What’s Aruba like for a holiday? I wondered the same. This Dutch Caribbean island is under the radar in England. I flew over for the week to see exactly why it’d earned the reputation as being the paradise it has.

I know the exact moment when I fully registered how wonderful Aruba is.

We’d joined a snorkelling trip on the Tranquillo – a 43-foot sailing yacht. Instead of taking us all out as a snorkelling force, on a quest to find the most magical fish we could, our guide instead gave us a few pointers to get us started and off we went.

Somehow I came to lead the group. I’ve snorkelled loads of times, confidence of a mermaid. But, for some of them,