Colombia`s Online Newspaper Hypes Aruba`s Tourist Attractions
Colombian newspaper ElPais.com from Cali posted a recent feature report to highlight the travel attractions that the Caribbean island of Aruba has to offer. Headlined “Aruba: A Postcard of Acacias,” the article underscores that particular tree as the most symbolic element of the island´s identity. Aruba´s acacias bloom at the beaches and bend over at perfect 45-degree right angles as a result of past gusting flurries that never let them stand back upright.
Their trunks emerge from the purest white sands of its Caribbean beaches, by far the greatest allure on this self-governing Dutch island nation. There´s no better symbol for Aruba than this typical tree -also known as Andean dividi, tara or yellow acacia- to extol the calmness that reigns in Aruba.
The Colombian digital publication also presents Aruba as an 89-square-mile island hedged by white powder-thin sands that generate most of the country´s income. The Aruban population speaks Papiamento, English and Dutch. San Nicolas is the most important village on the other side of the island.
Lying some 16 miles off Venezuelan shores, Aruba is close enough to many other countries for any business traveler to make up his mind and spend a short vacation there. Yet the island is also far enough to become the perfect getaway from the duties of daily life.
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March 26, 2004
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