Anguilla: Day 2

So, for our first day out in Anguilla, we basically stayed at the resort (which is AWESOME by the way), enjoyed some room service for breakfast, relaxed on Viceroy's (the resort we are staying at) private beach, had lunch at Aleta, and then had dinner with Scott's company by the Bamboo Pool Deck.  Since it was the Welcome Reception our dinner looked like it came straight from a wedding magazine!!  We definitely are spoiled here and the people are soooo friendly!!  Oh and I forgot to mention... there was this HUGE yacht parked in the bay outside of our room for 2 days.  We found out what was housed on this boat... A helicopter (yes.. a freaking helicopter!!), a submarine (I know right?!?!), about 4 smaller boats, missle-proof glass, and it was HUGE!  It is owned by Russian- Roman Abromovich and is the largest yacht built (and estimated at over $1 BILLION dollars!).  It is said that it is used as a ferry to him and his family around the islands... ummm can I have this?!?!?!  Oh and did I forget to mention... he owns Chelsea (the soccer team).

Tonight's gift was that we picked flowers (roses, daisies, orchids, etc. to be arranged in a vase (that we get to keep) and it was delivered to our room during dinnertime.

How we spent Day 2 at the Viceroy...
*Scott had a company meeting and I ordered room service for breakfast... Had the Viceroy Special... YUM!
*Scott and I ventured out to Mead's Bay which is on the west side of the resort.  We were impressed that there was Viceroy staff to bring us beach chairs, towels, water, and drinks or food from the Bamboo Bar.
*Enjoyed yummy lunch at Aleta... I had the Island Mixed Greens and the Wild Mushroom Pizza and Scott had the Fish and Chips (Menu seen here)
*We ended the night with the Resmed Welcome Reception and picked our flowers for our gift.  Although it rained during cocktail hour, we had a fun bonding time with a few other couples underneath the umbrella by the bar until the rain passed (about 10 minutes).  For dinner we enjoyed the local dishes.  They had a buffet spread of crayfish (I guess it's inbetween a lobster and a crawfish... but so yummy), coconut rice, bbq chicken, pork tenderloin, roasted veggies, salads, pastas, and so much more!!  They also had a bonfire on the beach with a dessert table for us to enjoy.

View from my bed of the balcony with the dipping
pool and the huge Eclipse (the yacht)

View from our room... One of the 3 pools on the resort

Scott enjoying the Pyrat's Special...
Our favorite drink on the resort

I forgot what I had, but I wanted Scott's drink instead!

View of the balcony and the Atlantic Ocean

Where the Welcome Reception was held... just for Resmed

Our flowers

They left us a note with every gift each night

Anguilla: Day 1

Here is how we started out our vacation of a lifetime (seriously, I don't think we can EVER have a vacation like this.. like EVER!!)

Our flight itinerary included leaving San Diego at 9pm to Los Angeles.  We left Los Angles on a red-eye to Miami and arrived around 7:30am.  Spent about 3 hours at the Miami-Dade Airport, then took our final flight to St. Maarten!!  When we finally got to St. Maarten and after almost 45 minutes of waiting for our luggage, we took a private charter boat to Anguilla.  I will say that the long traveling adventure was well worth it.  We arrived at the Viceroy Resort and were taken to the private villa that was reserved for Resmed (you were able to go to the villa throughout the week to book excursions, book spa appointments, ask questions, get drinks/food, WHATEVER!!!)  This villa was insane!  It had it's own private infinity pool, a huge living room area, 2 master bedrooms, a full kitchen, and was on it's own little private property of the resort!  And... I don't even know if anyone stayed in there!!  Then... when we were escorted to our room, I was incredibly impressed!!!  All I could say was WOW!!!  Our room is HUGE and has a private dipping pool on the balcony.  We sleep with our doors open because we have a great view of the ocean and fall asleep to the waves crashing.  Our bathroom is bigger than our master bedroom at home AND we have a walk-in closet and a huge tub!  AND BEST OF ALL... IT'S ALL FREE!!!  And when I say free... I mean FREE!!  We even get presents every night AND cash to spend!!!!  WOW!!

Tonight's present was a really nice backpack for Scott, and a super cute woven tote bag for me.  Both came with monogrammed beach towels and some sunscreen.

How we spent our day 1 at the Viceroy...
*Checked out the Resmed Villa (still in shock that they rented out this villa for the week and I don't think anyone stayed in there!!)
*Checked into our room
*Had dinner and enjoyed the live music at the Sunset Lounge
*Went back to the Resmed villa to get my massage (#1 of 4 massages for the week) next to the pool
*Tried out our private dipping pool on the balcony
*Headed to bed early to get an early start (and because Scott had a meeting in the morning)

Can I say again how amazing this resort is?!?!?!  AMAZING!! :)

I've already started looking into other Viceroy locations... Miami, Palm Springs, Snowmass, Santa Monica, Abu Dhabi, Maldives, and more!! I want to go to them all!!!

Our 1st drinks in St. Maarten.. A vodka ting (grapefruit soda)
 for me and a Red Stripe for Scott!

After 18 hours of traveling, we are on our way to Anguilla!!!

Sitting on the back of the speed boat...
Goodbye St. Maarten, hello Anguilla!

Hello Anguilla!  Now we have to go through Anguilla customs
before our van-ride to the Viceroy.

Yes... this is the infinity pool at the Resmed Villa
and the ocean in the background!

Viceroy right outside of the lobby

Resmed President's Club trip to Anguilla :)