Arriving in St. Maarten Whenever I land at Princess Juliana International Airport in St. Maarten (SXM), it’s usually after a night of maybe 3 hours of sleep followed by ~7 hours of traveling. Despite being completely exhausted and likely a little frustrated at not being able to sleep on the plane, I am always completely [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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for the most up-to-date information about its amenities and rates since items in the post below may be outdated.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 [...]
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 [...]
