oooh err its posh here.

The marina is owned by the 5 star hotel ($6US a beer), that means we get to use the gym, pool etc. Or in my case nick towels. The boat next door has been hear a year. They have covered everything in a towel. The must have dozens, when they spill something they just swap the towel.

The have casinos. Dark, bleepy, full of slot machines. Looks about as much fun as sticking ferrets down your trousers. But less exciting. I've spent to long being sensible to try casinos. Especially slot machines. The national lottery is not about the winning, its the dreaming of what you'd do if you won. Thats the whole point of it, and according to research the main reason people play. I too dream what I'd do if I won the lottery (guess what it involves boats). I don't believe I will, nor does anyone else. I find that you can dream about winning the lottery, since its irrational anyway, quite easily with out actually entering the lottery. Best of both worlds, I don't waste money and I get happy thoughts.

The hotel has a private Island, we were going to take the boat out to it but got distracted by a happy hour. The boat actually drives into one of the hotel's receptions. You swipe your room card and get on. Tacky or what. So you can experience this without shelling out for expensive hotels or marinas I've made a video.

Sorry about the theme music, I couldn't get hold of Carmia Birna opera at short notice. So I used pilates of the Caribbean. RSS users will need to paste this http://www.oceanhippie.net/ content/vid/ArubaSillyBoat.wmv

When I say posh, the poshness only extends a few streets back from the harbour. Then its tin shacks dogs and rought streets. The difference is more noticeable, and more condemnable here. A few streets back and its very Caribbean. Not as Caribbean as Sourfier in St Lucia. Sourfier has a repo for beggars, dinghy watchers (kids who hand around and offer to watch your dinghy not go anywhere instead of school) boat boys (guy with a pre war surfboard/half sunk boat who will offer to show you in, tie your rope to a palm tree or other unnecessary service). More impressively Allen and Jackie were approached on the sports field by a bunch of locals who asked them for $18.75EC - to buy a cricket ball.