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LOCAL Thursday 27 June 2024

With less than 30 days to go, six athletes from Aruba are ready to

compete in the Paris Olympics

(Oranjestad) – From yesterday, there are only
30 days to go for the biggest sporting event in
the world, namely the Summer Olympics, which
this year is celebrating its 30th edition in the city
of romance, Paris, France.

Around 10,500 athletes from around the world
are expected to compete in 329 events in 32
sports, and these include a delegation from
Aruba!

Aruba will be participating with six athletes in
the Paris Olympics:
Ethan Westera - Sail/Windsurfing Men
Just van Aanholt - Sail/Single Handed Man
Mikel Schreuders - Swimming
Chloe Farro - Swimming
Shanayah Howell - Cycling/BMX
Philip Elhage – Shooting

The Summer Olympics will take place in Paris
starting on the 26th of July until the 11th of Au-
gust 2024. Let’s go Aruba!q

Enjoy one of the best views on Aruba at the top of the Hooiberg Hill

(Oranjestad)—If you are a regu- Arikok National Park.
lar hiker, or maybe want to spice
up your morning work out session, The staircase that run on the side
then you might enjoy one of the of the hill was first built in 1951,
most popular climbing sites on the when Mr. Eduardo Tromp con-
island: The Hooiberg Hill. structed it. At that time, the stair-
case consisted of 900 steps. Over
Accompanied with a 600-step time, as the steps faced erosion,
staircase, this hill overlooks a great the government decided to reno-
part of the island, the Caribbean vate these stairs in 1991. This new
sea, and sometimes even the project delivered the newer stair-
Santa Anna mountain located case with only 587 steps. How-
in the coastal state of Falcon in ever, don’t be fooled—it may still
Venezuela, providing one of the be a work out to get on top. In
best views you can get on Aruba. addition, there is now a gazebo
placed halfway up the stair for a
located at the center district of little rest. The view at this resting
the island, Santa Cruz, the Hooi- stop is also a sight to see.
berg Hill is the second highest
point on the island at 165 meters The best time to climb the hill
above sea level (or about 540 would be early in the morning or
feet above sea level). The high- right before sunset, as it may not
est point is Jamanota Hill at 189 be as hot. However, the hill is of
meters (620 feet), located in the course open all day, every day.q