I have been reading your trip reports for 4 months before our first trip to the island and they helped tremendously so here goes.Arrived Saturday about 4pm uneventful trip from Boston thru Charlotte Got off the plane and planned on taking a cab to the Ocean Club and to our surprise there was Vincent from the Club holding a sign with our name on it. So far so good[Linked Image]We get to our Villa and it was spectacular[Linked Image]We were on the ocean [Linked Image] The staff couldnt have been nicer thank you Bill and Tony You really made our Vacation the Best we ever had[Linked Image] The weather was great never hot hot (we had the ocean breeze) The food was incredible. We had breakfast at turtle pier the french toast was the best I ever had We found this little market walking distance next to Citrus and we were in pastry heaven for the rest of the week. They had these spinach and feta cheese in phylo dough OM MY GOD I think I ate one every day and homemade bagels Lunches Boo Boo Jams at orient beach great ceasar salads and they didnt charge for the chairs or umbrella so hung out there one day. They also made the best mudslides we had and believe me we had them everywhere[Linked Image]Had Lunch at California in Grand Case , very good and very$$$$ but the view was worth it. another lunch at La Vin Rose an outdoor cafe near the indoor mall very good salads. Friars Bay good Mahi mahi sandwiches and great Guava berry drinks we told the bartender to be creative[Linked Image] Another day at Orient this time Waikiki charged us 38 for 2 chairs and an umbrella[Linked Image][lunch was ok not great beach was beautiful I even got brave and went topless[Linked Image] By far our favorite resturant was Bananas ate there twice had stuffed Mahi Mahi the stuffing was a meal in itself also the best fried oysters i ever tasted. 2nd was pizza pasta behind Cheris in Maho we ate there twice the eggplant and spagetti was great the place is small and was packed both times we were there. We ate at another very fancy French Resturant but cant remember the name it was very $$$$ 300 for the 4 of us and we saw a giant cockroach running across the floor[Linked Image]the escargo were great the view was beautuful but for the money I wouldnt go again We also had a great meal at the Boathouse Seafood fettucinni was awesome so was the scampi. Had a party at the Ocean Club the ribs were awesome and the entertainment was wonderful There was a horn player that could play the blues[Linked Image] I gave him my email and told him if he ever made a cd to let me know We followed him over 2 nights later at the Saphirre Beach Club. Great local talent on this island.Missed the ttol party we were napping[img]/images/icons2/sad.gif[/img] We just had to much Fun[img]/images/icons2/grin.gif[/img] Bought some great jewelry ,ate alot of good food and drank alot of mudslides! Had to be the best vacation we ever had. Forget about Aruba From now on its St Martin. Now for the only BAD part of this trip report. There is a beach next to the ocean club that you have to drive up a dirt road I guess it must be Cupecoy and a couple we met were robbed at gun point. They drove in to see if there was a beach there ,they were in an open jeep the husband got out to see and the wife was siting waiting for him and 2 guys approached her and put a gun to her head and demanded all her jewelry which she gave up willingly she was still shaking telling us about it the next day on the beach so be very cautious in secluded areas[img]/images/icons2/sad.gif[/img] Already planning our next trip[img]/images/icons2/clapping.gif[/img][img]/images/icons2/clapping.gif[/img]