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LOCAL Thursday 29 december 2016

Put on an Unox hat and welcome the New Year!

The ‘Unox Nieuwjaarsduik’ al pea soup will heat you
at up after your plunge and
MooMbaBeach is the best it will have you in terrific
way to start 2017 shape for more partying in
no time flat.
The time is twelve noon,
the date Sunday, January The Nieuwjaarsduik forms
1st, the location is MooM- part of a worldwide series,
ba Beach: what’s going to but the one on Aruba will
happen there? Well, lots make everyone at home
and lots of happy people sick with jealousy when
are expected to take the they see your lovely, toned,
plunge to welcome 2017. bronzed body at MooMba
Behatted and often still the Beach.
worse for wear drinkwise, At noon, 12 o’clock sharp,
the young, the very young, the signal for the plunge
the mature and elderly is given and swimmers will
athletes are expected to be racing off towards the
run into the ocean at the ocean seeking eternal
starting sign. fame. Hats are doled out to
The party music starts at participants, but expecting
10am with radio DJ Rico a lot more people than last
Rijk., wh is followed at 11am year, come early before
by DJ Diablo. At 10:30 an they run out and you can-
expert zumba master will not cover your throbbing
warm up the muscles with is expected to happen the fun and the many peo- This annual MooMba Unox or clear head. Participa-
a rousing zumba class. And to you when you join the ple who are going to jump Nieuwjaarsduik has an tion is free of charge and
then it’s time, time for the Unox Nieuwjaarsduik (New into the turquoise water, added benefit: not only everyone is welcome to
annual Unox Nieuwjaars- Year’s plunge) on January joining the thousands upon do you get rid of the hang- join in.
duik.
1st. On Aruba the water thousands others who are over you might have from Come on down to MooM-
temperature is lovely, the doing the same all over the partying till early morning
Freezing cold water, shiv- sun is shining and guiding world, but then in condi- on the 31st, you get a bowl ba (located between the
ering bodies and shatter- in the New Year with a dip tions one would not enjoy of hearty Unox Erwtensoep Holiday Inn Resort and the
ing teeth hurting from the into the ocean is no hard- at all! with sausage as well after- Marriott Surf Club) and
cold: nothing of the above take that plunge!q
ship at all. So why not join wards. This Dutch tradition-