View from the hotel balcony.
We earned this trip by meeting sales requirements of corn and soybean seed.
We've been able to meet those requirements almost every year for several years. DH and I have gone on a couple trips but 2 of our sons have gone and last year our salesman went on the trip. The company that has this as an incentive is already making plans for next year and that will be to Costa Rica.
There are a few business meetings while we are there but there is plenty of time for rest and recreation too!...
One of the 1st days there we went on a 3 hour bus tour. This beauty was at the Butterfly Farm.
The island of Aruba is a desert island with cactus and thorny bushes everywhere. About the only thing grown there is aloe but I don't know where it grows...we never saw any. Mostly they seem to be bulldozing the cactus and thorny bushes to make room for more houses.
The east side of the island is rocky and has rough waters. No one hanging out at the beach here!
We also went on a sunset sail on a catamaran. There were a couple cruise ships docked each day at Aruba and then about sunset they would take off for their next destination. Those hummers are HUGE!
Another pretty sunset while on the sunset sail.
We also went on a boat/submarine that was called a SemiSub. Both DH and I are a bit claustrophobic and couldn't bear to go on a submarine but this way we could look underwater and if it got too much we could go above and sit on the deck.
Here is one of the cute little fishies that we saw.
But the main event at Aruba are the beaches on the west side of the island. Beautiful beaches with white sand and gorgeous aqua colored water.
We reserved a palapa (shaded table on the beach) and spent a bit of time reading and people watching. But if you can believe it...we even waded out in the ocean! So we can officially say we were in the Caribbean Sea. What fun!
Aruba!!
