You couldn't be more right about that, Tom, and if you think 25 years has brought changes, try 40. It's a shame to many of us 'old-timers' to see the island as it is today but sadly, to those who come behind us and didn't know it 'back in the day' they are just as enchanted at the concrete and glitz as we were with the pan music and the donkeys and all the low-rise hotel rooms. May not like it but I do get it.

We used to stay on the ground floor of a two story mostly wooden building and now we stay on the 7th floor of a concrete and steel high-rise, so let she who is without sin.......

I guess it's a matter of perspective and my hope is that Anguilla holds fast to its promise of maintaining a true Caribbean island atmosphere. At least the ocean and the sands are fairly constant.

Time will tell, won't it.... <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />