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Anguilla Diary: January 17, 2000 to January 30, 2000
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Here is a day-by-day compendium of
news items, as we gathered them - starting with the most recent.
Sunday, January 30, 2000
Adorable Dogs, Cats, Puppies and Kittens looking for homes. Call Amy at Morlens Veterinary Clinic, Sandy Hill, 1-264-497-4600.
Bad Eyesight.
You have always wanted to try scuba diving or snorkelling, but without your
glasses you can't see enough to make it worth the trouble. You can
solve that problem now. Visit Louis Bardfield at Anguilla Vision Center, George Hill,
telephone 1-264-497-3700.
Scuba mask made up in your spectacle prescription (one day service): $165.
Winners of International Arts Festival to be Announced Soon.
Press Release from the International Arts Committee.
Paintings from around the world are arriving in Anguilla in preparation for the judging of the second International Arts Festival scheduled to take place during the first weekend in February. Three international judges will be here for the occasion and the winners are to be announced at a cocktail party at Malliouhana Hotel on February 8.
Chairman of the committee organizing the Festival, Courtney Devonish reported that about fifty paintings are expected. The judges are Joyce Daniel from Barbados, Giovanna Rasario from Italy and John Dowell from the USA. Prizes amounting to US $15,000.00 are to be presented. The first prizewinner will receive US $10,000.00, with four other prizes of $1250.00 for the winner in each of three categories; oils/acrylics, pastels and watercolours as well as a prize for the people�s choice. The winner�s work will be reproduced as a poster for the next Anguilla International Arts Festival and four other paintings will be selected for reproduction as Anguillian postage stamps. The main sponsors for the prizes are Cable and Wireless, Anguilla Rums, American Eagle/American Airlines and the National Bank of Anguilla.
Joyce Daniel is an artist who has traveled and exhibited widely. She works in acrylics, watercolour and mixed media and has extensive experience in teaching visual arts. She is currently a part-time tutor at the Barbados Community College and is also a Design Consultant.
Giovanna Rasario is from Italy and is the Curator of a museum in Florence and a co director of the National Museum of San Marco. She has directed the activity of restoration of several important paintings and sculptures, including some masterpieces. She is a well-recognized painter; mostly oil on canvas and her work has been shown in many art galleries in Italy, France, Belgium and Germany.
John Dowell is a Professor of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia. John Dowell is a Professor of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia. He has a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Washington, Seattle with majors in printmaking and drawing. He has had many solo exhibitions and has commissioned work for the City of Chicago and Philadelphia. His work is in the collections of New York�s Museum of Modern Art, Boston Museum of Fine Art and many others.
The general public is invited to view the paintings and hear the announcement of the winners. Tickets are available for the event at Malliouhana Hotel on February 8, starting at 5.30 p.m. priced US $10.00
Saturday, January 29, 2000
Financial Cryptography.
The FC Conference will be held in Anguilla for the fourth time, Feb 21-24:
Click Here. For reports on previous gatherings in Anguilla of these
brainy, pale programmers, Click Here (pictures),
Click Here
and
Here Too (Paul Syverson reports) and
Click Here (Duncan Goldie-Scot report).
Beaches of Anguilla. The tourist board has
an interesting beaches page, including Turtle Cove beach: Click Here.
November News in German.
The Anguilla News for Nov 7, 1999 is now available in German:
Click Here.
Friday, January 28, 2000
Vacation Apartments at $99/Day.
Looking for a home away from home this winter?
Consider Luz and Ambrose Gumbs' Paradise Apartments on Rey Hill: Click Here.
Luz also operates the Purple Rose Florists: Click Here.
Latest Caribbean Aviation News.
For the last two days of news items from this web service, Click Here.
Contains links to recent news stories, such as this one from Jan 26, 2000:
LIAT pilots drop strike threat.
Post Lenny Beach Pictures.
There are still people who think Anguilla's beaches were destroyed
in Hurricane Lenny. It isn't true. Gilbert Fleming went out on Nov 28th, 1999
(less than 10 days after the storm) and took beach pictures which he put them on the web: Click Here.
The beaches look even better now.
Thursday, January 27, 2000
Honeymoon Feedback.
Joette Phillips (email: [email protected]) wrote on Tuesday, January 25, 2000:
My husband and I spent our honeymoon on Anguilla last August. We are anxious to return and will make this perfect island our permanent vacation destination.
We spent one week at the Round House at Cove Bay--not enough time to enjoy the beautiful
beaches and wonderful restaurants. Can't wait to taste pumpkin soup and crayfish creole once again!!
Soroptomists Valentine Fair.
Saturday, Feb 12, 2000. Noon until 5pm. Grounds of
the Governor's house, Old Ta.
Photo Gallery.
The Tourist Board has an excellent photo gallery of Anguilla
on their web site: Click Here.
For the Children.
Malliouhana Hotel has expanded its beach
facilities with kids in mind - even big kids. The newly opened beach complex features
a 60' water slide, a fantastic pirate ship in a shallow pool, and an extension of the resorts playground.
For the young-at-heart, hours can be wiled away in the new beachside restaurant:
"Le Bistro" and the 11' deep diving pool.
There is also a new multi-purpose meeting room which will cater for weddings,
parties, receptions and small conferences. [From the AHTA newsletter.]
Wednesday, January 26, 2000
Public Holidays for 2000. For a preliminary list
of public holidays, Click Here.
Carolyn Caldwell Showing.
Devonish Gallery currently has a show of watercolor island scenes
by Carolyn Caldwell running through Feb 4th: Click Here.
And there is an article about the show on The Daily Herald web site:
Click Here.
Plus there was a Grand Opening for the Something Special boutique next door.
History of Anguilla. Read about history, including
the Anguilla Revolution: Click Here.
Tuesday, January 25, 2000
Tourist Board Web Site.
The Anguilla Tourist Board has redesigned and greatly expanded their
web site: Click Here.
Carnival 2000 Dates.
Carnival will be celebrated this year from Thursday August 3rd to Saturday August 12th, 2000.
Monday, January 24, 2000
CuisinArt Grand Opening (Daily Herald Link):
Click Here.
The Harlem Wizards.
This is Police Week. One of the more unique events is a
celebrity basketball game featuring members of the
Harlem Wizards professional entertainment
team. They are in their 37th year of play and have played
over 5000 games in the USA and abroad. Jan 27, 8pm, basketball
court next to Ashley's in The Valley. EC$10 or US$4. Great
event for children.
Second Wind Watersports.
Dandy Richardson now has a web page for his watersports business
on Shoal Bay: Click Here.
He offers kayaking, windsurfing, sailing, and parasailing.
Sunday, January 23, 2000
Italian Translation of News!
Do you read Italian? Then you can catch up on the latest happenings
in Anguilla (up through Jan 16,2000): Click Here.
[Translation courtesy Professor Gaetano Di Palo.)
LIAT Troubles:
"the fourth time in six days that the airline was brought to a
halt because of disgruntled employees striking over [unpaid] salaries...
And as if things weren't bad enough, an American millionaire is preparing
to introduce a competing airline within the next three months."
Click Here for news story.
(Source: Caribbean Aviation News. Click
Here for their index of news stories by month.)
The Daily Herald Offers Island News.
A new feature on The Daily Herald web site
is island news. Previously only the front page stories of the newspaper appeared
on the web site and this was 99% St. Marteen and Netherland Antilles news. But the paper
also carries many good stories from Anguilla, Saba, etc., and now some of those
will be featured on the web site as well.
The first Anguilla story I noticed, Click Here, is
about a feasability study on developing Shoal Bay's Fountain Cavern and its Amerindian petroglyphs.
Saturday, January 22, 2000
Governor to Retire. Anguilla's Governor
Robert Harris and his wife Mary are leaving the
island at noon on Thursday, Jan 27th from Wallblake Airport.
The Governor plans to retire from the civil service.
CoveCastles Reopens Next Week.
Talked to the French chef at CoveCasltes villa resort last night and
he expects to be back to work behind the stove on January 28th.
Do You Speak German? Then you will be
glad to know that the last two issues of the Anguilla News
have been translated into German. Click Here
for Jan 02, 2000 and Click Here for
Jan 16, 2000. For older issues, Click Here.
Translation is by Hans Kraehenbuehl, VP2EKS
#1 Tuckernet Bottom, Island Harbour,
P.O. Box 873, The Valley
ANGUILLA, British West Indies
eMail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Phone: ++1-264-497-4852
Coords: Lat 018deg 15min 03sec N, Long 63deg 00min 14sec W
Friday, January 21, 2000
Savannah Gallery Expands.
This art gallery has recently renovated an old garage which was
inconspicuously attached to the western side of their charming old building, and
converted it into an extra show room. The garage, which once housed Teacher Ruby's
typing class, was added on to the 100+ year old house around 1950. More on
Savannah Gallery: Click Here.
[From the AHTA newsletter.]
Better LIAT Schedule.
As a result of several meetings between LIAT and Minister of Tourism Hubert Hughes
and Director of Tourism Amelia Vanterpool-Kubish, connections from the UK to
Anguilla through Antigua should be much easier. Three new connecting flights have been
added and other flights have been adjusted to make connections with trans-atlantic flights
easier. [From the AHTA newsletter.]
Thursday, January 20, 2000
Corrected Internet Access Info.
Pat Hunte at Cable and Wireless pointed out that gateway IP address was
out of date on our Communication Page.
Here are the correct configuration values to access the Internet in Anguilla:
Local domain name is anguillanet.com
Gateway IP address is 206.48.59.1
DNS server is 206.48.59.10 (domain name server)
POP and SMTP server is mail.anguillanet.com
Blue Waters. I just talked to a visitor
who is staying at Blue Waters Beach Apartments
in the West End. He says they suffered cruelly in Hurricane Lenny but have
been fixed up (by the family of the Anguillian owners) and are fine now.
Wednesday, January 19, 2000
Full Moon Beach Dance.
Listen to live Caribbean music and dance right on
the beach (on a portable wooden dance floor!):
Friday night, January 21, 2000. The place is the
Full Moon beach party at Serenity Restaurant
on Upper Shoal Bay. If you are going for dinner first, call 1-264-497-3328 for a reservation.
Virgin Islands AM Radio. We left WSTA St Thomas 1340 AM off our
Anguilla radio list. They also have
a "streaming" signal on the web at www.wsta.com,
which means you should be able to hear it in their browsers from anywhere.
They have regional weather
several times a day and do a regional news report at noon
(Voice of Paradise - which is also on the web at www.caribbeanchannel.com).
Information from Alex Randall (email: [email protected])
Seven Palms Villa.
Here is a web site that I stumbled upon for a 7bd/7ba, 11,000 sq ft villa
on the Searocks (between Shoal Bay and Island Harbour): Complete with vanishing edge swimming pool.
Of course it is a bit misleading to show unmarked pictures of St Martin on a web site for an Anguilla villa.
Tuesday, January 18, 2000
Update to Roger Lambert's Anguilla Site.
Roger has updated his web site and added
new information on restaurants (Click Here)
and scuba diving (Click Here).
Shamash at Overlook
We had dinner last Saturday night at Cyril's Overlook,
because Shamash is the chef there now.
The food was even better than when he was chef at Zaras.
Monday, January 17, 2000
Beachshack. Mary Ann has new information
and pictures on her Tropical Construction Web Site:
Beachshack.ai
Revised: 2000/1/30
