Aruba

[midagetrolop]

Thinking of trying Aruba - anyone tell me what is it like. Cost of living and so on?

[DTCwordfan]

still recovering from the murder of the young American woman, Natalee Holloway.

[Buenchico]

This might help:
http://wikitravel.org/en/Aruba

With regard to prices, this is a bit out-of-date but it might still give you a guide:
http://www.tripadviso...Oranjestad_Aruba.html

This is more recent:
http://www.aruba.com/...nt-food-prices-39620/

(Multiply US$ prices by 0.62 to convert to Sterling).

See also here:
http://www.tripadviso...Caribbean:Inside.html
and here:
http://www.aruba.com/

Chris

[jno]

aimed at US tourists, with prices broadly similar to what you'd pay at home. A sort of desert island, with a lot of sand and scrub inland, and nice beaches with resort hotels along them. Like the other Dutch Caribbean islands it's reasonably prosperous, with more stone buildings and fewer shacks than elsewhere in the Caribbean.

[Meg]

It's a lovely island but very expensive.

[TWR]

It was one of the Caribbean Islands we visited 5 years ago, from what I can remember the people are very friendly, prices so so what you would expect for a tourist place, at the port / dock there is a Helicopter trip around the Island if you get the chance, go for it, it's well worth the money.

[midagetrolop]

Thanks all for info.

[midagetrolop]

When is the best time weatherwise to go to India to do the Golden Triangle - when it's not as hot and humid?

[Buenchico]

Delhi is at one apex of the Golden Triangle. Here's a weather summary for Delhi (extracted from the BBC Weather website), which has a column indicating 'discomfort from heat and humidity':
http://i52.tinypic.com/2vts2hd.jpg