Thanks for the insights. In some ways that's too bad. My belief is that people should be able to enjoy the beach in whatever manner is comfortable for them. There are plenty of other beaches on St. Martin that those folks who are concerned about nudity can visit. Some time ago I posted a blurb about our visit last summer to Es Trenc beach on the Spanish Island of Mallorca. Anybody and every body mixed together at this beach including straight and gay, nude and clothed, old and young, and anything else you could think of. In fact the nude section was right in the middle and you had to walk through it to go from one end of the beach to the other! No gendarmes patrolling the scene or watching your every move. I realize that was Europe (and Spain in particular), but I wish in some ways that all of Orient Beach could be like that. Orient will always be my favorite beach, however.