here and very touristic \u2013 in particular downtown and close to the cruising terminal. Furthermore, it seems to us that the island is almost like a dessert and even the nature reserve park looks a bit vacated and dry.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n<p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- START UNITE GALLERY 1.7.62 -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id='unitegallery_46_1' class='unite-gallery' style='margin:0px auto;'>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"20190510_104010\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     src=\"\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190510_104010.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190510_104010-300x225.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     title=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     style=\"display:none\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"20190510_113622\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     src=\"\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190510_113622.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     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With your ticket you can visit the farm as often as you want during your stay on Aruba.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- START UNITE GALLERY 1.7.62 -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id='unitegallery_47_2' class='unite-gallery' style='margin:0px auto;'>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"20190519_141809\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     src=\"\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190519_141809.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190519_141809-300x225.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     title=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     style=\"display:none\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     src=\"\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/P5196728.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/P5196728-300x200.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     title=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     style=\"display:none\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     src=\"\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/P5196738.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/P5196738-300x200.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     title=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     style=\"display:none\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     src=\"\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/P5196743.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/P5196743-300x200.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     title=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     style=\"display:none\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     src=\"\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/P5196794.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/P5196794-300x200.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     title=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     style=\"display:none\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     src=\"\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/P5196812.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/P5196812-300x200.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     title=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     style=\"display:none\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     src=\"\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/P5196833.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/P5196833-300x200.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     title=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     style=\"display:none\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     src=\"\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/P5196892.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/P5196892-300x200.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     title=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     style=\"display:none\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     src=\"\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/P5196945.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/P5196945-300x200.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     title=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     style=\"display:none\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     src=\"\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/P5196989.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/P5196989-300x200.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     title=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     style=\"display:none\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t<!-- END UNITEGALLERY --><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also did a short trip to San Nicolas. It was once the most important town on Aruba. Since the best times of the nearby oil refinery are over it&#8217;s kind of difficult place. They try to redevelop the area and attract people with art. The art installations are quite impressive and colourful, but it is still not a place where we would like to spent several days. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- START UNITE GALLERY 1.7.62 -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id='unitegallery_48_3' class='unite-gallery' style='margin:0px auto;'>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"20190509_174702\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     src=\"\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190509_174702.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190509_174702-300x225.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     title=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     style=\"display:none\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"20190509_173537\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     src=\"\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190509_173537.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190509_173537-300x225.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     title=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     style=\"display:none\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"20190509_173427\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     src=\"\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190509_173427.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190509_173427-300x225.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     title=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     style=\"display:none\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"20190509_173359\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     src=\"\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190509_173359.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190509_173359-300x225.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     title=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     style=\"display:none\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"20190509_173207_HDR\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     src=\"\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190509_173207_HDR.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190509_173207_HDR-300x225.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     title=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     style=\"display:none\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"20190509_173136\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     src=\"\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190509_173136.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190509_173136-300x225.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     title=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     style=\"display:none\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"20190509_172806\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     src=\"\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190509_172806.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190509_172806-300x225.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     title=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     style=\"display:none\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"20190509_172646\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     src=\"\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190509_172646.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190509_172646-225x300.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     title=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     style=\"display:none\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"20190509_163534\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     src=\"\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190509_163534.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190509_163534-300x234.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     title=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     style=\"display:none\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"20190509_163444_HDR\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     src=\"\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190509_163444_HDR.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190509_163444_HDR-225x300.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     title=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     style=\"display:none\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"20190509_163433_HDR\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     src=\"\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190509_163433_HDR.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190509_163433_HDR-300x225.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     title=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     style=\"display:none\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"San Nicolas\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     src=\"\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190509_163141.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190509_163141-300x225.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     title=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     style=\"display:none\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t<!-- END UNITEGALLERY --><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, Aruba is a place with good infrastructure (even though not necessarily for cruising yachts, if you want to fix something on the boat is Cura\u00e7ao probably the better place). There are many bars and restaurants. The main focus is on tourism with cruise liners and also some pretty big hotels and resorts.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n<p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- START UNITE GALLERY 1.7.62 -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id='unitegallery_49_4' class='unite-gallery' style='margin:0px auto;'>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"Change Sails of Yacht Maya\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     src=\"\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_0552.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_0552-225x300.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     title=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     style=\"display:none\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"Charlies Bar in San Nicolas\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     src=\"\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_9884.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.sy-maya.de\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_9884-225x300.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     title=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     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facilities of the Renaissance Hotel (Marriott),\nlike swimming pool and the Renaissance private island, is complementary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aruba has also some good options to stay at anchor. I think the best anchorage is in front of the Surfside Beach. There is reasonably good protection, good holding ground (look for sand spots in the seagrass!) and it possible to go with the dinghy to the beach or use the dinghy dock at Renaissance Marina (beyond the fuel station). The only downside is that there are quite a few boats passing by and that is close to the airport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clearance is not very convenient in Aruba, because you have to go to\nBarcadera harbour before you are allowed to anchor or to enter the marina.\nThere is a wooden pier for cruising yachts, but it can be tricky to get there because of shallow\nspots (and actually at the peer it is also not very deep). We have only 1,6m\ndraft with our yacht Maya and we didn\u2019t feel comfortable at this pier, because\nour echo sounder indicated very little water blow the keel. So be careful when\napproaching the customs dock. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aruba-cruisingguide.com\/clearance-procedures\/\">https:\/\/www.aruba-cruisingguide.com\/clearance-procedures\/ <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a aria-label=\" (\u00f6ffnet in neuem Tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.renaissancemarina.com\/clearance-procedures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.renaissancemarina.com\/clearance-procedures\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aruba \u2013 the \u201cA\u201d of the ABC Islands is located 15 miles north of Venezuela. 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