| For someone on the lookout for somewhere to | | | | pampered lifestyle, perfected by the locals and |
| seriously do absolutely nothing, Anguilla is the place to | | | | enjoyed by loyal visitors who tend to return year after |
| start and then work your way through the rest of the | | | | year. |
| world as slowly as possible. | | | | The Dutch built a fort here once, in the seventeenth |
| Fantastic food, served casually yet elegantly, to the | | | | century but no one knows where it is so do not bother |
| accompaniment of full and flavorsome local music. Laid | | | | asking to visit it. The British then planted it with tobacco |
| back and wonderful, Anguilla is straight out of the | | | | and then cotton and then sugar but nothing ever |
| movies, sugary sand as white as baby powder, crystal | | | | became a valuable or established export. |
| clear blue water and all warmed by the Caribbean | | | | Nowadays, Anguilla elects a House of Assembly and |
| sunshine. | | | | its own representative for internal affairs, and a British |
| The restaurants are plentiful here, creatively staffed by | | | | governor is appointed to administrate public offices and |
| some of the most talented chefs in the region. There | | | | the judiciary. |
| are so many temples of food to worship in, it would be | | | | Anguillans traditionally earn their living from the sea, |
| impossible to sample the menus in all of them but you | | | | either in it, on it or renting stuff to other people who |
| could sure have a great time trying. | | | | want to go on it, in it or under it. They do it very well at |
| Barefoot dining is an art form in this tiny little enclave, | | | | it, so every encouragement should be shown them so |
| where the rich and the poor congenially and | | | | they may continue doing it. They have a considerable |
| enthusiastically share the restaurants, the sand and the | | | | advantage over the rest of the world in terms of basic |
| sea. | | | | essentials; sand, sea, pristine clear water and endless |
| Part of the attraction of Anguilla is the idle and | | | | Caribbean sunshine. |