Tripatini contributor Ed Wetschler writes:

¨It's almost too easy: One of the most exciting snorkeling sites in the Caribbean lies barely 100 yards off the west coast of Aruba. The water there is calm, visibility is excellent, and the site features the World War II-era German ship Antilla – at 397 feet, the third-longest wreck in the Caribbean.

That such a splendid shipwreck is so accessible to snorkelers is unusual. That a vessel the Wehrmacht christened Antilla is spending eternity in the Antilles is poetic justice. Ditto for the fact that this Nazi ship now supports life: vibrant coral and millions of fish.

I sailed off to see it on a Red Sails Sports catamaran filled with tourists, snorkeling gear, soft drinks, several bottles of rum, and a beneficent bartender. We would stop three times for snorkeling, and at the third site we'd also have lunch, but it was that second stop, the Antilla, that made my day.¨

Read more in his post Snorkelers Meet Nazis in Aruba.

Ed Wetschler