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Wednesday 20 december 2017

Happy Island miracles in pictures & words

Books, they can shake your photos in a landscape for- Popular book that gives an 1992 in The News, a local of the gold industry and
world upside down. A good mat of 9.1 x 6.6 x 1.1 inch- overview of Aruba’s birds English-language newspa- aloe plantations. The islands
book is changing your es. In the words of the au- together with descriptions. per. The Island Life columns architectural heritage in-
mood like that perfect va- thor: “Slipping beyond a The book contains full page were very factual and had cludes historic churches, a
cation spot that energizes dynamic tourist industry to photographs of over two a very strong educational fort and a lighthouse. And
your spirit. Take these two discover its wild and unde- hundred species of birds undertone. Marking its 25th you will come across the
together and what you get veloped beauty. Starting taken in Aruba’s wildlife. A anniversary the column islands characteristic cu-
is a vacation book, a mem- at the extreme north of the checklist, for scientific and has become part of Aru- nucu houses wherever you
ory of that wonderful, heav- island, at California Light- educational purposes, is at ba’s history and collective go. This guide will lead you
enly place where you spent house, I travel south along the end of the book con- memory. “For those who through this wonderful cul-
your valuable leisure time. pristine beaches of white taining the names of all were part of history to re- tural heritage along three
Aruba Today dived into a sand and calm, translucent bird species that can be member those days and routes: one driving route
local book store and won- seas, passing hotels, sail- found in Aruba. Where pos- for the next generations around the entire island,
dered which Aruba books boats and shipwrecks as sible, the status (resident, and Aruba’s visitors to learn and two walking routes
thrill the visitor’s mind. Syl- I go. At the southern tip, it migrant, vagrant, intro- about our islands valuable in the cities of Oranjestad
via Wouters, store manager is hard not to wish that the duced) and abundance traditions, movements and and San Nicolas. You will
at Bruna Book Store, gladly island would never end. (common, fairly common, contributors”, quoted by discover places known only
helped us out and informed Then back up the rocky uncommon, scarce, and Karin Swiers, the book’s edi- to insiders. And of course
us about a small selection East coast, where time and rare) of the particular bird tor and publisher, at Visita- this guide also provides his-
of Happy Island miracles in the eternal embrace of the species will be added to ruba.com. torical backgrounds and
pictures and words. waves have opened secret the checklist. practical information.
Aruba Point to Point by Fed- bays and stunning beaches We Are Aruba by Linda
erico Cabello in the shelter of rock walls. Island Life, Aruba’s Best- Reijnders
From beach to beach, Kept Diary by Rona Coster Worldly life tales of islanders
“Beautiful pictures of Aru- point to point, cave to cliff The book is a selection of that come from 76 differ-
ba, this is a perfect cof- to boat to bird, Aruba truly columns written by Rona ent countries. This is a book
fee table book to dream is... One Happy Island.” Coster between 1992 and that tells the stories of immi-
away with”, explains Sylvia. 2004. The column ap- grants who make up for the
The book has 192 full color Bird Wildlife of Aruba Hard- peared for the first time multicultural society that
pages and more than 400 cover by Greg Peterson under the title Island Life in Aruba is. A world within an
island, a cocktail of people.
The book is visibly enriched
with a picture of each in-
terviewed immigrant and
an image of her/his country
as well as a map with the
country’s location. In the
back you will find a list with
all nationalities living in the Modern Caribbean Flavors
island and their numbers. by Helmi Smeulders
This is thé book about the
Aruba Monuments Guide contemporary Caribbean
by Michel Bakker and Olga kitchen with healthy recipes
van der Klooster made with fresh and local
Aruba! Everyone knows this ingredients. With recipes for
tropical island in the sun Tropical Quinoa Salad with
with pearly white beaches Mango & Pomegranate
and palm trees swaying in Seeds, Sweet Potato Sal-
the trade winds. But theres ad, Goat Merguez, Water-
more to Aruba than this. It melon Sangria or Plantain
has a fascinating history, a Soup, the Caribbean vibe
diverse culture and a rich enters your kitchen, and
architecture. Traces can still you feel for a bit you are
be found of the original in- back in the tropics again…
digenous inhabitants, and .q