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Aruba to me

ORANJESTAD — You are ting photos, text or any oth- lovely message from Sha-
back and we would like to er materials, you give per- ron Fredericks.
portrait you! By inviting you mission to The Aruba Today
to send us your favorite va- Newspaper, Caribbean They wrote to us saying;
cation picture while enjoy- Speed Printers and any of “Aruba is to me everything
ing our Happy Island. its affiliated companies to good! It’s wonderful peo-
use said materials, as well ple make it so relaxing. The
Complete the sentence: as names, likeness, etc. for lifelong friends we make
Aruba to me is ……. Send promotional purposes with- are priceless and last but
your picture with that text out compensation. not least it’s a time that the
(including your name and Last but not least: check day to day worries vanish!
where you are from) to: out our website, Instagram I love everything in Aruba!
news@arubatoday.com and Facebook page! Sharon Fredericks”
and we will publish your Thank you for supporting
vacation memory. Isn’t our free newspaper, we Thank you for sending us this
that a special way to keep strive to make you a happy wonderful message sharing
your best moments alive? reader every day again. what Aruba means to you
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Another Treasure of Aruba’s Beaches: Sea Glass!

NOORD - It is hard to imagine this sea glass with certain inclusions, tel & Polar beer), green (Heineken
happening today, but years ago just like precious gems. & Balashi beer) and clear glass
people dumped all kinds of refuse which are the soft much loved
straight into the ocean, including For years, the water beat against “soft drink” bottles.
old cars, and their household gar- the different kinds of trash being
bage, which of course included dumped. Glass, household ap- If you like to see the sea glass for
lots of glass. Over the next 30 years pliances and even motor parts yourself, and be in awe of the
the pounding waves cleaned the were discarded on the beach. power of nature, rent a car or
beach, by breaking down every- The waves and weather condi- jeep and go explore our deserted
thing but glass and pottery. The tions wore down the overwhelm- beaches on the north side of the
pounding waves washed the trash ing amount of garbage in the wa- island. Make it a fun family day!
up and down, back and forth. Tons ter, creating millions of beautiful Even if we didn’t mean to pollute
of polished, broken glass pieces smooth rocks. the Beaches how we did, it is inspir-
were created by the pounding surf. ing to see just how the earth can
These smoothened, colored glass It’s hard to believe the short- correct our mistakes.
particles then settled along the sea any piece of glass that finds its way sighted mistakes we were making
shore in millions, and that is why to the ocean and tumbles around that could have potentially ru- Funny, how trash can change into
you can find these beautiful and in the water long enough is “Sea ined these beautiful beaches. But treasures!
colorful pieces on the north shore glass. thanks to natural processes, the
beaches of Aruba. ocean transformed the trash into Everybody knows that you are not
The colorful pieces of glass are the sea glass. allowed to take local shells home,
Especially on the strip on white being used for decoration, hand- Each colored gem on the beach but the people working at the air-
sand between the famous Natural crafts and jewelry! has its own story. port have no problem you taking
Bridge” and the huge red anchor Once glass makes its way into the sea glass home. A few of those
close to “Grapefield” beach you ocean, the glass is broken up into The ruby red glass stones are typi- pieces make great souvenirs. You
will be able to find your own pieces shards and is tumbled around in cally from old car tail-lights. can place them in a wine glass or
of sea glass. The sea glass that was the water, where sand and other large bottle for decoration and ev-
created is the product of a very rocks act like sandpaper to smooth Then, the sapphire rocks are the ery time you look at it a smile will
long and interesting process. It can out its rough edges. Sometimes as remnants of broken apothecary light up your face thinking back of
take anywhere from 10 to 30 years the sea glass is passed through fire, bottles. The most common and the your unforgettable Aruba vaca-
to make sea glass. The name for it becomes fire glass, the rarest of easiest to find are the brown (Ams- tion! q