On one of our first weeks on island 7-8 years ago I almost got broadsided by a big bike. I was turning left, oncoming traffic stopped to let me turn as is common practice on the Friendly island, and a bike came over a rise. He was going right down the middle stripe and very fast. He had to lay the bike down and slid into the far ditch. The bike operator and many who observed the accident told me that he was not hurt seriously and I could leave, but I was watching over my shoulder the rest of the week. The hills and curves from Marigot to Orient can be scary. I remember this incident like it was yesterday.