We'll soon be traveling to our new favourite island for our second consecutive year. Once again, we will be staying for two weeks in the Grand Case area. We drove around the island a couple times without a preselected route and all the twists and turns had our internal GPS totally lost at times. It wasn't until we returned to our villa each time that we figured out where we had (probably) driven.

We both work long hours at home and most of our vacation time is spent resting and relaxing on the beach but we hope to explore the island with a more defined agenda. We witnessed many spectacular sights around the island in the car, at dinners and on a limited number of beaches. Some places we visited/dined were Maho Beach, Orient Beach, Club O, Happy Bay, Marigot Market, Tijon Perfumerie and Grand Case restaurants (L'Auberge Gourmande, La Villa, Ocean 82 and the Lolos).

TravelTalk has been an amazing place to learn about the ins and outs of SXM. We absorbed countless tips from this forum which really helped us to hit the ground running on our first visit. Thank you all for sharing your wealth of knowledge!

I'm sure that most seasoned SXM visitors have their favourite views of the island on the beach, at dinner, from the roadways and we would like to hear about them. We will definitely research the suggestions which I'm sure will help to map a route and give us a better lay of the land as we travel the island.