Aruba, a small Island of 30 km long and 7 km wide. Surrounded by beautiful white sand and azure sea. Beautiful summer houses in a variety of colors fill the streets in the tourist area. Expensive names flaunt on the facades of the brand shops.
Hotels are divided into two areas, high rise and low rise. The entire day you hear tropical music around you and you feel like you are in a paradise of happiness and peace We'd like to take you to the south side of the island, to the San Nicolas district. The smell of oil and other chemical agents infiltrates our noses.
We see a couple of great flaming pipes of the refinery over the contours of the dilapidated San Nicolas district.
We park the car just outside the district and continue our way on foot. If we park our car in the neighborhood, we would need a Choller addict to wash and guard our car. Costs: 5 euros. Chances are that the car would get partially stolen or that it will be washed with gravel and sand if we don't hire a Choller. Entering the district, we meet many prostitutes who work on the streets and in cars.
We also meet addicts who live on the streets or live in one of the dilapidated houses. They are addicted to heroin or cocaine. They wash the cars of customers who visit prostitutes to earn money. We meet many prostitutes who work in San Nicolas. They are almost never addic ted, but they do have a big problem.
