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Aruba to me

ORANJESTAD — You are promotional purposes with- back, from A to Z! And
back and we would like to out compensation. they’re already planning to
portrait you! By inviting you Last but not least: check return in 2024!
to send us your favorite va- out our website, Instagram
cation picture while enjoy- and Facebook page! Aruba A to Z: Aruba To-
ing our Happy Island. Thank you for supporting day, Bugaloe Beach Bar;
our free newspaper, we Chabad ArubA; Divi Divi
Complete the sentence: strive to make you a happy Trees; Eduardo’s Hideaway;
Aruba to me is ……. Send reader every day again. Florins; Grouper; Hilton
your picture with that text friends; Iguanas; Jokes at
(including your name and For today we received a Aruba Ray Comedy; Keshi
where you are from) to: lovely message from Shani, yena; Lots of laughs; Mas-
news@arubatoday.com Bari and Tina Fisher. sages at Spa del Sol; Nice
and we will publish your people; Oliebollen; Pala-
vacation memory. Isn’t They wrote to us saying: pas; Quiet time; Round-
that a special way to keep “We have been coming to abouts; Superfoods; The
your best moments alive? Aruba for so long we have Butterfly Farm; Unwinding;
Please do note: By submit- lost track of how many Verkade chocolate bars;
ting photos, text or any oth- years it has been after 20 Wacky Wahoos; Xtraor-
er materials, you give per- years!” dinary sunsets; Yemanja;
mission to The Aruba Today Zzzzzs on the beach.
Newspaper, Caribbean Sisters Shani & Bari, and
Speed Printers and any of their aunt Tina, countdown Thank you for sending us this
its affiliated companies to the days all year until their wonderful message sharing
use said materials, as well annual visit. They shared what Aruba means to you
as names, likeness, etc. for the reasons why they come with us and our readers!q

Helpful tips for your stay on Aruba

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