re: anyone ever been to Aruba?

I was there last spring and stayed here. It was a sales trip I won so had no choice on where to stay. Would I go back, yes. Would I stay at the Riu no. Riu owns two properties the Palace Antillas and the Palace Aruba. The Palace Aruba was under renovations when we were there so you heard jackhammers all day. The wind blows all the time and those two builds make a funnel to the beach which increases the wind speed which in turns makes little sand tornadoes on the beach and you get sandblasted all day. Other than that the island is fun.