Aruba had been the starting point of exploring the Caribbean from year 1996 to 2000.  See Aruba/history/page.
 And till today Aruba remains the base of all our operations with Monsoon.
So in Aruba, now year 2003, we got our passengers back and took them again to the Californian lighthouse or around the island. We went to the Venezuelan peninsula Paraguana, to Punto Fijo, to Bonaire, Curacao and the Aves Islands. Just like in the early years. We had the wedding party of Renee and Saskia and got visited by the KLM-couple that had met on a Monsoon day cruise. 3 years later showing up with a blossoming baby.(right) Professional photo shooting before departure (below) and the wonderful wedding party continued soon a bit less formal.

Club Nautico de Cardon, (above) is the place of entry on the peninsula Paraguana. A fantastic friendly club, but beware, DO NOT GO HERE: the port officials are used to clear in oil tankers and the fees for a yacht start at US$ 300.

Islas Sotavento and Barlovento make the beautiful Islas Aves, 35 nautmiles east of Bonaire. Unspoiled, uninhabited, clean, with good snorkeling / diving that make you instantly forget Bonaire. Plenty of time to culinary the fresh fish. Do you want to go today ?? Coming from Aruba we can do stop over in Curacao, either Spanish Water or the tropical bay called Bahia Allegre. Visiting Bonaire we have the option to stay the night over in Landhuis "BlackSalt".See photo below: For our passengers we reserve the ten (10) exclusive and historic private apartments.

De vier echte Jannen van Aruba.
vlnr: Jan Leonard, Jan Andries, Jan Smon en Jan Peet.
Aruba, the best place in the world, once in a while.
By the end of October we left.