<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by KathyP:
The hotel is very very nice and the staff is very friendly but I cannot stress enought that if you are thinking of Aruba in terms of your standard Carribean island with lots of beautiful tropical flowers and lush vegetation you are in for a real shock. Aruba is a desert island. There are no tropical flowers and lush vegetation. The overwhelming color is brown and of course no grass. </font>
KathyP has it right - when I explain Aruba to people who haven't been there, I compare it to Southern California. It gets much less rainfall than the other islands, and is therefore not as green. The benefit to this is that it has always seemed to me to be far less humid and much more comfortable for outdoor activities (pool/beach/ocean). There is always a nice trade wind and the temps don't often get out of the 65-85 degree range.
I'll ditto everyone's previous comments on this resort. We got a day-room at the hotel portion last December during a cruise and had a wonderful time. Great rooms, great facilities, great service. We will go back any time.