Saba "The Storybook Island" - Statistics/Enchantment

The facts about Saba are easy, the feeling of enchantment is more difficult to describe.
Imagine a fairytale picture of a forbidden land and you will see Saba.
In its mere 5 square miles it reaches a lofty height of 3,000 feet at Mt. Scenery.
Tall cliffs of red, pink and brown rise vertically from the sea.
Saba's 1200 residents are descendants of hardy Jamaican pirates (Dutch, Scottish, English & African). They are honest, industrious and cheerful folks with a strong sense of community. Their 2 spotlessly clean villages (Bottom & Windwardside) are home to many artisians whose crafts include Spanish "drawing thread handwork", blown glass jewelry, painting and pottery.
The "Saban cottages" are all identical - white washed with red roofs and green gingerbread trim.
Up until the 50's there were no roads on the island as Dutch engineers deemed that the steep terrain precluded the possibility of a road. Our tour guide, Garvin Hassell, told us how his Grandfather took a correspondence course in road building and together with the other Saban people, HAND-built the island's roads, over a 20 year period during the 40's and 50's. The resulting narrow roads wind up and down the steep mountain sides offering breathtaking views.
Imagine a land free of crime, almost no traffic, no pollution, impeccably clean, surrounded by a marine park that homes the Caribbean's best dive sites. The world is accessible to you and you to it but you set the terms and perimeters. A community where everyone co-exists in a peaceful tropical paradise.
Imagine Saba - a very unique, pristine gem - could this be the Caribbean's hidden Shangri-La?
"Once upon a time" is now - the enchanted isle is Saba - a real sleeping beauty.