Our first trip to the Caribbean was to
St. Thomas
and then Aruba. Three nights at the
wonderful Morning Star Resort by Marriott.
Here we just lazed on the beach and just relaxed. Easy to do when you
have the beach all to yourself.
Only problem on this island was tan lines, so we rented a boat for a day so we
could be a little adventurous and get rid of those lines
One night we dressed up and found a very nice restaurant up in the hills but
the scary thing about this island is the driving. Very weird system.
We did find
The Hard
Rock Cafe.
Then it was
Off to Aruba ...
On Aruba we stayed right on the end of hotel
row at The Aruba Palm Beach Marriott.
We were starting to see great service from this hotel chain with an upgrade to
a corner suite. Also to Cheri's pleasure she was able to go topless and remove
those tan lines.
The hotel had a swim up bar and Cheri soon got to know the staff, we also
liked the beach jeep that brought cold beers and sprayed us with cool water. Now that was service!
The sea on this side of the island was so calm, unlike the other side.
One day we decided to take a look by hiring a jeep and go 4 wheel
driving. The tourist spot is The Natural Bridge
where many stop, take their pictures and turn back but we decided to circle
the whole island and in doing so found a couple of quiet areas.
We'd had a taste of the Caribbean and now we wanted more!
St Thomas &
Aruba / July '97