I suppose Ed & I would be considered 'older'. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/jester.gif" alt="" /> But we first visited St. Martin on a RC southern Caribbean cruise trip. We took a cab over to Orient Beach because we had heard it was one of the nicest beaches on the island and wanted to see it. I honestly can't remember, but I'm not sure we even knew about the nude section before we went, though it's likely we had at least heard about it. Not sure. In any event, we had lunch at Pedro's that day and saw the Club O section. Having visited other clothing-optional resorts before, we decided to take a walk and see if it was perhaps somewhere we might want to stay in the future. We first walked with our clothes on, as others were also doing, just to get a feel for the place, but ended up getting chairs and spending the day there (sans clothing). We had a wonderful time and did indeed return the very following year to stay on the property at Club O.

I have no doubt that a lot of first-time visitors are just curious. I also have no doubt that others (probably younger) visitors do it just to 'see what they can see' or to have a chuckle with their friends over all the naked people. Now, 10 years later, there are occasions when Ed gets annoyed at all the cruisers who gape at those on the beach. But I gently remind him that we were once among them and people might have thought the same about us. With that being said, at least Ed & I minded our manners, kept our eyes where they should be, and joined in on that first occasion.