Our first trip was in late June of 1982. Stayed with some kind hearted friends at their time share at the Pelican. It was their first stay at the facility and second time on the island, so none of us really knew anything about SXM except that Orient Beach was a NUDIE beach. Jeana told me there was no way in hell we were going there! Well we did and had a great time, even if she was a little challenged by the thought of clothing removal in public! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Wink.gif" alt="" />
I now wished we had rented a car for the entire trip and left the Pelican most of the time. We actually spent more than half of the trip without leaving the resort, something I could not even imagine now! The island was so diffferent then. I remember stopping at the Taco Bell drive through and ordering frozen Margarita's for the drive to the beach. Don't think you will see that happening today!

BobandJeana