Day 3

2013_01_23_00_00_00_10 - Sun Mar 29 08:25:58 2015

Seriously, who would name an establishment RAT LAND?

2013_01_23_07_41_07_10 - Wed Mar 5 10:13:28 2014

Local classic vehicle!

2013_01_23_07_41_11_10 - Thu Feb 6 19:02:55 2014

Local cultural center

2013_01_23_07_41_15_10 - Tue Feb 4 11:10:17 2014

Look hon, another gourmet restaurant for breakfast!

2013_01_23_07_44_30_10 - Tue Feb 4 11:12:15 2014

So what's for breakfast?

2013_01_23_07_44_48_10 - Tue Feb 4 11:15:46 2014

Aruba play money.

2013_01_23_07_58_35_10 - Tue Feb 4 11:16:58 2014

Yep, another all you can eat gourmet breakfast!

2013_01_23_08_07_14_10 - Tue Feb 4 11:18:09 2014

Unique mosaics everywhere at the Sunflower Villa, created by their owner Mrs. Rienke Bosch-Wentink, a Dutch immigrant to Aruba.

2013_01_23_08_33_53_10 - Thu Feb 6 19:16:03 2014

Our rental car parked outside wall of Sunflower Villa. Located in a quaint residential area about two blocks from the beach.

2013_01_23_08_34_01_10 - Tue Feb 4 11:28:13 2014

View of residential street in front of Sunflower Villa

2013_01_23_08_34_24_10 - Tue Feb 4 11:29:24 2014

Ready to go explore the island

2013_01_23_08_35_07_10 - Tue Feb 4 11:30:35 2014

Why did the chicken cross the road? Because they own the road and have the right of way!

2013_01_23_08_45_35_10 - Tue Feb 4 11:32:45 2014

Cameras ready.

2013_01_23_09_08_11_10 - Wed Mar 5 10:15:27 2014

WE'RE HERE........FINALLY!!!!!

2013_01_23_09_08_52_10 - Wed Mar 5 10:19:46 2014

The Butterfly Farm. Ginny has really been really looking forward to a visit here. It was well hidden "ON" the main road.

2013_01_23_09_08_57_10 - Thu Feb 6 19:09:50 2014

TGWWL at the Butterfly Farm

2013_01_23_09_09_20_10 - Thu Feb 6 19:10:16 2014

Build it, and she will come . . . to see the butterflies.

2013_01_23_09_09_54_10 - Tue Feb 4 11:41:03 2014

Cute couple, ready to visit with the butterflies.

2013_01_23_09_10_34_10 - Tue Feb 4 11:42:07 2014

Turtles and fish????? Where are the butterflies?

2013_01_23_09_16_09_10 - Tue Feb 4 11:43:26 2014

Fish, fish and more fish! Where are the butterflies?????

2013_01_23_09_16_12_10 - Tue Feb 4 11:44:25 2014

Very pretty flowers, but WHERE ARE THE BUTTERFLIES??????????????????

2013_01_23_09_17_16_10 - Thu Feb 6 19:13:10 2014

At last.....BUTTERFLIES.....a nice Tree Nymph.

2013_01_23_09_17_19_10 - Thu Feb 6 19:19:17 2014

The Aruba Butterfly Farm imports many butterflies,including this beautiful Zuleika.

2013_01_23_09_17_26_10 - Thu Feb 6 19:20:40 2014

Orangetip and a Zuleika butterfly.

2013_01_23_09_17_32_10 - Mon Mar 3 14:39:54 2014

2013_01_23_09_18_50_10 - Wed Mar 5 10:21:28 2014

2013_01_23_09_19_00_10 - Wed Mar 5 10:21:38 2014

Tree Nymph and Owl emerging.

2013_01_23_09_19_08_10 - Thu Feb 6 19:22:19 2014

2013_01_23_09_19_13_10 - Wed Mar 5 10:22:02 2014

Come and get it, dinner's ready.

2013_01_23_09_20_32_10 - Tue Feb 4 11:50:56 2014

More fish

2013_01_23_09_21_05_10 - Tue Feb 4 11:51:54 2014

Banana anyone?

2013_01_23_09_21_44_10 - Tue Feb 4 11:52:54 2014

Ginny taking "butterfly" pictures! Denny taking "butt" picture!

2013_01_23_09_22_27_10 - Tue Feb 4 11:55:03 2014

Very pretty butterfly on very pretty flower. Believed to be a Scarlet Swallowtail.

