My prayers go out to Natalie, her family and friends. I hope that she is found safely. It is obvious from the photos and reports on TV that everyone there is pitching in to find Natalie. I wish I was there to help.

I am a young woman, from the US, who has traveled to Aruba alone several times. It is AND REMAINS the only place I feel comfortable going to alone when I feel that I just need to get away and have some time alone. I always stay at the HI. I’ve walked the streets in Aruba, day and night, with no problems at all. I’ve even gotten into those little vans that drive around and offer you a ride if the bus takes forever, without any problems. Sure I’ve been approached a few times to buy drugs, “no” was understood. I see police patrolling on foot and in cars, in town and in the high rise hotel area. Security is always going up and down the beach, day and night. I feel some people are being a little harsh with their posts. Just compare the crime in Aruba to that in your home town. I know there’s been more crime in my home town in a day then there has been in Aruba for an entire year. There are bad apples everywhere.

The people in Aruba are genuinely caring. It truly is “one happy island”. I would come there again tomorrow if I could.