So today I went on a safari type thing. No, it wasn’t a safari where you see giraffes, rhinos, and things like that. I will tell you about it, so simmer down.
This morning I woke up ~6:45. I went to breakfast. I exchanged my used towel for a new one. I took a bus to the touring place.
I ARRIVED. Everyone cheered [in my mind].
Then we departed on a jeep safari deal. I actually had in my mind that we were going to see ancient caves and a natural pool, but that’s not what went down.
We went off-roading to see the California Lighthouse, Aruba’s only lighthouse. It was built shortly after the last ship sunk on the coast of Aruba. You see, what had happened was…
Once upon a time in Aruba, there was no lighthouse, so apparently it was kind of hard to see this 19.6 mile long, 6.1 mile wide island. A ship was approaching… the sailors were getting furked up and totally DIDN’T SEE THE ISLAND COMING, so they crashed into it and sank their ship. After that the Arubans said, “Damn, we should build a lighthouse and name it after the sunken ship, The California. And then hundreds of years later an almighty fool by the name of Kates will come see it and all will be well.”
So then we continued this off-roading adventure to the next stop, the Catholic Church called Alto Vista. It was a tiny ass lil thing, but it was the first church on the island. They were selling souvenirs outside of it, obviously, and I bought a bracelet similar to one I purchased while in Rome but ultimately broke/lost.
Then we jumped back in the jeep and off-roaded to see a natural bridge! It was very nice. It was called Baby Bridge, which was pretty cute. I stood on the rocks surrounding it, and waves splashed upon my face and dirtied up my sunglasses. It was a beautiful moment.
Then we continued to the natural pool. This off-roading was intense! It was really fun though. I liked this off-roading part better than actually going to the natural pool. Once we arrived, we had to hike down 85 steps. It was not that bad. We put on our snorkeling masks and water shoes. I was super grossed out by this ‘natural pool’. There were a ton of creepo fish in it. There were also crabs all over the rocks. As I was snorkeling around, something got in one of my eyes and my contact became extremely irritated. I thought I was going to lose it.
BUT I DIDN’T. Happy to have a reason to leave the natural pool, I jumped out and went to pour fresh water on my contact. I put it back in my eye. All was well. I wandered around by myself for a bit. I pretended I was a captain. No one saw.
Then we headed back to the tour center or whatever you want to call it and took a bus back to the resort. That was the end of our adventure today.
