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Aruba Quality Apartments & Suites has been providing quality service
in Aruba since 1995. On the premises are a total of 73 apartments (46
Studio, 22 loft apartments & 5 suites).

Known for its cleanliness, quiet atmosphere, hospitality at affordable
daily and monthly rates. All 73 apartments are fully furnished and non-
smoking. There is free WIFI on the premises and free international phone
calls from the comfort of your room. There is a fresh-water pool, a fit-
ness room and a laundry room. 2 BBQ sets outside. Free parking. And
a security guard at night.

Aruba Quality Apartments & Suites is conveniently located less than 1
mile from Aruba’s beautiful Eagle Beach, restaurants, hospital / phar-
macy, casino’s, 2 large supermarkets, car rentals, IMAX cinema and a
golf course.

Aruban legends:

Frenchman’s Pass

(Oranjestad)—If you ever land. However, as the French involves a lonely hitchhiker, for impact, but just when
plan on taking a group tour were heavily equipped with trying to find a ride back he though the car might Sometime later, two men
of the island, you may pass fire arms, the indigenous set- home in the dark rainy night. drive straight off the road walked into the bar and one
through the Frenchman’s tlers began to retreat, and and crash, he saw a hand of them noticed the hitchhik-
Pass in Balashi. The French- hid away in nearby caves. Sometime after trying to appear out the window er. He called out to his buddy
man’s pass (known to locals The French colonizers tried hitchhike, the man saw a and turn the wheel. For the and said: “Look, there’s the
as “Franse Pas”) remains a to smoke them out of the car approaching, appearing next few turns, the hand ap- idiot who sat in our car when
mysterious—and spooky— caves, but the indigenous almost ghost-like in the rain. peared again. After having we were pushing it!”
road of which its legend is settlers ended up inhaling However, since he needed had enough, the man de-
told from generation to gen- too much smoke and most a ride real bad, he didn’t cided to jump out and he French man’s pass is one of
eration. died in those caves. From think twice and jumped in. ran to Santa Cruz. the few sites on the island
then on, this passage was But to his horror, he noticed that keeps the locals on their
The history of the French- known as Frenchman’s Pass, that the there was no driver Arriving at a nearby bar, he toes. While most ghost stories
man’s pass—and how it got and there have been many in the front. Paralyzed with ordered a drink and began may not have real grounds—
its name—dates back to the accounts of spirits roaming fear, he didn’t dare to get to tell everyone about his or some may even be a set
colonization era, when the the area of Spanish Lagoon. out, and the car started to experience. Everyone grew up story for a joke, this pass
French tried to colonize the move. quiet, because they realized contributes a lot to our cul-
island, but were met with an There are many ghost sto- he wasn’t some drunk mess- ture of folkloric story-telling.
angry mob of indigenous set- ries surrounding this area, but When approaching a sharp ing around; he was telling the Source: visitaruba.comq
tlers, refusing to give up their one of the most famous one turn, the hitch hiker braced truth.