Anguilla

On February 14th of this year William offered me a new camera: an Olympus E-510 IS. I realised recently that I never had the chance to use it since I am passing my time working at captain Oliver's... So last week end I decided to surprise him and to take time for ourselves.
So here we were, we went to Anguilla!
Anguilla is all about nature, peace, quietness, relaxation, beauty, friendliness and kindness, politeness, etc... I could add many of those virtues.
Once there we realised how much we did lost in St Martin, and the evolution direction the island took the last 12 years...
Anguilla is pretty much what St Martin was 2o years ago.
Pristine undeveloped and uncommercialised beaches (or if there is a resort on the beach, this one is perfectly included in the nature and form normally a perfect communion), no traffic, no crime, smile on every single face you can cross, a "hello" or a hand waving when you pass, no police or ambulance sirens, not over crowded, etc...
When we arrived at the Harbour, Blowing Point, we decided to rent a car... So we were kindly directed to a gentleman standing up on the middle of the Harbour facility yard, He greeted us, confirming we were looking for a rental car, he told us to follow him... which we did, we just walked few steps inside the little bar standing at the entrance of Blowing Point, he filled up the rental contract, asked me for $20 for a temporary driving license, and $35 for the car... I paid cash, I gave him my credit card for the deposit, he looked at me, smiled and said "no need", the shacked my hand! Wow.... It is really like St Martin 20 years ago!.... Then he added " gas is your responsibility I don't know how much is in the tank, enjoy your stay"... We were amazed, we didn't made business like that since many many years, and it was good to realised that there are still place in the world where "trust" and "honesty" mean something.
I obviously took a lot of pictures, so it is the reason why I made three different post on the blog about Anguilla, and be ready to see a lot of colors and a lot of beach pictures

We went to the Cuisinart Resort and Spa, and it is absolutely superb... An explosion of colors and serenity...

The gardens are absolutely gorgeous, perfectly done, with a variety of foliage ad flowers I really enjoyed, surrounding the buildings of the room, providing freshness and "nest heaven" for the birds.

Flowers are everywhere....

I even saw a tree that I do not know... May be someone can help (Dee?....), a tree with a very strong and nice perfume smell

and with a unique foliage... I asked around and amazingly nobody knew what kind of tree it was...

This one I know.... It's beautiful though!

But what's also impressive at the Cuisinart, it is the entrance... You go through a beautiful and very refreshing lobby first...

and then you exit on the infinity pool.... How gorgeous!...

Don't you think?....

And then on the beach... also undeveloped and uncommercialised!

Then further away from the Cuisinart, driving around the island (on the left...) we made a stop to different beaches, but even if some people may think they all look alike they are all very different, with only in common the fact they are unspoiled...

And of course some sceneries are breath taking by their beauty...

Even houses there are not built right on the beach but in a respectable distance from it to respect the nature and environment...

But hey don't leave now, you still have two more post to check about Anguilla with a lot of pictures, here below!