After multiple charter boat trips to the BVI’s, this was our first land based trip.

We flew Delta to STT (after overnighting in ATL) and then VI Airlink to Anegada. VI Airlink terminal is terminal 10 – you arrive in STT, exit security, collect your bags and head outside to terminal 10. There were just 4 of us on the flight over and it was pleasant and the views were breathtaking. I loved every minute of it!

I had pre-arranged a rental car with Dean Wheatley and he met us at the airport with the car. We headed to Cow Wreck to check into Ann’s Guest Cottages. We stayed in the “Breeze” cottage and it was wonderful. They are surprisingly large, very well appointed and decorated. They look exactly like the photos online. They are situated so that you can get a really nice cross breeze at night without using the AC. And since the beach bar closes at 6:00 pm, the nights are very quiet and peaceful. I would definitely stay here again. Ann and Andrew are amazing hosts and go out of their way to make you comfortable.

For the last two days/nights of our trip the island generator running the water plant went out. The next day, power went out to the whole island. The entire island was without water or power (except for those places that had their own private generator). Any other place this would have been horrible. But, you’re on an island, just how much power and water do you really need? Ha ha! Andrew hauled buckets of sea water to the cottages to use for flushing toilets and delivered a case of drinking water to each guest. On our last morning, we literally showered & washed our hair with bottled water. We’re still laughing about it now. 😊

Provisioning on Anegada was a little sparse – we hadn’t planned to make dinners in the cottage and we were just looking to pick up a few bottles of liquor, some breakfast items and snacks, and sunscreen, shampoo. Between Sun/Mon we found a few things at Lil Bits and Fun & Sun (closer to the ferry dock) and the tiny grocery in the Settlement. Enough to get by for the week.

Our first night we hadn’t arrived in time to make dinner reservations, but we were able to get a pizza at the bar at Neptunes and it was good. We had lunch at Cow Wreck a few times (conch ceviche and the lobster salad are both good, best conch fritters on the island, and Belle’s pies are delicious). We ate at Anegada Beach Club for lunch (lobster BLT is amazing) and dinner (lobster again!). We loved the food at ABC – it’s not waterfront dining but the food was excellent and the service was great. We had dinner 2 nights at Wonky Dog – I wish I could say we loved this as much as our last visits, but we didn’t. They seem to be rushing people through – we had barely been seated when our appetizer was placed in front of us, followed much too quickly with the rest of our dinner. It was just too rushed for us. They are not serving lunch yet and the upstairs was not open (as of 2/26). Our last night we had dinner at Anegada Reef Hotel – the lobster dinner was really quite good and their coconut shrimp was one of the best things we ate that week.

On our last day, we went on a snorkel and reef tour with Sherwin of Team Work Charters. This is an amazing trip! He runs 2 trips a day and only your group is on the tour – for us that meant just the 2 of us. He has quite the knowledge of the history of the island. We headed out to see the flamingos on the reefs and seeing the whole flock take flight is breathtaking. Then we headed to see the conch shell mounds. After that we anchored in two different spots near reefs and snorkeled. Sherwin caught a few lobster – with us helping to coax them out! We pulled a few conch from the ocean floor and on board Sherwin showed us how to remove the conch meat, clean it and then he made fresh conch ceviche which we at right on the spot. The tour is about 4 hrs and is $100 – I highly recommend it, as it was my favorite day on the island.

The return flight via VI Airlink was smooth and uneventful. Just the 2 of us on this flight – it felt like a private charter. We arrived at STT with a bit of time before our flight home. Took a taxi to Hook, Line & Sinker but they weren’t open yet (it was 10:30 am) so we headed to the Petite Pump Room for some lunch and one last pain killer.

It was a different vacation from our sailing trips, but we loved it just the same and would definitely spend a week on Anegada again.