I recently returned from my 7th visit to Anguilla and, I have to say, it wasn’t the best trip I’ve been on to my favorite little island. Don’t get me wrong, it was filled with some fantastic experiences that I plan to share in upcoming posts, but it was also marred by a sad incident [...]
I missed Moonsplash, Anguilla’s biggest music festival, yet again this year. It was held March 8-10 and hosted, as always by AXA reggae artist Bankie Banx at the Dune Preserve. I’ve really got to get my act together and make sure I’m there for it next year since it always gets such rave reviews. In [...]
I think that just about every culture must have some form of fried dough that is considered to be a popular treat. Americans have doughnuts and funnel cakes, Spaniards have churros, the French have Beignets, and in Jaimaica, festival is the fried dough of choice. Apparently, variations of fried dough are so popular that there [...]
I often tell people that I want to keep Anguilla a secret from the rest of the world so I can have it aaaallllll to myself. Then some of them, who know about this site look at me and say, “But you write on a blog about it! A lot!“. I laugh and somewhat shamefully [...]
Picture it: Me. A true lover of Anguilla arriving on the island for my 6th visit there. On my first night back, I had a great dinner with friends at the SandBar at Sandy Ground full of lots of laughs and just the right number of pineapple-infused vodka shots (Or was it rum? Hm. For [...]
It’s inevitable. Once the winter months start coming around, bringing the chilly air and long dark nights, I often find myself clicking around on travel websites desperately searching for a way to escape the cold and dreary days. Anyone who has taken even the most casual of glances at this blog knows that my escape [...]
When Steve Bennett of UncommonCaribbean.com contacted me this week to ask what I think are the must-dos when traveling to Anguilla, I just felt flattered that he would even want my opinion. Ohhh, but the poor guy really had no idea what he was getting in to, did he? You see, when you ask someone [...]
