Help Decide: Aruba
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- JazX0
Dr. Phil should have no bearing on where you plan to vacation. I've travelled enough to know that isolated instances such as that case doesn't mean an entire country should be blamed for it.
That kinda' stuff happens all over, it just received notoriety based upon the fact that she was a young, cute, Caucasian
American girl. You think it would have been blown out like that if she were African American and from the ghetto?Just my opinion...
- davi-t0
maui. no question.
- mg330
Much thanks for your responses. :)
Good info, good thoughts.
- JazX0
Bottomline: Have a good time and enjoy. Forget all else.
- mg330
She'll be 27 in December. I'll be 28.
Mauai would be great, she's been there before, and neither of us have been to Aruba.
I'm with whoever says "who cares what others think?"
- bolus0
Go support the people of arbuba, now!!
- JazX0
27 or 28? you guys can take care of yourselves. no one is going to attack you when you are together.
f*ck what people think, do what you want
- todelete__20
dude. ditch the girlfriend and take me. i'll go to aruba with you and we can walk the beach all day looking for babes that will love us cause we're two wild and carazy guys!
- JazX0
- bolus0
found this on a dutch weblog a few days ago...
most are in dutch though
http://www.geenstijl.nl/feauteau…
- bolus0
go to aruba, the island needs all the tourists it can get. like someone said before, if there's one person i wouldn't want to make a dicision about my holiday, it's dr phil....
- er0k0
very interesting mg33..of course you already know what to do though.
GO TO ARUBA.
My dad worked as a consultant there for a year and a half recently in 2003 and I was able to visit him there once. As you already pointed out, it's no less safe then any major city here in America. People were friendly, and I had an amazing time. Make sure you hit the festival / parade when you go as well as taking a jeep out on the island ;)
Whatever you do though, for the love of god please don't give in to the fear that people on TV want you to believe. Your GF's sister sounds like one of 'those'. I'm willing to be she's lived in the same town for nearly her whole life, too.
*rolls eyes*
Have fun whatever you decide!
- jox0
"Her sister told her about how a woman was just lying by herself on her cruise ship and was abducted"
Those bloody aliens, always sneaking up like that!
- kyl30
maui
- jox0
On a more serious note, you're probably safer in Aruba than where you are now. I would personally never let fear have that control over me, that's not how I want to live my life.
- kyl30
just don't let your GF out of sight ;)
- tkmeister0
i'd say aruba is pretty safe. i was there 3wks ago for the 2nd time.
but if i were to choose out of those, i'd go to Maui.
i'll upload some pics from aruba. use them to convince your gf.
- mg330
OMG, it continues. I'm not harping on my girlfriend, but she's told me that her main reason against going is what other people will think of her for going. Coworkers and such.
Who cares.
I've passed along all your points. It's not that I wouldn't mind going to Maui, never been there either. However, if we decide against Aruba, it has to be for the right reasons, and not propaganda and worrying about what other people think.
- kyl30
tk, did you windsurf in aruba?