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To: SamFromLivingston

ARUBA - an island of resorts and beauty on the "rim" or beaches, and a freaking Mogadishu war zone on the interior...

29 posted on 06/02/2005 8:21:12 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - They want to die for Islam, and we want to kill them.)

True...the northen coast is a desolate, undeveloped area..long ago..we got snookered into taking the "shark-feeding " tour..

34 posted on 06/02/2005 8:22:38 AM PDT by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to pass on her gene pool...any volunteers???)

"...ARUBA - an island of resorts and beauty on the "rim" or beaches, and a freaking Mogadishu war zone on the interior..."

Have you ever been to Aruba? We own a timeshare there, have spent a lot of time in the "interior" and find it hard to compare it to Mogadishu.

Matter of fact, street crime is virtually non-existent in Aruba for a variety of reasons, mostly economic and a high educational standard thanks to the Dutch government.

There is a max security prison on the far side of the island where most of the inmates are captured drug-smugglers from Columbia and Venezuela.

Ordinary Aruban people are some of the most pleasant and friendly people you'll ever meet, and I don't mean just at the beaches.

42 posted on 06/02/2005 8:28:22 AM PDT by Victor (If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert." -David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister)

War zone in the interior? More data please.

152 posted on 06/02/2005 10:55:33 AM PDT by GladesGuru

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