Aruba – Alex In Wanderland https://www.alexinwanderland.com Sat, 25 May 2019 11:44:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 My Travelversary: Year Five https://www.alexinwanderland.com/five-years-of-travel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=five-years-of-travel https://www.alexinwanderland.com/five-years-of-travel/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=41651 “Aim high, time flies.” I stared down at the message I’d just cracked out of a fortune cookie and wondered at the odds that this particular prophecy had found me. I was in a strip mall takeout joint in my hometown of Albany, New York, where I was quietly celebrating the fact that five years to […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/five-years-of-travel/feed/ 59 The Great Escape: Month 51 Roundup https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-great-escape-month-51-roundup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-great-escape-month-51-roundup https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-great-escape-month-51-roundup/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2016 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=38447 From the Caribbean back to the East Coast and out West again — it was a month on the move. I started and ended this month with two big trips, cushioned in the middle by a nice stretch of downtime in which to catch my breath. It was a pretty good balance, and while I had […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-great-escape-month-51-roundup/feed/ 30 Island Yoga SUP with Yoga Girl Rachel Brathen in Aruba https://www.alexinwanderland.com/island-yoga-sup-with-yoga-girl-rachel-brathen-in-aruba/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=island-yoga-sup-with-yoga-girl-rachel-brathen-in-aruba https://www.alexinwanderland.com/island-yoga-sup-with-yoga-girl-rachel-brathen-in-aruba/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2016 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=38443 If it were any other white sand beach, any other all-inclusive, and other palm-fringed island, I could have stayed within the confines of our resort for three days quite contentedly. But we were in Aruba. And there was one thing I just couldn’t leave Aruba without doing. What could possibly pull us away from our rigorous […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/island-yoga-sup-with-yoga-girl-rachel-brathen-in-aruba/feed/ 49 Three Days on One Happy Island: All-Inclusive in Aruba https://www.alexinwanderland.com/divi-tamarijn-aruba-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=divi-tamarijn-aruba-review https://www.alexinwanderland.com/divi-tamarijn-aruba-review/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2016 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=38441 Have you ever needed a vacation from your vacation — or more accurately, a vacation from your hardcore, jam-packed, adventure-laden travels? That’s how we felt leaving Bonaire. We’d had the most amazing week ever, but we hadn’t stopped to catch our breath for a mere moment. By the time we hit Aruba, we were exhausted and […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/divi-tamarijn-aruba-review/feed/ 38 Inside My Bag: What to Pack for Bonaire and Aruba https://www.alexinwanderland.com/what-to-pack-for-bonaire-and-aruba/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-to-pack-for-bonaire-and-aruba https://www.alexinwanderland.com/what-to-pack-for-bonaire-and-aruba/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2015 13:30:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=38290 What’s that you hear in the distance? The cry of a small blonde blogger being crushed under the weight of her excess baggage? The clatter of non-travel sized toiletries hiding from the TSA? The crush of a bulging carry on being shoved into a tiny overhead bin? Must be time for another overpacking confessional slash exhaustive edition of Inside My […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/what-to-pack-for-bonaire-and-aruba/feed/ 40 Photo of the Week 217: Aruba https://www.alexinwanderland.com/photo-of-the-week-217-aruba/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photo-of-the-week-217-aruba https://www.alexinwanderland.com/photo-of-the-week-217-aruba/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2015 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=35901 Ahhhhhhruba. That’s how I felt when I got off the plane. I know this might sound funny to some people, but diving trips are hard work! We left Bonaire happy but exhausted — in seven days we did seven dives, went on two snorkeling adventures, took a yoga class, survived a cave tour, drove up to […]
 
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