I touched the crystal ocean with my bare toes and gazed across the tiny island. I was the only person there, except for a dozen pink flamingos, each balanced on a single leg, totally showing off, ...

THE Traveler: Mick Richards of Burnsville. The scene: A Divi divi, or watapana, tree turns golden at dusk on Aruba, a Dutch Caribbean island off the coast of Venezuela. These trees are known to point ...

With its glorious white sand beaches, turquoise waters and year-round sunshine, it is easy to understand why Aruba is nicknamed ‘one happy island’. The idyllic destination, which is in the heart of ...