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ORANJESTAD — You are back and we tion.
would like to portrait you! By inviting you Last but not least: check out our website,
to send us your favorite vacation picture Instagram and Facebook page! Thank
while enjoying our Happy Island. you for supporting our free newspaper, we
strive to make you a happy reader every
Complete the sentence: Aruba to me is day again.
……. Send your picture with that text (in- For today we received a lovely message
cluding your name and where you are from Mark who’s visiting us from Scotts-
from) to: news@arubatoday.com and we dale, Arizona and Eric (Left) from Detroit,
will publish your vacation memory. Isn’t MI, USA.
that a special way to keep your best mo-
ments alive? Please do note: By submitting They wrote to us saying:
photos, text or any other materials, you “Aruba to Me is enjoying The oceanside
give permission to The Aruba Today News- paradise of Daimari Beach with my best
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terials, as well as names, likeness, etc. for message sharing what Aruba means to
promotional purposes without compensa- you with us and our readers!q

Another Treasure of Aruba’s Beaches: Sea Glass!

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

The colorful pieces of glass
are being used for decora-
tion, handcrafts and jew-
elry!
Once glass makes its way