Yes, the natural bridge is now a natural pile of rocks. Slow erosion, with high waves from a hurricane dealing the final blow. The Baby Bridge is still there a few miles down the coast. Not sure if they have working mines; we did pass by signs for Gold Mine Ruins. And ostrich farms. Curaçao is still doing major oil refining business; not sure about Aruba.
stan On Mar 13, 2013, at 1:49 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > Another lovely portfolio, Stan. It brings back fond memories of our > trip to Aruba a few years back.. We found it a friendly and attractive > island, far safer than many other spots in the Caribbean. Not on a > cruise ship, though; I hate having my liberty restricted like that. > > It appears that you were able to get out into the country. Some > gorgeous scenery out there. I hear that the famous natural bridge > collapsed after I photographed it > (http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8089312). Is that true? > said if it is. Do they still have mines and ostrich farms out in the > interior? Do they still have oil tankers waiting off-shore? > > Thanks for sharing your adventures with us. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > >>> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:23:25 -0400 >>> From: Stan Halpin<[email protected]> >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List<[email protected]> >>> Subject: GESO: Caribbean Chapter 4 (Aruba) >>> >>> A few few shots from our day on the island: >>> >>> http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p628617890 >>> >>> stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
