9 days in Aruba

9 days of discovering this little island.

9 days of lovely pictures; 

the beaches, the clear water, the wonderful weather...

But as I fly home I am taking something more precious than a place, 

a beach, a pretty fish, over 300 pictures.

I fly home with memories of 9 days well spent with the man of my life.

9 days only he and I shared.

9 days of bonding and togetherness.

9 days just the 2 of us with no cares, work, responsibility or worry.

9 days of relaxing for my hard working man.

9 days in Aruba

Boca Catalina - Last Snorkeling Swim

After discovering these beaches on our last night, 

Mike and I decided to come early morning and do some snorkeling one last time,

before we had to catch our plane back to the States... 

The water was just too inviting!

So we got up early and snorkeled from 7:30am till 10:30am.

IT WAS AWESOME!

We then got back to our room and checked out by noon!

There were lots of boats that would stop by and let paying snorkelers in the water for about 30 min. 

I'm so glad we brought our own gear! 

We snorkeled everyday but 3 and for 1 to 2 hours each time, at 3 different spots...

In Aruba you can pretty much get to nice underwater wonders from the beach.

I must say though, nothing will ever be as beautiful as the Great Barrier Reef in Australia!

Unfortunately, in Aruba, a lot of the coral has lost it's color and died from careless divers who step on it.

  
  
 

Arashi Beach - Last Sunset Watch

Do we really have to leave? 

Time just goes by so fast!

 

 

 

 

 

   

California Lighthouse

Situated on the upper Northern tip of Aruba

Still in Love after 22 years and a lot of up and downs called 'Life'
(Boy, I really did have bad hair days. Every. Single. Day.)

Some of the fish we saw among many...

An octopus

Lots of Barracudas

Schools of fish of all kind (a favorite)

A sting ray

2 eels

And so much more!

God's creations are Beautiful!

Eagle Beach @ La Cabana Resort

Today we spent the day by our hotel relaxing on the beach.

No where to go, no rush, no responsibilities, no work... 

A book, a magazine, a camera/phone, white warm sand, perfect clear water,

and each-other...

Pure joy, bliss, togetherness and laziness!

“Nothing is a given. Everything is a gift.”

Oh My Heart!

 

Taken with my Galaxy S3 phone and the underwater setting on the Vignette App!
Awesome!

Sunset on Baby Beach

So Good to be sharing such Beauty Together! 

Joy

Pet Cemetery

We cam across this interesting beach, while exploring a little the southern tip of Aruba.

As we were reading some of the names on the tombs, we realised this was a Pet Cemetery!

Baby Beach Paradise? OH Yes!

  

 

 

 

Baby Beach Snorkeling & Mike's New Swim Stroke!

After some wonderful snorkeling for a couple of hours, 

beach relaxing well deserved (especially for Mike)

Mike has been such a trooper trying to keep up with me with his still healing shoulder and knee.

He came up with his own special swim and was all proud of himself when he showed it to me saying: 

"I can keep up with you now!"

Oh how I wish I had a video of it!

It would be worth watching!

It goes like this:

A dolphin kick with a synchronized doggy style arm movement.

It's a good thing that I lead the way otherwise my mask would fill up with sea water from laughing!