Daydreaming in Blue: Anguilla | The Arbuturian
Blue is my overriding memory of Anguilla. From its transparent turquoise waters and cloudless cyan skies, to the aqua beach bars dotted around the island, Anguilla had me daydreaming in blue. Lying east of the Virgin Islands and due north of Saint Martin, the flat, low-lying Caribbean island of coral and limestone is just 16 miles long and three miles wide. Meaning 'eel' in Italian, legend has it that Christopher Columbus named the island Anguilla after its snakelike shape. The territory includes a number of smaller islands. Most are tiny and uninhabited, all have fantastic names, fr...