Lexington Herald Leader|PAYNE'S BAY, Barbados -- They say that here in Barbados, life is so easy even the moon is lying down, a reference to the silver slipper of half moon -- not standing upright as we see it in the States, but lazily floating on its back. The horizontal moon is only one of the island's oddities.
Forbes, I have been a long time vacation homeowner on Aruba, the tiny Dutch Caribbean island off the coast of Venezuela. Only 20 miles long and 6 miles across, the cactus-filled, dry island features my favorite beach in the entire world. Endless days spent on the famed Eagle Beach floating in crystal clear, aquamarine warm waters is why massive throngs of tourists return annually to this island paradise.