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LOCAL Monday 17 June 2019
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June is a colorful month for Aruba Buoy at Palm Beach

If you have ever visited Palm Beach for sure you have seen this amaz-
ing Aruba flag painted Buoy. Last year in July this buoy got a facelift
If you take a ride over our beautiful island you will see a yellow flower tree on every street. and maintenance been done to this icon buoy in the heart of Palm
We locals call it “Gouden Regen” or (Laburnum anagyroides). We are now in the blooming Beach.
month of this tree. Also you will see a white flower tree on in every street as you go more thru Growing up we used to swim to the buoy and do backflip like 40 times
the streets where the locals live. till we manage to land into the water at the precise moment. This his-
toric monument is a piece of art and it’s a must to take a picture of it
before you leave our island.

Baby Beach Indian inscriptions

The name Baby beach fits just perfect for this beach because
you can walk into the water for like 40 meters and still manage
to have your shoulder above the water. At this beach you can
swim, stay under the mangroves trees for day or go snorkeling.
For snorkeling you must go into the water on your right hand
close by the rocks and take some cookies to feed the fishes and
in a few seconds you will see 100 beautiful fishes around you. It There are over 300 prehistoric pictographs on our island and the easiest way to see them are at
will be an amazing underwater show that you will remember for- Guadarikiri and Fontein caves in the Arikok National Park. Take also a stop at Ayo Rock forma-
ever. Baby beach also change in many shades of blue during tion to see more of the Caiquetio pictographs and learn more about the first Aruba inhabitants.
the daytime as the sun goes its path. Every 3 hours you will see I suggest you to visit the museum to get more information about the pictographs and how the
a different color and I suggest you to see it for yourself. Caiquetio lives on our island many centuries ago.