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Are there any necessary skills involved in vacationing in paradise? You need to know how to swim. C. never had the opportunity to learn how to swim.
Last year however, she wanted to go to summer camp, yet another experience she had never had. Summer Science Camp was a big hit with her. No time for swim lessons.
She had never even seen the ocean until she came to us in 2004. Since then, the past two summer, a few times in Florida, C. has swum in the ocean.
My entire family loves the Caribbean. Every year, for the past three years, my grandmother has treated the entire family to a Caribbean cruise over Christmas.
C.'s first visit to a Caribbean beach was Brewer's Bay in Tortola. The waters in Tortola were as smooth and flat as glass. Whether she was more preoccupied finding rocks (yes she is a collector ) or afraid of the water, we do not know. She barely went near it, obviously she was not interested. On a sailing excursion in Barbados she wanted to snorkel like her cousins. Naturally, the entire time in the water, she clung to Jerry for dear life. Not enjoyable for either of them.
The only other time we attempted the beach was the last day of our cruise during a visit to Half Moon Cay. It was cold and it was windy, but it was this day that she showed interest, we were amazed.
Things were looking up after all!
- Christmas In Aruba 2013
Up Next For those who have been following my blog over the years, my grandmother has always taken our entire family away for Christmas and sometimes even New Years. Over the past nine years we have cruised the entire Caribbean and Central America. We...
- Boca Bubu; A Local Aruba Site Worth Visiting
“Boca Bubu” A Local Site Worth Visiting Every Summer vacation, once a week, we go on an outing with the kids to relax and to teach them a little of our culture. Last week Tuesday was no exception. We went to the Historical Museum and afterwards to...
- Review Jolly Pirates Aruba
Along with our friends and their two daughters we took the "Sail, Snorkel and Swim" excursion with Jolly Pirates. It was a nice day and the kids especially had fun. Most of our boat was filled with a family attending a wedding in Aruba and they were having...
- You're Going To Aruba & Do What?
Well remember that story about my grandmother and the kids who said they wanted to go to Aruba for Christmas? Well 4 kids, and a couple of big ones, got their Christmas wish more than 8 months early this year. Now, my Mom and I are always looking at cruises...
- Where To Begin?
People have asked us why dh and I did not go to Aruba last year. Very interesting story actually. In the late part of 2003 we decided that we would like to become parents through adoption. We already had a few "irons in the fire" so to speak, when we...
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What do you need to know for Aruba?
Are there any necessary skills involved in vacationing in paradise? You need to know how to swim. C. never had the opportunity to learn how to swim.
Last year however, she wanted to go to summer camp, yet another experience she had never had. Summer Science Camp was a big hit with her. No time for swim lessons.
She had never even seen the ocean until she came to us in 2004. Since then, the past two summer, a few times in Florida, C. has swum in the ocean.
My entire family loves the Caribbean. Every year, for the past three years, my grandmother has treated the entire family to a Caribbean cruise over Christmas.
C.'s first visit to a Caribbean beach was Brewer's Bay in Tortola. The waters in Tortola were as smooth and flat as glass. Whether she was more preoccupied finding rocks (yes she is a collector ) or afraid of the water, we do not know. She barely went near it, obviously she was not interested. On a sailing excursion in Barbados she wanted to snorkel like her cousins. Naturally, the entire time in the water, she clung to Jerry for dear life. Not enjoyable for either of them.
The only other time we attempted the beach was the last day of our cruise during a visit to Half Moon Cay. It was cold and it was windy, but it was this day that she showed interest, we were amazed.
Things were looking up after all!
- Christmas In Aruba 2013
Up Next For those who have been following my blog over the years, my grandmother has always taken our entire family away for Christmas and sometimes even New Years. Over the past nine years we have cruised the entire Caribbean and Central America. We...
- Boca Bubu; A Local Aruba Site Worth Visiting
“Boca Bubu” A Local Site Worth Visiting Every Summer vacation, once a week, we go on an outing with the kids to relax and to teach them a little of our culture. Last week Tuesday was no exception. We went to the Historical Museum and afterwards to...
- Review Jolly Pirates Aruba
Along with our friends and their two daughters we took the "Sail, Snorkel and Swim" excursion with Jolly Pirates. It was a nice day and the kids especially had fun. Most of our boat was filled with a family attending a wedding in Aruba and they were having...
- You're Going To Aruba & Do What?
Well remember that story about my grandmother and the kids who said they wanted to go to Aruba for Christmas? Well 4 kids, and a couple of big ones, got their Christmas wish more than 8 months early this year. Now, my Mom and I are always looking at cruises...
- Where To Begin?
People have asked us why dh and I did not go to Aruba last year. Very interesting story actually. In the late part of 2003 we decided that we would like to become parents through adoption. We already had a few "irons in the fire" so to speak, when we...