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We’ve spent several “normal” days here in Aruba so that things like school and laundry can happen. The “normal” days also involve routine boat maintenance. Usually, this involves changing or cleaning out one of the many filters on the boat. Water filters, shower drain filters, watermaker filters, A/C filters, fuel filters, oil filters. You see,…
I begin with an aside. Normally, an aside comes after the initial theme has been established. But Mel doesn’t do things in the normal order. So here it is at the start: an aside. Yesterday, the Burnetts had an awesome day. They were tourists. They visited Aruba’s Butterfly Farm, then Philip’s Animal Farm, and then…
Given how short the distance is between Colombia, Venezuela, and Aruba, one who didn’t pay attention to history would think we would encounter a slightly modified version of Latin American culture here. On the contrary, Aruba has proven to be delightfully complex. Imagine a satellite of South America run by the Dutch for a few…
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