First trip was in 1989. We stayed at La Belle Creole. Been every year since except for 1996 (the year after Luis). We arrived after dark on our first trip. We took a cab from the airport to La Belle Creole. In 1989 you had to travel on some (desolate) dirt roads to get from the airport to La Belle Creole. When we hit the dirt roads we were convinced the cab driver was taking us to some remote spot to rob us.