Sydans Apartments and Villas 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.

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.

... 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.

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’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 “Friendly Island”, and our experience with the staff at the hotel lives up to its name. Unfortunately, I can’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 ...

The day began lazy and continued as the only agenda to be had was to tour the new buildings of the resort and make sure that the sand on the beach was still white! This however, had nothing to do with the greatest anticipation of the day… dinner at the French restaurant, La Frѐgate. Our anticipation got to all of us and we travelled the road to the restaurant only to find that we were :45 min. early. So off ...

... 0-8-1-4-7.... NINE Jeff called out, followed by the announcers NINE! Jeff had won!! Jeff literally ran across the room to claim his prize...and announced to Beau Beau and all that he was giving his prize to his Mom. Mom came to the front of the room and gave Jeff a long, enduring hug....it was a poignant moment for all!! Jeff's win was a harbinger for the night to come as the lucky group was on their way to the Casino. Jeff ...

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.
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.

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 ...

... there was another cruise ship docked alongside us. The other ship appeared to be a European liner and was named Oceania. We knew immediately that it was going to be a crowded day in the port. Just like St. Thomas, there was a bunch of duty-free shops right outside of the dock where people can do their shopping. These duty-free shops are really convenient for their close proximity to the ship but to me they have a downside. These shops really ...

... and it is located at the Northeastern side of the island (French side by the way). As I said, I am not really a beach person and I don't go nude in public (:P), this visit would be more like a "spectator event" for me....The beach is okay but a little too crowded the water is nicely blue but still a little muddy; however, people on the beach are not all that beautiful. while there are many bars and restaurants along the ...