Happy New Year Aruba!

Crazy New Year's Eve fireworks on the island of Aruba. This was filmed from our 6th floor room at the Renaissance hotel in Oranjestad. We were told that the average family spends $250 on fireworks for the New Year's celebration. I wouldn't doubt that figure, because it seemed that that from 11:30pm on, every man, woman and child on the island was setting off fireworks. The scene reminded me of the video footage from the early hours of Gulf War 1, where anti aircraft fire lit up the skies of Bagdad. In my Aruba video, if you turn up the volume, you can hear how deafening the fireworks were. You can also see tiny specs off in the distance which are small scale fireworks marking the entire coastline of the Eastern half of Aruba!

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Travel & Events

Tags:

• Fireworks
• Caribbean
• Aruba
• New
• Year's
• Eve
• Bagdad

[jeanloth]

my family spent atleast $3000 on these fireworks, its the only time of the year u can see this so we realy take advantage and celebrate it big time, cant wait for this year

[wliou]

Wow, $3000? That's amazing. All the best on this year's show and have a great 2008!

[antoineg1]

aruba the best and will always stay konpolaga

[linkinpark290]

Man this makes me happy :D because it's almost time they will sell Fireworks on Dec Day 27 i can't wait. I hate our goverment because They have tookt The "batata" away from the menu :( now we can't buy them anymor and the "batata" was the ones that gives us the show of the New Year.

[peanutpoopcake]

I love Aruba's New Years. It's like there's a firework show on the whole island.

You should have seen the amount of fireworks 10 years ago. There used to be a lot more, believe it or not. It used to start around 10 pm then escalates insanely by midnight and goes on till 2 am.

Now, even though prices are sky high, families manage to buy atleast some things that make your ears bleed, a "pagara" (a def. must) and one or two sky-rockets for midnight, just to keep the island glowing and insane.

[chrisje1988]

Proud To Be Arubian

[anapao89]

@passmen3001 Thanks, I don't know where would be the best place to see the fire works. On the beach or at a balcony at a hotel! We'll figure it out, can't wait!

[anapao89]

@msk7046 lol!! if I knew u, ur more than welcome! don't worry I'll have some fun for u :)

[msk7046]

@anapao89 --Yeah, just one: Please take me with you!

[passmen3001]

@anapao89 To be honest just try to be with the people you love cause it's a very beautiful time on the island and you wouldn't want to miss it at ALL after i went to aruba on NYE omg i fell in love with it ,so much love everywhere. Hope you enjoy it. :) p.s the beaches are extremely beautifull tooo :D

[anapao89]

I'm going this year for 2011!! any suggestions????

[JustConquering]

Aruba Ta the Best Den FireWorksss Meng

pero Lastimamenteee nan a bira tiki

pavia nan a kita e patata nan Ohmm

SI no Shellooo lo twt djen di kolor cu batata

Aruba The Best konpolagaaa

[JustConquering]

Namiii Kippenvelll Meng  I Love Aruba

[snelso80]

Dushi om. mi baranka stima. Miss you ARUBA