On very short notice, my friend Adam and I made plans to go to Aruba. between Christmas and New Years, December 2005.  It was a blast!

This sunset from a dinner cruise was nothing short of breathtaking

Beach view from our hotel area

Dutch Sail-ship on sunset

We went on an ATV tour of the island

The recently collapsed natural bridge

Rock formations in the mountain region

It looks like this parrot fish will make lunch out of the box buffer, but wont.

French angel swimming upside down

Large (somewhat friendly) urchin

Pair of giant puffers (about 3 feet long)

Waverunner jetskiing is fun. It makes you very sore the day after.

These critters were everywhere.  4 feet!

Saw the desert

A 400 year old gold mining ruin

A smaller still intact natural bridge

The north coast is rough and rocky

Amazing coral heads

Schooling yellow-tail snappers at a wreck

A rare view at a trumpet fish

Bubble coral

Bubble tip anemone