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Back to Anguilla and Back to Blogging Basics

Ahhhhh! My next trip back to Anguilla is booked and I am sooooo happy about it! Nothing helps cut through the depression of a cold and dreary winter more than planning a trip to my favorite island. This will be my fifth trip to Anguilla, and in my opinion, it’s long past overdue. I mean, [...]

My Newest Reason To Be An Anguilla Regular

Not that I really needed another reason to keep returning to Anguilla over and over again, but…  today I found out that I’m going to be a godmother of a soon-to-be-born Anguillian baby boy! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeee! (Yes, that was my squeal of joy.) Actually, my good friends let me know that they were expecting a child [...]

Country Cottage Anguilla: Charm, Peace & Quiet on Anguilla

Update 4/3/2011: Country Cottage Anguilla now has its own website! Please check it out at http://www.CountryCottageAnguilla.com for the most up-to-date information about its amenities and rates since items in the post below may be outdated. Update 1/18/2011: Country Cottage Anguilla has new contact information. The phone numbers have been updated within the post below. During [...]

Back to Anguilla: Return. Rejoice! Relax. Re-center.

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 [...]

Rule of Travel #1: Respect Locals and the Way They Live

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 [...]

Do you believe in signs?

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, [...]

Island Vocabulary Lesson #1: Anguilla

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 [...]