Anegada

    Barry was the one man welcoming committee when we arrived at Anegada after navigating our way around the reef and shallows safely to anchor off of Setting Point.  In his spoken way, he professed that “Anegada is where the world ends and life begins.”  This BVI island is the only one that is flat with its base stemming from coral that grew along a fault where the Atlantic and Caribbean plates met.  Then over time, the ocean currents deposited sand and voila- Anegada de vida, Baby! 

    We’ve come to understand just what Barry meant over the last few days here as we lazed or walked on the long beaches or wandered through the sleepy one and only settlement, aptly named Settlement.  Only about 300 people live on Anegada whose economy relies solely on tourism and fishing conch, lobsters, and fish.   (We’re working our way down the menu.)

The sands of Cow Wreck Bay, one of Anegada's north shore beaches, are tinted pink by bits of coral.