OK all here is Frankenstone's list of must brings.

MUST bring items:

Sheets (full or twin) no King or Queen
Underwear
Socks
Shoes
Undershirts There are almost no clothes to buy here
Sandals
Shorts!!
Bathing suit
First Semester Books
Plenty of Pens, Paper, notebooks.
Your Favorite coffee if its not Folgers (starbucks, etc)
Sweater (for girls)
Favorite snack item, there are few snacks here. (beef jerky, etc.)
Bring 2 towels
Bring you own pans (they all SUCK on this island, rust, coating comes off)
NO ELECTRIC CLOCKS (only battery)
Hat
Sunscreen over 42 SPF (less than 36 won't work)
Bring your own Cell phone (GSM) Cheaper
Laptop
USB Memory Stick (512k minimum)
One set of nice clothes for Graduation or other functions

Items Bring if you can:

Printer (portable) (used a lot)
Your favorite music
Headphone for laptop
reading lamp
OFF!! (there are tons of mosquitos here)
Video games for laptop
toaster (if you like eating bagels, toast, etc)
Can opener (manual or electric)
reading books
Blank CDs
Good shampoo and toothpaste

Things not to bring:

Cars (the Tariff will Kill you)
fans
Bike (expensive to ship) Buy on island for 150.
Drugs (crack, cocaine, marijuana, etc.) You can get it on the island
Water filters (water is very clean on the island)
New computer stuff in Box, they will charge you for it.
Pets, it is very hot and uncomfortable. Lots of Strays. Poor Vet facilities.
Attitude -( it's not our island, we are guests)

Thats a start I will amend if I think of something else.
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hey frank im coming for the spet 5th sem at im a pre med 1st year. i was wondering whats the electricity situation there? same as the U.S. ?will everythig work the same? and how is the living situation? do we find our own roomates/? are most of the apartments or what evere they maybe close to school? and one more thing i think i read some where on a forum that we can wear flip flops to class is this true? what about clogs? well if u have time hope u reply thanks Jojee

You can ue US standard plugs. They will run a little hotter because the cycles are 50. But all will be OK. Bring a surge protector.

Frankenstone

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are there any computer stores in aruba? (ie.best buy, staples, future shop, etc.)

dont suggest you bring a clock that uses a plug....

if the current is higher at aruba it means that the clock will run faster

i think its 50 cycles or somethin...in that cause... a clock will run 10mins fater for every one hour..so its goin to say 1 hour passed while reaally, 50 mins passed

Hi Frank,

When you say to bring a GSM phone do you mean to bring one that is unlocked so we can activate it in Aruba or bring one that has already been activated in the US or Canada?

How expensive is having a phone line there?

Lisa

bring one that is unlocked, it's really expensive to get it unlocked in aruba, and they can't put a chip in it unless it's unlocked.

Thank you xavierstudent! =)

Does anyone know what band Aruba uses for GSM cell phones? I don't want to get a quadband phone if I don't need it....

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so any kind of an unlocked phone works?