During my most recent trip to Anguilla, I had the pleasure of staying at a charming little guest house/apartment in Welches named “Country Cottage”. It’s located in a wonderfully quiet and peaceful spot on the northeastern part of the island and is a very short drive (4 minutes) away from stunning Shoal Bay East. (Apparently, [...]
Well, I made it back to Anguilla! I had a pretty smooth travel day yesterday and was so excited to arrive back on my favorite island once again. Ahhh, island bliss… You may or may not have noticed that I’ve been neglecting this blog a bit in the past few months. That’s been mostly because [...]
Last night, I went to an amazing concert featuring Jamaican reggae artists Tarrus Riley, Duane Stephenson, Dean Frasier, Shaggy, Cocoa Tea and The Blak Soil Band. The show was held at Crossroads Nightclub in Bladensburg, MD and it was a packed house! Despite the concert being named “The Connie Campbell Foundation Concert”, I have to [...]
Whenever we travel away from home, it’s likely that we’re going to encounter people who live, think and act differently than we do. This applies not only to when we visit foreign countries, but could also be the case when we travel a just a few towns away. Recognizing that fact, it seems to automatically [...]
I’m aware that the name of this blog is “Island Obsessions”. I am also aware of the fact that the only island I’ve written anything of substance about, so far, is Anguilla. Don’t get me wrong – I absolutely love Anguilla, but I’ve always intended to visit other islands to experience them as well. So, [...]
It isn’t difficult to fall in love with island accents, especially if you’ve naturally begun to associate them with that mesmerizing bliss that takes over when you’re in a Caribbean paradise. (A word of advice though: Don’t get so obsessed that you borderline stalk a guy in the grocery store because you hear him talking [...]
As you have no doubt heard by now, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck just outside of Port-au-Prince, Haiti yesterday. The resulting loss of life, injuries, and destruction are beyond devastating. If you are able, please do what you can to help the people of Haiti as they are desperately in need of aid. If you [...]
If you’re taking a trip to Anguilla, you should definitely make sure that a visit to Little Bay is on your list of things to do! This not-so-secret (not anymore, at least) location is located in the middle of the northern coast of the island, just northeast of Crocus Bay. As its name implies, Little [...]
When it rains in Anguilla, most of the time the showers last less than ten minutes and then the clouds roll away quickly to make way for the sun to shine again. As you might imagine, that kind of weather pattern provides prime conditions for the formation of rainbows. During my last trip to Anguilla, [...]
I’ve been back from my trip to Anguilla for just about a week now, and even though there’s 18 inches of snow outside my door, I’m still reveling in that sweet island bliss that AXA never fails to instill within me. I live in the DC metro area, and there’s no doubt that life is [...]
