Hello,
I'm Philippe from france. I'm a sand collector and my collection is axed to Caribbean. I've a lot of sands to trade and they come from all over the world. If you have some caribbean sands to trade, just tell me.
Thanks a lot.
Philippe

Wow Philippe..you found an old, old post of mine! :) I do still have samples of all of these sands plus St. Martin, St. John and Turks & Caicos. I haven't done a comparison lately but I think T & C wins for softest sand (very comparable to Anguilla). St. Martin probably ranks the darkest (from Pinel and Happy Bay) and St. John is probably somewhere in the middle. We are headed back to St. John in May with a day trip to the BVIs so I will get a new sample! Would love to see sand from the Maldives, Cook Islands and Tahiti/Fiji/Bora Bora.

Oh and my St. Lucia prize trip coming up next winter so I can get some black sand...

Kristen,

I know that you started your collection several years ago, but I was wondering if you (or anybody else) could offer suggestions about where to get nice small bottles to display the sand samples. I'm in the MD/DC area. I have looked at craft type stores (e.g., Michaels) and kitchen stores (considering spice jars without pre-printed lables), but have not found anything I like.

I started bringing back samples (using a small empty water bottle) a couple of years ago, so sadly, I did not get sand from Anguilla. I have some from the Riveria Maya and Turks & Caicos. I only wanted light sand so I didn't bring any back from Hawaii, but hope to add to my collection when I go to the Maldives next month!

MD had a ziploc baggie of sand from Grace Bay, TCI in his carry-on and security wanted to know immediately what was so "dense" in his bag. They opened the bag and saw the sand"for my granddaughter", laughed, and let him through. I guess he should have put it in the check-thru.

I got my bottles years ago and don't recall where I found them. Maybe try Pier 1? Can't wait to hear about your Maldives trip!!

Thanks, Kristen, and belated congratulation on winning the CT&L photo contest!

Thank you!