Powdered-sand beaches, friendly people, potent rum punches, lush vegetation, powerful waves, curious wildlife, and incredible food.
Most photos were taken with a film camera (Pentax K1000) using Fujicolor 200, Kodak Ektar 100, Color Implosion 100, Portra 400, and CineStill 50 (+1). Digital photos were also captured using a Fuji XT1 and iPhones 5 and 6.
A quick taxi (with Kotchy, the school bus driver on Anguilla — he knows everyone, and who’s been bad and good, like Santa Claus) to our beautiful and unique hotel, the Malliouhana.
Sweeping views of Meads Bay — a stitched pano from the breakfast buffet
Hanging out on Meads Bay
We’re in Anguilla!!
Walking the beach to the Viceroy
After trudging through the deep sand in the hot sun for a very long 20 minutes, we arrived at the Viceroy! Excitement when we discovered these heads were actually chairs.
Delicious beverages made by Tweety! The “Painkiller” is a winner…
Back at our hotel, nice architecture with lush gardens
Lovely light at sunset.
Another day in paradise, greeted by the second largest yacht in the world: Roman Abramovich’s Eclipse.
Breakfast birding: The Sooty Tern
Lunch at Le Bar!
After Sandy Ground we drove to Shoal Bay East.
After feeding our friend, we made our way back to the hotel to get ready for a highly anticipated dinner at De Cuisine, run by a husband and wife team.
Another precious day.
Off to lunch at Trattoria Tramonto!
After eating delicious food, we walked the beach and looked at shells and other wildlife, like hermit crabs and sea urchins.
After lunch and some exploring, we drove home and met a horse.
Based on our success feeding donkey an apple, we decided to feed horse an apple.
Happy horse! He stuck his head right into the car looking for more apples. Unfortunately no photos of this.
We made it back to the hotel for our last sunset swim.
Off to dinner at Veya!
During dinner and after we got to enjoy Leslie Nanton’s smooth singing.
After dinner we celebrated our victories with some fine Pyrat rum and a cuban cigar, rolling doubles in shesh besh.
Our last day :(
Saying goodbye to all our new friends.
Still had time for one last meal, Blanchards Beach Shack!
Tacos and rum punches!
… And we were off to the airport … only to miss our flight! We clearly were not ready to leave Anguilla.
… So we jumped in a cab to Blowing Point to catch the next ferry to St. Martin!
Luckily, all of JetBlue’s computer systems were down — complete freak coincidence. The flight we would have also missed on St. Martin was still there! Delayed for hours! Just enough time for us to get on it! #blessup
We were worried though… because we had the slowest cab driver in the world.
But we made it!
Until next time! Love ya Anguilla.
