I have uploaded some pictures but they seem to have a mind of their own. The picture of the building is an example of the type of buildings typical of this area.

The lighthouse is the California lighthouse which is mentioned in the blog. It is still is opperational and is found on the most northern tip of Aruba.

The chapel is a Catholic church called Alta Vista (High View). It truly had a beautiful view of the East Shore of Aruba. The church uses both the interior and exterior to worship as seats are molded on the outside and would seat up to about 100 people. Not bad for such a small church.

The caves were truly amazing. With the natural light it was easy to see things. The paintings on the walls from years gone by were easily seen, unfortunately so was grafiti done in more recent decades. (Tell me if the indigenous wrote grafiti and it became history, why is todays grafiti not history for later generations?)

The next picture is another Gold Smelter Ruins. It was in opperation until the early 1920's. Think about it that is almost a 100 yrs.

The drive through the National Park took us through very unique valleys. It was a beautiful desert; because of all the rain the hurricane dropped everything is green compared to normally.

The final picture was the first gold smelter we drove to. It was more intact and was quite large. The full opperation was about an acre wide.

The blog that follows explains our trip to Aruba. I divided it into 2 because I was having problems with the internet going down and I wasn't able to upload the pictures.

We are currently in Curacao and have spent several days here. We will be leaving for Bonaire tomorrow. I will write about our great adventures here next week along with the great people that made our stay here interesting.