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The last time we were on Anegada with Jim we rented bicycles and rode out to Loblolly Beach for lunch at Flash of Beauty. We wanted to explore Anegada again and perhaps see a little more of the north shore, but knowing the condition of the deep-sand roads decided against bicycles this time. Sorry Jim, given there were just two of us we opted for scooters. Yeah, give a couple of newbie scooter-riders machines that are capable of 60+ km/hr and let them loose on roads that mire in sand up to 6” deep. It wasn’t all bad though because we got to practice first on the concrete road leading out to The Settlement. We actually got on just fine and had a fantastic day exploring and enjoying this idyllic island.
Anegada lies tilted slightly from south-east up to north-west, with continuous powder white sand beaches running along the whole of the north shore and western end of the island. All told, Anegada is only about 11 miles long and there is one main road on the south side and one sand road on the north side so it doesn’t take long to explore at 30-40 km/hr. We headed up to Loblolly Beach where we placed our order with Monica for lunch at Flash of Beauty before heading off for a walk along the endless north-shore beach. This beach is renowned for snorkelling within the fringing reef but we found we didn’t even have to get our feet wet to see the fish feeding on the reef!
Flash of Beauty is an open-air restaurant where your fish, lobster, conch, roti etc. is made to order and we happened to be the only customers there that day.
To the accompaniment of the local cat we enjoyed a beautifully prepared lunch and encourage anyone who is exploring the island to come here. We visited the next place down the beach, Big Bamboo, and while it is was definitely busier and provided many services to its guests/visitors it hadn’t the charm of FoB.
Once our bellies were comfortably full, we headed off to the west end of the island to Cow Wreck Beach. This beach is named for the boat-load of cow bones that were wrecked here way back (and that’s all I know).
It is now home to one of the most laid-back bars we have ever visited. We wandered up and were served our first drinks (the specialty Cow-Killer and an excellent Painkiller) but after that we were on our own. A clip-board was provided to record your purchases and when ready to leave you settled up with whomever was behind the bar at the given time. How fantastic is this!
I love this island and its laid-back charm; as the t-shirt slogan so rightly proclaims: Anegada – hard to get to, harder to leave.
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