Madeariman Beach Club Anguilla

... 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>

... up to Pic Paradis (the highest point on the island) and instead, whiled away an unproductive and unpleasant afternoon at the Hidden Forest Café. Long gone are the days of fearless gallivanting. I guess you can say this vacation was truly a different experience, as it should be when traveling with an infant. <br><br>Suffice to say, we had an amazing time, despite all the bumps in the road 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 ...

... and outlet plugs for baby proofing the room. St. Maarten/St. Martin labels itself as the &#8220;Friendly Island&#8221;, and our experience with the staff at the hotel lives up to its name. Unfortunately, I can&#8217;t say that for the rest of the island. Julian, our bellman, became a friendly, warm familiar face each time we came back from an outing and was especially kind to our little guy. Jessica one of the servers at Ocean ...

... ever tasted. We all thought of Pam and how she would have loved it! Shopping was a great success&#8230; T-Shirts, trinkets, jewelry, vanilla, etc. ; another memorable Philipsburg shopping day.<br>After returning home it was off to the beach to finish the day with a refreshing swim. Over the most delicious, mouth-watering BLT&#8217;s cooked by Cindy (who is dictating this sentence) we planned our next day&#8217;s itinerary.

As the morning blushed pink at 6am all rose to bask in the glory of another day in paradise. Slowly the day unfolded with coffee on the balcony and later cereal inside. Everyone then decided to trek to the front desk to plan our week. Once that was taken care of; Cindy, Barb, and Jeff set off to the beach (showing none of the tender skin that suffered so much the first day) while Becky stayed back to get a massage in the room ...

We started the day well rested after an eventful travel day frought with delays, food vouchers and freezing airports. We woke to the smell of fresh ground coffee brewing which we happily drank on our balcony overlooking paradise. Cindy and Jeff are raring to go (what else is new) and head out to the front desk to buy water, Barb and Becky cook a delicious breakfast back at the ranch with eggs, bacon, toast and jam. <br>Always up ...

... the docks where the racing regattas were moored. He took about 15 minutes to give us some background about the history of the sport and told us that one of the boats being used would be the famous Stars and Stripes that won The Americas Cup with Dennis Connor in 1987. <br><br>Our group was divided into 3 crews for 3 different boats and my wife and myself were incredibly lucky to be part of the crew for the Stars and Stripes. How cool was this going to be!! We got to participate as ...

... escapes me), including the folk group of singers, dancers and musicians that woke me up with their spanish riffs and lingo. Almost missed my connecting flight paying US $5 for 4 AA batteries. That flight was wicked. The AA plane took off so fast my belly started to quiver like I when I was infatuated lol. I managed to get out of the airport quickly... get this... no customs. St. Maarten is 100% duty ...

... Well, as it turned out, they developed quite a remarkable reputation for their carpentry and boatbuilding! The twin island nation of Antigua and Barbuda achieved independence in 1981, followed by St. Kitts and Nevis in 1983. Anguilla and Montserrat have elected to remain British Crown Colonies. As a result, the majority of the islanders remain very conservative. Anguilla's lack of rainfall, though good for us beach lovers, makes for unproductive soil for foliage ...