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Monday, March 3, 2014

Snapshots of Anguilla: Favorite Places - l


It's freezing cold, and snowing here today…uh-gain…which only makes me that much more misty for my most favorite place on the planet - the tiny, warm, and wonderful island of Anguilla.


This winter has been particularly unbearable, and anybody who knows me remotely at all - knows how much I detest being cold, and how strong a dislike I have for the need to wear coats, and boots, and socks - pretty much any clothing that isn't a bikini.


Anyone who knows me even a little bit better though, also knows how desirous I am of someday fleeing Virginia and its godawful winters, in favor of relocating to my beloved Anguilla…forever.


This past November, I made my first return trip to Anguilla in I dunno - like 6 or 7 years, maybe more… which only fueled my urgency to start thinking very seriously about setting out to make a new life there. 


(The path at The Anguilla Great House that leads to Rendezvous Bay on the Caribbean Sea. Snapped on 11/21/13 - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)

For right now though, all I can do is placate myself by gazing longingly at the hundreds of pictures that I took when I was on Anguilla, back in mid-November 2013…and although I'd like to believe that sharing images of some of the very best spots on the island, might help to quell these brutal winter blues…quite frankly, it seems to be making them worse...


(Rooms at The Anguilla Great House. Snapped on 11/21/13 - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)


(Ditto. Snapped on 11/21/13 - using my iPhone set on panorama mode)


(The Great House pool, and St. Maarten off in the distance. Snapped on 11/21/13 - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)


(Bathers at dawn, on Rendezvous Bay. Snapped on 11/22/13 - using a Canon AE-1 loaded with 35 mm Fuji Superia Extra 400 film)


(Sunrise on Rendevous Bay. Snapped on 11/21/13 - using my iPhone set on panorama mode)


(Morning ritual. Snapped on 11/21/13 - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)


(View from the beach on Rendezvous Bay. Snapped on 11/23/13 - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)


(Crocus Bay. Snapped on 11/21/13 - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)


(View of Road Bay from South Hill Village. Snapped on 11/23/13 - using an iPhone and Instagram filters) 


(Shipwreck "PamMead" at Sandy Ground, on Road Bay. Snapped on 11/21/13 - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)


 (Sandy Ground on Road Bay. Snapped on 11/21/13 - using my iPhone set on panorama mode)


(Road Bay. Snapped on 11/21/13 - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)


(Palm Grove at Savannah Bay. Snapped on 11/22/13 - using a Canon AE-1 loaded with 35 mm Fuji Superia Extra 400 film)


(View of Savannah Bay, from inside of Palm Grove Restaurant. Snapped on 11/22/13 - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)


(Savannah Bay. Snapped on 11/22/13 - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)


(Junks Hole Bay. Snapped on 11/22/13 - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)


(Bankie Banx's Dune Preserve on Rendezvous Bay. Snapped on 11/23/13 - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)


(The Dune Preserve, looking towards Merrywing Bay. Snapped on 11/26/13 - using my iPhone set on panorama mode)


(Shoal Bay. Snapped on 11/24/13 - using my iPhone set on panorama mode)


(Gwen's Reggae Grill, Upper Shoal Bay. Snapped on 11/24/13 - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)


(Compromised beach at Gwen's. Snapped on 11/24/13 - using a Canon AE-1 loaded with 35mm Fuji Superia Extra 400 film)


(Palm trees at Gwen's. Snapped on 11/24/13 - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)


(Live music every Sunday on the porch at Gwen's Reggae Grill. Snapped on 11/24/13 - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)


(Bonjour Cafe, Sandy Ground. Snapped on 11/25/13 - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)


(Island Harbor. Snapped on 11/25/13 - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)


(Scilly Cay at Island Harbor. Snapped on 11/25/13 - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)


(Mimi Bay. Snapped on 11/25/13 - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)


 (Mead's Bay. Snapped on 11/25/13 - using my iPhone set on panorama mode)


(Umbrella's at Blanchard's on the Beach, Mead's Bay. Snapped on 11/25/13 - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)

Well I have to admit, that didn't cheer me up a bit…*sigh*...

But anyway, please be on the lookout for future posts about Anguilla…I just have so many, many other pictures that I want you guys to see...

2 comments:

  1. There are some great shots here. The sky is so dramatic, especially in #17.

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    1. @Ted - Isn't it though? It was cloudier, and rainier than I've ever known it to be in Anguilla - on this particular trip…and although it wasn't maybe the best vacation for lazing on the beaches, it did make for some awesome picture taking!

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