We like the fact that SXM is half French half Dutch. We go to eat the great food offered on both sides. It isn't the water because we live near the ocean. I don't swim and hubby hates walking sand so it isn't the beaches.

We like that there are different areas around the island, some quiet, some not so quiet, some more crowded, some isolated.

And we love the people. Especially Leslie. Others we came for have since left the island and so we must, after 40 years find new people to like.

We've been to Aruba, Curaceau,. Bonaire, Barbados, Antigua, Anguilla, Bermuda, Bahamas, Tortola, Jost vanDyke, Virgin Gorda, St Johns, St Thomas, Caymans, Capri, Malta, whew can't remember all the islands, and always return to SXM. Maybe St Johns we like next best. But it in no way compares to the diversity of SXM.