Rodgers Beach, Aruba, officially known as Nanki is a small beach immediately west of
Baby Beach. It is known for its calm waters and private feel, though it is a public beach. The water is shallow at first, but further out it becomes a good swimming beach.
History
In the 1950s, the
Aruba Esso Club was built as a part of
Lago Colony
Lago Colony was a community located on the east end of the island of Aruba, near the area presently known as Seroe Colorado.
The town consisted of 377 homes, a hospital, church, club house, bowling alley, and an American School, with first thr ...
(near present-day
Seroe Colorado
Seroe Colorado () is a village situated at the southeastern tip of Aruba, an island located in the Ductch Caribbean. Nowadays, it is known for the Anchor in Memory to All Seamen. Historically, between 1878 and 1914, Seroe Colorado served as the l ...
) at Baby Beach, immediately to the south of Rodgers Beach. The club included a restaurant, dance floor, and
baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...
stadium. There was a dock in the
lagoon
A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses. Lagoons are commonly divided into ''coastal lagoons'' (or ''barrier lagoons'') ...
, and there were small shacks, one of which is still standing. Today, it is no more than a large, abandoned building with one business, a dive shop, still in operation. The beach has been named after Captain who was in charge of the oil refinery at
San Nicolaas
San Nicolaas ( nl, Sint Nicolaas) is southeast of Oranjestad, and is Aruba's second largest city. it has a population of 15,283, most of whom originate from the British Caribbean and rest of the Caribbean.
History
According to oral tradition, ...
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See also
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Lago Colony
Lago Colony was a community located on the east end of the island of Aruba, near the area presently known as Seroe Colorado.
The town consisted of 377 homes, a hospital, church, club house, bowling alley, and an American School, with first thr ...
References
External links
Visitaruba.comThings to Do
Beaches of Aruba
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