Aruba, "The Happy Island"- We Agree!

Click here to see my Birds of Aruba photographs!

Click here to see my underwater snorkeling video!

Also, check out my fun Aruba slideshow in Kizoa!

With visions of white sands, turquoise waters and Caribbean adventures on our minds, my family and I boarded our flight from Charleston to Atlanta early one Sunday morning in May 2013.

Our flight from Atlanta left at 10. It's about three-and-a-half hours to Aruba, which is one of the southernmost Caribbean island, less than 20 miles from Venezuela.