Our first trip was July 1992. We stayed at Flamboyant on an All Inclusive deal that was very inexpensive at the time. For the first couple of days, we just stayed around Flamboyant. Then we wandered next door to Mercure Simpson and met a very nice young man named Philip who was running a car rental desk in their lobby. He convinced us to rent a car for three days, to better see what the island had to offer. I think we would not have gone back to SXM if we had not seen the rest of the island, driving ourselves. We went into P'burg and Marigot. I really wanted to see Orient Beach. The day we went there was windy and rainy, no one on the beach, no bars, etc. I recall my husband saying: "I don't think much of this beach. Not nice at all!" Now, I think he would sell his soul for a couple of days on Orient.