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            Prepaid High-Speed Internet anywhere on the island


                                                                                                   Are you in Aruba for “Wor-   seconds,  and  apps  down-
                                                                                                   kation”  and  need  high-    load at a higher speed, all
                                                                                                   speed  Internet  anywhere  using your Mi-Fi device.
                                                                                                   at any time? SETAR, Aruba’s
                                                                                                   biggest  telecom  provider,  SETAR  Wireless  Broadband
                                                                                                   offers  you  the  fastest  wire-  Prepaid offers you Internet
                                                                                                   less Internet plans on an LTE  anywhere  for  a  fixed  fee
                                                                                                   network.                     without  worrying  about
                                                                                                                                additional  charges,  and
                                                                                                   Work  remotely  on  the  it  is  easy  to  use  and  ac-
                                                                                                   beach via your tablet, lap-  cess.  Choose  the  bundle
                                                                                                   top,  or  smartphone  and  that suits your budget and
                                                                                                   enjoy  faster  upload  and  needs.
                                                                                                   download  speeds.  SETAR
                                                                                                   Prepaid  Wireless  Broad-    Visit SETAR Teleshop with lo-
                                                                                                   band offers you a lower la-  cations  around  the  island
                                                                                                   tency  rate,  meaning  web-  or  at  the  airport  to  check
                                                                                                   sites  loads  faster,  YouTube  your Mi-Fi SIM or device.
                                                                                                   does  not  pause  every  five




            Helpful tips for your stay on Aruba


            (Oranjestad)—When  trav-     about  having  to  contact                                 Drinking water              lic  Traffic  and  are  based
            eling  to  another  country,  emergency    services—es-                                The   water    that   flows  on  destination  rather  than
            especially for the first time,  pecially  not  while  on  their                        through  the  sinks  of  every  mileage.  Most  taxis  can
            it  is  always  better  to  be  vacation, it is still important                        house,  hotels  and  other  take up to five passengers,
            over-prepared than under-    to  know  what  number  to                                establishments  is  distilled  but this may vary depend-
            prepared.  That  is  why  we  dial  in  case  of  the  unlikely                        and perfectly safe to drink.  ing on the vehicle. Taxis are
            have  a  list  of  basic—but  event of an accident or se-                              Aruba’s  drinking  water  ex-  pretty  much  always  avail-
            important—information that  vere incident.                                             ceeds  WHO’s  international  able and you can ever hire
            we think may come in han-                                                              standards  for  water  qual-  one for $45 an hour.
            dy to Aruba’s visitors.      Police: 100                  +297-527-4000                ity,  so  there  is  no  need  to  Safety
                                         Police Tipline: 11141        San  Nicolas:  ImSan:  +297-  buy bottled water from the  Aruba  is  one  of  the  safest
            Emergency services           Ambulance: 911               527-8833                     store.                       islands  in  the  Caribbean,
            Even  though  most  people  Fire Dept: 115                                                                          and  many  tourist  that  visit
            don’t  even  want  to  think  Oranjestad:  HOH  hospital:  Electrical power            Supermarket hours            have  often  told  us  how
                                                                      Aruba  generally  operates  Supermarket  hours  may  they  feel  safe  to  explore
                                                                      on  110V  to  127V  supply  vary  depending  on  where  the  island  or  walk  around
                                                                      voltage  and  60Hz.  There  you  are  staying  on  the  is-  at  night.  However,  rare  in-
                                                                      are also three types of out-  land.  Generally  though,  cidents do occurs, so keep
                                                                      lets used on the island: type  most   supermarkets   are  yourself  and  your  belong-
                                                                      A with two flat prongs; type  open  from  8am  to  9  or  ings safe.
                                                                      B  with  two  flat  and  one  10pm,  Monday  through
                                                                      grounding  prong,  and  on  Saturday.  On  Sundays,  su-
                                                                      occasion,  type  F  with  two  permarkets generally close
                                                                      round prong and two earth  earlier; mostly around 2pm.
                                                                      clips on the side. However,
                                                                      Type  A  is  most  commonly  Taxis
                                                                      found in homes and estab-    Prices  for  taxi  fair  are  set
                                                                      lishments.                   by the Department of Pub-
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