This Week in Aruba: January 11-17, 2019 (Week 2)

One Happy Podcast

Happy New Year! Welcome to the first episode of This Week in Aruba in 2019. We're gonna switch things up a lot this time and flush the format. So last year, TWIA was more events-based, but this year, we'll be focusing more on commentaries for what's happening around Aruba or some topics from the view of the people who love to visit Aruba via the Facebook and forum posts.

We have a couple of topics that we want to go through:

• Who has the best cheeseburger on the island? Some popular opinions are:
• • Alfie’s
  • Local Store
  • Twist of Flavours
  • Chalo Burger
  • Barney’s
  • Dushi Bagel
  • Bingo
  • Matthew’s
  • Champion’s
  • White Modern Cuisine (during lunchtime)
  • Smokey Joe’s

• A subject that’s near and dear to our hearts about adopting pets from Aruba.

• What do you do when a friend asks you about Aruba? How do you react to that question?

• What’s the best time of year to visit Aruba? The weather is mostly the same all-year round but are their certain factors that will make you go a specific month?

We’d love to hear your opinions on these topics as well! You can contact us via the One Happy Podcast hotline at [phone] or send us a message on Facebook or via email to [e-mail].

So now we’re gonna jump into the events happening this 2nd timeshare week in Aruba from Friday, January 11th to Thursday, January 17th.

Aruba Carnival Season

When: January 5 to March 3, 2019 (all day)

• Carnival means weeks of events that bring you
• • colorfully decorated floats
  • contagiously throbbing music
  • luxuriously designed costumed groups of celebrants of all ages
  • King & Queen elections
  • electrifying Jump Ups
  • Torch Light Parades that wind their way through the streets at night
  • the Jouvert Morning Pajama Parade
  • the Children's Parades
  • and finally the Grand Parade!
• Officially starting in November, the majority of events, celebrations and parades are held in January and February until the Burning of King Momo, marking the end of Carnival Season.
• After the Burning of King Momo the entire island goes on hiatus, known as Carnival Monday (official day of rest).

Prins & Pancho

When: January 12 (Sat) / 7:00 pm - 12:00 am

Where: Carnival Harbour Arena (Oranjestad)

• Prins & Pancho Election and Coronation (Children and Youth)
• The Prince and Pancho are two figures in Aruba's carnival tradition.
• The Prince's main task is to present his Queen to the people upon her election, and to accompany her wherever she appears.
• The Prime Minister opens the reign of the royal court by handing over the keys of the Island to the Prince.
• Pancho is the personal assistant of the Prince. His role is to tell jokes and accompany the Prince in his royal functions.
• The Prince and Pancho are chosen for their royal qualities. The duo is chosen for their comedy, personality, educational content and audience popularity.

In the past, we used to have a long list of events but this time we just want to focus on a main event per week. We will have more events listed in the future, but for now, we just want to keep this episode short and sweet.

Onto the cruise ship schedule for this week:

Before we go, we’re giving a shoutout to Vallon Davis who I recorded a One Happy Podcast episode with. Thank you for being patient with me on your episode despite some technical problems.

We hope you enjoyed this episode of This Week in Aruba! Let us know your thoughts over the new format by contacting us via the One Happy Podcast hotline at [phone] or send us a message on Facebook or via email to [e-mail].