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Why You Should Not Miss Aruba’s Free City Center Street Car Tour

ORANJESTAD - Aruba’s City Center Los Angeles, USA. Aruba’s street- and naturally air-conditioned ve- Renaissance Marina showcasing
Street Car - or as we call it in Dutch; cars are powered by hydrogen fuel hicle? The tour consists of a total of luxurious yachts and Aruba’s blue
“Tram van Oranjestad’ - is a single cells, which are charged by the is- 9 stops approximately 200 meters waters.
track tram line in Oranjestad, the land’s year-round trade winds. apart from each other; all stops are
capital city of Aruba. It was inaugu- clearly marked. The tram will bring The “Tram van Oranjestad” starts
rated on 22 December 2012, being Caya Betico Croes, mostly re- you close to different museums, from a balloon loop near the Port
the first and so far the only passen- ferred to as our “main street” has historical plazas, monuments, the of Call and serves the downtown
ger rail service on Aruba and the been developed into a pollution- Protestant church, Aruba’s high- area and ends at Plaza Nicky. The
rest of the Dutch Caribbean. There free pedestrian mall. The double- end mall, retail shops, and a vari- first ride starts at 10:00 am sharp
are two trolleys, a single-deck one decker offers you a 360 degree ety of local and international cui- with intervals of 25minutes. The last
with 42 seats and a double-decker view of the down town area with sine restaurants. The “I love Aruba” trolley departs from the cruise port
with 64 seats. The line was inspired a picture perfect scenery of the is- trademark also belongs to that list. at 5:00 pm. Don’t miss this tour of
by the popular battery-powered land’s clear blue skies. Who would The third stop on the route is close the beautiful Aruba’s City Center –
streetcar operation at the Grove in not enjoy a ride on this beautiful to a 5-minute walk to the famous it is free for all!q

Aruba’s current weather forecast for the upcoming days

A tropical wave located the system reaches the found winds with tropical
about 700 miles east-south- Windward Islands Tuesday storm force. Those interest-
east of the southern Wind- night or possibly while mov- ed in the Windward Islands
ward Islands is producing a ing westward across the and along the northeast-
large area of showers and southern Caribbean Sea ern coast of Venezuela
thunderstorms. Wednesday through Fri- should monitor the progress
day. A tropical storm brings of this system, and tropical
The environmental condi- very high winds, torrential storm watches or warnings
tions appear conducive for rain and high waves. could be required for por-
development, and a tropi- tions of these areas later
cal depression or a tropical A NOAA Hurricane Hunter today. Regardless of de-
storm is likely to form during aircraft had been investi- velopment, locally heavy
the next day or so before gating the system and has rainfall is possible over the
Windward Islands and the
northeastern coast of Ven-
ezuela Tuesday night and
Wednesday.
Aruba’s weather forecast- next few days or before the ABC Islands, namely Aruba,
ing services aim to continu- tropical wave reaches the Bonaire and Curacao will
ously keep the community Windward Islands during be moderate and this can
and visitors alike informed Tuesday night. be felt between Tuesday
of all developments. and Friday. The possibility
This tropical wave will con- of a Tropical Storm Watch
Recently, they reported tinue its course and en- or Tropical Storm Warning is
that a tropical wave keeps ter the Caribbean Ocean issued remains.
producing a wide area of moving up between Tues-
heavy rain. The atmospher- day and Friday. Up until A Hurricane Hunter aircraft
ic conditions remain favor- now, it is expect that this continues to investigate
able for the development tropical wave will pass the tropical wave and is
of this tropical wave into through the north side of continuously registering
a tropical depression or a the ABC Islands. It is said the winds in order to keep
tropical storm. This forma- reported that the effects the community and visitors
tion can occur within the of this tropical wave on the alike well informed. q