2013_01_23_09_22_55_10 - Mon Mar 3 14:48:30 2014

Tree Nymph

2013_01_23_09_26_46_10 - Mon Mar 3 14:53:35 2014

Zebra butterfly

2013_01_23_09_27_29_10 - Tue Feb 4 11:58:07 2014

Checkered Swallowtail

2013_01_23_09_27_40_10 - Mon Mar 3 15:04:53 2014

Together in the Butterfly Farm

2013_01_23_09_28_59_10 - Tue Feb 4 11:59:45 2014

Zuleika Butterflty

2013_01_23_09_30_20_10 - Thu Feb 6 19:28:00 2014

2013_01_23_09_30_49_10 - Mon Mar 3 15:06:25 2014

Monarch caterpillar

2013_01_23_09_32_04_10 - Tue Feb 4 12:01:49 2014

2013_01_23_09_32_21_10 - Tue Feb 4 12:02:26 2014

The Butterfly Farm is enclosed with screen wire. No glass needed in Aruba!

2013_01_23_09_32_54_10 - Tue Feb 4 12:03:57 2014

Butterfly class.

2013_01_23_09_43_11_10 - Tue Feb 4 12:04:56 2014

2013_01_23_09_45_16_10 - Tue Feb 4 13:47:52 2014

Emerging Tree Nymph

2013_01_23_09_49_20_10 - Thu Feb 6 19:29:42 2014

Beautiful Tree Nymph almost ready to fly.

2013_01_23_09_49_24_10 - Thu Feb 6 19:30:22 2014

I can't think of a nicer way to be attacked.

2013_01_23_09_53_53_10 - Tue Feb 4 13:53:43 2014

Beautiful blue colored Malachite butterfly

2013_01_23_09_54_34_10 - Thu Feb 6 19:32:13 2014

Feeding station

2013_01_23_09_55_15_10 - Tue Feb 4 13:55:58 2014

2013_01_23_09_56_00_10 - Wed Mar 5 10:27:35 2014

Time to leave. But we'll be back!

2013_01_23_10_00_20_20 - Tue Feb 4 13:59:03 2014

Butterflies behind screen enclosure.

2013_01_23_10_00_39_10 - Tue Feb 4 14:00:20 2014

2013_01_23_10_01_31_10 - Wed Mar 5 10:28:17 2014

Beautiful Malachite butterfly enjoying a fruit salad lunch.

2013_01_23_10_01_37_10 - Thu Feb 6 19:34:30 2014

Life continues . . . as an Owl butterfly and a Tree Nymph emerge!

2013_01_23_10_02_41_10 - Thu Feb 6 19:35:28 2014

Tree Nymph drying its wings before flight.

2013_01_23_10_02_48_10 - Thu Feb 6 19:36:08 2014

Just a "little" shopping.

2013_01_23_10_30_48_10 - Tue Feb 4 14:06:30 2014

Or maybe a lot of shopping . . .

2013_01_23_10_30_56_10 - Thu Feb 6 19:37:02 2014

TGWWL supports the butterflies

2013_01_23_10_31_24_10 - Tue Feb 4 14:08:01 2014

Goodbye till we come back . . . in a couple of days

2013_01_23_11_28_44_20 - Tue Feb 4 14:12:04 2014

All that butterfly watching made us hungry. The Hard Rock is a must everywhere we travel. Time for lunch.

2013_01_23_12_12_45_10 - Tue Feb 4 16:16:41 2014

Hard Rock Aruba

2013_01_23_12_13_05_10 - Tue Feb 4 16:16:11 2014

Lunch consisted of French Onion Soup, burgers and fries.

2013_01_23_13_01_36_10 - Tue Feb 4 16:15:39 2014

Done!

2013_01_23_13_02_00_10 - Wed Mar 5 10:31:17 2014

Hard Rock menu

2013_01_23_13_12_24_10 - Tue Feb 4 16:18:21 2014

Decisions, decisions, decisions!!!

2013_01_23_13_16_11_10 - Wed Mar 5 10:33:22 2014

I LOVE ARUBA

2013_01_23_13_32_54_10 - Tue Feb 4 16:21:16 2014

I LOVE

2013_01_23_13_33_00_10 - Tue Feb 4 16:20:29 2014

Ginny loves Aruba too!

2013_01_23_13_33_37_10 - Tue Feb 4 16:22:27 2014

Seriously???? Photographer with a sense of humor.

2013_01_23_13_33_56_10 - Tue Feb 4 16:23:49 2014

Lifeguard on duty......on the road?

2013_01_23_13_34_24_10 - Tue Feb 4 16:25:32 2014

A little shopping

2013_01_23_13_35_57_10 - Tue Feb 4 16:26:19 2014