After the excitement of the
Ostrich Farm, it was on to the "natural bridge". Basically a strip of rock that stretches out over the water below.
Here's the natural bridge that originally attracted folks to this section on the north side of the island, but it collapsed a few years ago.
All over the island, people stack stones on top of stones and then make a wish. So, I guess you might call them wishing stacks!
More wishing stacks.
Next stop was the ruins of the Bushiribana Gold Mill. It was built in 1872 by the Aruba Island Gold Mining Company LTD as a place to smelt gold. 95 % of the original building is still standing.
Bushiribana never had an actual roof. It was intentionally left off as to allow the fumes and heat to exit the smelter and also to discourage pirates as it looked like an abandoned collapsed fort.
Some 3000 + pounds of pure gold was sent back to the Dutch government as a result of the smelting that was done here.
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