> From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel J. > Matyola
> I hear that the famous natural bridge > collapsed after I photographed it sounds like you need a quieter shutter B > Sent: 13 March 2013 17:49 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: GESO: Caribbean Chapter 4 (Aruba) > > 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) > >> Message-ID: > >> <5D16CC6A-2764-4EEB-8DB4-B796F6E5F00B@stans- > photography.info> > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >> > >> After St. Kitts we spent a day at sea. Too nice to be inside the > >> cabin, or even on the balcony, working on photos. So I tried the > >> laptop in a recliner on the top deck near the pools. Too bright, > even > >> in the shady spots. So I tried reading some books I had stashed on > my > >> iPad. Too bright, even in the shady spots. So I lay in the sun, > drank beer, and did some people watching. > >> I had hoped for birds, flying fish, porpoises, whales etc. but saw > >> little wildlife. > >> > >> Then came Aruba. "Aruba seceded from the Netherlands Antilles in > 1986 > >> and became a separate, autonomous member of the Kingdom of the > Netherlands." > >> (According to the CIA World Factbook ) Aruban citizens carry > >> passports from the Netherlands and often pursue their post-secondary > >> education there. The locals tend to fluent in Dutch, English, > Spanish, and the local patois. > >> Aruba was a long day in port for us, 0800-2200. We had a leisurely > >> morning (including a stop by the local Starbucks to use their WiFi > >> hotspot to check email etc.), then joined a Toyota 4x4 Adventure > Tour > >> of the island. We had stops at the major attractions (including the > >> place where the Natural Bridge used to be before it fell down a few > >> years ago), had a lot of bumpy off-roading along the way, and > finished off with a swim at a lovely beach. > >> The northern windward side of the island is quite rugged with a few > >> spots where surfing is feasible; the southern leeward side is pretty > >> much all beaches right out of somebody's fantasy of what tropical > >> beaches should be like. Some are busily being transformed into Miami > >> Beach replicas; I guess you do what you gotta do when you depend on > tourism. > >> > >> 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. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
