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Saturday 14 July 2018

Happy Island Miracles in Pictures & Words

I go. At the southern tip, it
is hard not to wish that the
island would never end.
Then back up the rocky
East coast, where time and
the eternal embrace of the
waves have opened secret
bays and stunning beaches
in the shelter of rock walls.
From beach to beach,
point to point, cave to cliff
to boat to bird, Aruba truly
is... One Happy Island.”

We Are Aruba by Linda
Reijnders
Worldly life tales of islanders
that come from 76 differ-
ent countries. This is a book
that tells the stories of immi-
grants who make up for the
multicultural society that
Aruba is. A world within an
island, a cocktail of people.
The book is visibly enriched
with a picture of each in- the trade winds. But theres
terviewed immigrant and Aruba Monuments Guide more to Aruba than this. It
an image of her/his country by Michel Bakker and Olga has a fascinating history, a
as well as a map with the van der Klooster diverse culture and a rich
country’s location. In the Aruba! Everyone knows this architecture. Traces can still
Books, they can shake your sand and calm, translucent back you will find a list with tropical island in the sun be found of the original in-
world upside down. A good seas, passing hotels, sail- all nationalities living in the with pearly white beaches digenous inhabitants, and
book is changing your boats and shipwrecks as island and their numbers. and palm trees swaying in of the gold industry and
mood like that perfect va- aloe plantations. The islands
cation spot that energizes architectural heritage in-
your spirit. Put these two to- cludes historic churches, a
gether and what you get is fort and a lighthouse. And
a vacation book, a memo- you will come across the
ry of that wonderful, heav- islands characteristic cu-
enly place where you spent nucu houses wherever you
your valuable leisure time. go. This guide will lead you
Aruba Today dived into a through this wonderful cul-
local book store and won- tural heritage along three
dered which Aruba books routes: one driving route
thrill the visitor’s mind. Syl- around the entire island,
via Wouters, store manager and two walking routes
at Bruna Book Store, gladly in the cities of Oranjestad
helped us out and informed and San Nicolas. You will
us about a small selection discover places known only
of Happy Island Miracles in to insiders. And of course
pictures and words. this guide also provides his-
torical backgrounds and
Aruba Point to Point by Fed- practical information.
erico Cabello
“Beautiful pictures of Aru- Modern Caribbean Fla-
ba, this is a perfect cof- vors by Helmi Smeulders
fee table book to dream This is thé book about the
away with”, explains Sylvia. contemporary Caribbean
The book has 192 full color kitchen with healthy reci-
pages and more than 400 pes made with fresh and
photos in a landscape for- local ingredients. With
mat of 9.1 x 6.6 x 1.1 inch- recipes for Tropical Qui-
es. In the words of the au- noa Salad with Mango
thor: “Slipping beyond a & Pomegranate Seeds,
dynamic tourist industry to Sweet Potato Salad, Goat
discover its wild and unde- Merguez, Watermelon San-
veloped beauty. Starting gria or Plantain Soup, the
at the extreme north of the Caribbean vibe enters your
island, at California Light- kitchen, and you feel for a
house, I travel south along bit you are back in the trop-
pristine beaches of white ics again…. q