on our blog: snorkelers meet Nazis in Aruba

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One of the best snorkeling sites in the Caribbean lies barely 100 yards off the west coast ofAruba and a few miles north of the Aruba Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino. The water there is calm, visibility is excellent, and the the site features the World War II-era German ship Antilla – at 397 feet, the third-longest wreck in the Caribbean.

That such a splendid shipwreck is so accessible to snorkelers is unusual. That a vessel the Wehrmacht christened Antilla is spending eternity in the Antilles is poetic justice. Ditto for the fact that this Nazi ship now supports life: vibrant coral and millions of fish...

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