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A14 LOCAL
Friday 4 May 2018
Happy Island Miracles in Pictures & Words

Books, they can shake the waves have opened can still be found of the
your world upside down. secret bays and stunning original indigenous inhabit-
A good book is changing beaches in the shelter of ants, and of the gold indus-
your mood like that perfect rock walls. From beach try and aloe plantations.
vacation spot that energiz- to beach, point to point, The islands architectural
es your spirit. Put these two cave to cliff to boat to bird, heritage includes historic
together and what you get Aruba truly is... One Happy churches, a fort and a light-
is a vacation book, a mem- Island.” house. And you will come
ory of that wonderful, heav- across the islands char-
enly place where you spent We Are Aruba by Linda acteristic cunucu houses
your valuable leisure time. Reijnders wherever you go. This
Aruba Today dived into a Worldly life tales of island- guide will lead you through
local book store and won- ers that come from 76 dif- this wonderful cultural heri-
dered which Aruba books ferent countries. This is a tage along three routes:
thrill the visitor’s mind. Syl- book that tells the stories one driving route around
via Wouters, store manager of immigrants who make the entire island, and two
at Bruna Book Store, gladly up for the multicultural so- walking routes in the cit-
helped us out and informed The book has 192 full color house, I travel south along ciety that Aruba is. A world ies of Oranjestad and San
us about a small selection pages and more than 400 pristine beaches of white within an island, a cocktail Nicolas. You will discover
of Happy Island Miracles in photos in a landscape for- sand and calm, translu- of people. The book is vis- places known only to in-
pictures and words. mat of 9.1 x 6.6 x 1.1 inch- cent seas, passing hotels, ibly enriched with a picture siders. And of course this
es. In the words of the au- sailboats and shipwrecks of each interviewed im- guide also provides his-
Aruba Point to Point by Fed- thor: “Slipping beyond a as I go. At the southern tip, migrant and an image of torical backgrounds and
erico Cabello dynamic tourist industry to it is hard not to wish that the her/his country as well as a practical information.
“Beautiful pictures of Aru- discover its wild and unde- island would never end. map with the country’s lo-
ba, this is a perfect cof- veloped beauty. Starting Then back up the rocky cation. In the back you will Modern Caribbean Flavors
fee table book to dream at the extreme north of the East coast, where time and find a list with all nationali- by Helmi Smeulders
away with”, explains Sylvia. island, at California Light- the eternal embrace of ties living in the island and This is thé book about the
their numbers. contemporary Caribbean
kitchen with healthy reci-
Aruba Monuments Guide pes made with fresh and
by Michel Bakker and Olga local ingredients. With
van der Klooster recipes for Tropical Qui-
Aruba! Everyone knows this noa Salad with Mango
tropical island in the sun & Pomegranate Seeds,
with pearly white beaches Sweet Potato Salad, Goat
and palm trees swaying in Merguez, Watermelon San-
the trade winds. But theres gria or Plantain Soup, the
more to Aruba than this. It Caribbean vibe enters your
has a fascinating history, kitchen, and you feel for
a diverse culture and a a bit you are back in the
rich architecture. Traces tropics again….q