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Keir Alexa
August 8, 2015
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Sparkling St. Barths

Sparkling St. Barths https://dev.keiralexa.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/St-Barths-Keir-Alexa-Travel-Blog-Fashion-White-Pants-Beach-Style.jpeg 1024 682 Keir Alexa Keir Alexa https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/da7306e6338c40e040f29ddbda64472f?s=96&d=mm&r=g August 8, 2015 June 16, 2016

A sparkling jewel among the already considerable beauty of tropical islands, St. Barthelemy is synonymous with leisure and luxury. Uncrowded by the typical Caribbean tourist, St. Barts caters to the luxury traveler who loves fine dining and fine diving.

Starting from St. Martin island, we flew in a small chartered plane and circled over St. Barts for a moment, enough time to see brilliant white sand beaches circled by a sapphire ocean, before landing at the island’s tiny airport. The short, mountaintop runway will rattle all but the most experienced of world-travelers.

Our Arrow Marine Villa, located on Mount Jean’s private estate, had a spectacular view of the lush Margiot Bay.

Views from our bedroom

The living room

After settling in, we went to dinner at one of St Barth’s most popular restaurants

called Le Ti. After a delicious dinner and of course one too many drinks, people dress up in costumes and dance on tables.

Our days were spent walking around the elite shopping areas of Gustavia and visiting the island’s many beaches.

Flower-strewn Cemetery

After a superb lunch at Eden Rock, we checked out Nikki Beach, and found that it’s a party unto itself, complete with champagne showers raining down every few minutes thanks to the raucous revelers.

You can check out the best times to visit St. Barths HERE

Keir Alexa
June 5, 2015
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Enchanted Hunte’s Garden

Enchanted Hunte’s Garden https://dev.keiralexa.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Barbados-Huntes-Garden-flowers.jpeg 1024 683 Keir Alexa Keir Alexa https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/da7306e6338c40e040f29ddbda64472f?s=96&d=mm&r=g June 5, 2015 January 30, 2017

Hidden in the hills of Barbados is the enchanted Hunte’s Garden. Lush, full of color and the sounds of wildlife, I couldn’t wait to go inside.

As soon as we arrived, I noticed a sign out front that said “The most enchanting place on earth!” I had no idea what to expect, but as soon as I entered the garden I knew that I entered a tropical paradise, full of the most beautiful flowers and plants I have ever seen.

The garden is a carefully cultivated plant utopia, full of smiling Buddha statues and Greek figures. I started heading down the staircase and quickly found myself exploring different pathways and relaxing on the benches that were tucked in different corners of the garden.

It is so dense with plants that everywhere feels like its own perfect little garden of your own. Part of the reason it is so lush is that it is actually inside a sinkhole, so plants can climb up the steep natural walls that are all around you.

After 15 minutes of exploring, I ran into Anthony Hunte, who is the man that created the gardens. He is very welcoming and invited us up to his for ginger lemonade and talked about how it took him over 2 years to develop the garden.

I only got to spend about 30 minutes there because I was on a time crunch to visit some other parts of Barbados….. so next time I am planning to stay much longer. A taste of paradise was definitely not enough! I highly recommend bringing a book, wandering down a path and finding a sunny bench to relax on.

Below are some more images of the garden!

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Sparkling St. Barths

Enchanted Hunte’s Garden

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