Seahorse of 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 ...

... and Chocolate mousse (Becky &amp; Jeff) which we attacked with joy and abandon.<br>We awoke with money burning holes in our pockets in anticipation of shopping; we hit the market place with bargains on our mind! While none of the ladies we had bought from for the past 4 years remembered us&#8230; several recognized Jeffery in Phillipsburg within seconds of seeing him again. This can best be summed up by the ...

... the Westin was the agenda for the evening, but first we stop by the welcome party in the atrium where food, drink, King Beau Beau's great band, and the drawings for all the "door" prizes. All, including Jeff, got their raffle tickets and decided to stay to see if they could win something free. As the free dinner for two at Infinity, bottles of liquor, cigars, and other sundries were raffled off Jeff's anxiety level rose and at ...

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 ...

... the whole day at the beach watching the planes takeoff and land. The highlights of the day included a MD-80 takeoff, a A340 go around and landing, and a Boeing 747 landing.

As a little side trip while in the Caribbean we decided to visit one of the surrounding islands. We chose Anguilla, part of the British West Indies, for our one day excursion. This former colony is today a Britain dependency, and is located less than 20 minutes by boat from St. Maarten. They even drive on the left hand side or the road; probably one of very few ...