Aruba's trademark: the Divi Divi or watapana tree
This is my sketchy sketch version of the famous Divi Divi tree I chanced once upon a time in the internet. It is found in exclusively in
the tiny Island of Aruba, which is 180 square kilometers in size and part of
the kingdom of Nederland in the Caribbean Sea.
The Divi Divi tree is Aruba’s natural compass, always
pointing in a southwesterly direction. The
local adage is that “if you are lost in the wilderness, follow the bend of the
divi-divi trees and they’ll lead you to town”.
It is believed that attempts to plant this tree in other
parts of the world have proved futile. The cooling wind that gust steadily from
the northeast have carved the native divi-divi trees into natural sculptures, shapes
that would rival the most artistic bonsai.
