Adventures of a Traveling Mom!: Anguilla

Since this is our last break before leaving St. Maarten we decided we wanted to see as much as our student budget would allow. The first place we chose to visit was Anguilla. We departed on the ferry at Marigot on the French side. It was only an 18 minute boat ride across to the beautiful island.

We decided to rent a car, as soon as we got off the ferry and walked out onto the street, good ol' Marcel waved us down and over to his parking lot of beat up rental cars. Thirty bucks for the day plus twenty dollars for an Anguilla drivers licence and we were off, but not without at least a dozen reminders to STAY ON THE LEFT. Anguilla is part of the British West Indies and therefore they drive on the left side. Monty's licence expired on his birthday so I was the lucky one who got to drive. I preferred to drive since he is the best navigator. There was only one instance where I veered to my right, luckily there was no other cars in sight;)

Warning: Insanely beautiful beach pictures below. Just when I thought a beach couldn't be more beautiful, water more clear and sand whiter, then there was Upper Shoal Bay East. Shoal Bay East was voted one of the top ten most beautiful beaches in the world, and there was no question in my mind why that was. The water looked like an endless swimming pool, and the whole time you are swimming you can't believe you are actually in the ocean. The fish would come right up to your legs. I think Monty and Krysten stepped on one. The kids really got into snorkelling this trip, and were not afraid of the fish anymore.

The fish was this BIG!

We rented the car so we could see as much of the island in the day we had, but we could not leave this beach. Five hours later we decided to pack up and drive by all the other recommended spots on the map, take a quick pic and on to the next place before heading back to the ferry. Im glad that we ended up staying at shoal Bay East because it definitely was the prettiest beach EVER!

The Viceroy is a famous resort on the island, we heard a lot of celebrities have stayed there, we had to take a peak and snap a few pics. The place was fancy shmancy...

We drove by some cool looking churches. Overall the Island felt very quiet. In the past the island was run by plantations but since that had died out in the 60's the economy has relied heavily on tourism.

We drove by these two neat looking churches.