Wow, NYGAL hit a chord...when I think back to 1997 when we first visited (yes, we approaching 20 years). The island was so incredibly care free. For the next 5 years it remained so but then the concrete jungle on the Dutch side and the cruise ships diminished the experience. On the other hand back then there were power outages water outages, you name it. For us the thing that remains is Orient and our friends there. In SXM there truly were the good old days.