Arawak Beach Inn The Valley

... a community feeling to it, especially because we visited in the low season, hurricane season. The steets were very quite, many shops were closed and not many tourists were visiting the island overnight. <br><br>We stayed for 2 nights and almost didn't made it back to St. Maarten because a hurricane was passing close by and the seas were too high for boats to run. So we ended up taking a plane.<br>

So our trip to St.Maarten/St.Martin is quickly coming to an end. We only had a few days left and contemplated taking a ferry to either St. Barth's or Anguilla. Unfortunately, neither of those came to fruition. Our newest travel partner was still adjusting to playing in sand and the thought of lugging all the things we would need to bring for a day excursion was taking the fun out of it. We failed to ...

Most of our days were spent visiting the French side of the island. We spent a long and lazy afternoon at Le Galion Beach so our little one could play in some shallow water. It&#8217;s a perfect beach for families with small kids or infants due to the calm waters. In fact, even in the shallowest of waters we saw some fish ...

... in finding parking and maneuvering tight turns. Just by driving around the island, you can tell they don&#8217;t grow much vegetation and from what I learned during our stay, they import most of their fruits and vegetables. I suppose the island makes most of its money on tourism. <br><br>Upon reaching our hotel, we were warmly greeted by Thomas. At check-in they gave me a Westin Kids Club pouch filled with a nightlight, a rubber ...

We were at sea for a day before we reached the island of St. Maarten. The seas were choppy and the ship did get bounced around but not that much. The weather was warm and sitting on the deck enjoying the pool was where most passengers spent the day. <br><br>We arrived at St. Maarten and we were very excited about our day excursion. We were going to participate in a just-for-fun race on a 12 meter racing regatta. We were met by one of the crew members on the dock and we followed him ...

... by boat or by climbing down a cliff on a rope. Needless to say I took the rope option...wasn't as bad as it looked im happy to say. The snorkeling was great, nice to finally get into the ocean and see some wildlife. Also that weekend I spent an afternoon at this little beach bar called Smokeys, had my first rum punch...jeez! They make them damn strong here, took me an hour to drink then had to take a long walk to clear my head...got a bit pished. Managed to ...

... weekend!! On saturday I was invited to a beach party with my boss and her bloke, Chelsi. It was a guy who Chelsi used to work with birthday, it was meant to start at 11am, we got there at 4 and were some of the first to arrive...island time again!! Huge amounts of beer were drunk and I got my first taste of goat, in goat water and a goat curry. Was rather yummy and was pleased that it tasted very much like lamb...couldnt really taste the goat at all!! Sunday was ...

There are not one, or ten, or even twenty beaches on the tiny island of Anguila. I believe there are something like 33 beaches scattered throughout the island. Its probably a good thing there are so many beaches to check out, because there isn't a whole lot else going on for tourism on the island, although there is a new golf course being built. I had great plans to check out different parts of the island and visit a ...