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Re: Walking to Orient Village from Club Orient ?
[Re: tandme]
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04/03/2017 12:01 PM
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Club Orient is clothing optional. Which means you wear clothes if you want. Don't wear clothes if you don't want. Regarding walking to the Village after night, I personally wouldn't do it with just two people. In a group of 4 or more, maybe, but if you do plan to do that, make sure you bring a flashlight, as there are no lights for most of the trip. I personally would not do it after night, but I am more cautious than many people. You might consider going for an early dinner and walking to dinner before dark and possibly getting a cab for the return trip. Or have a big lunch somewhere during the day, when you can walk there without any problem, and then having a lighter dinner, either in your unit or at Papagayo.
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Re: Walking to Orient Village from Club Orient ?
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I say, go for staying at ClubO...there's nothing like it. You can be as clothed or unclothed as you want any place on the property. Most people will be mostly unclothed/wearing a pareo or manskirt. We have walked to the Village a few times along the beach, but always with a group. I second the very dark comment. After dark, they lock the gate along the road, so you must walk on the beach.
That's why I wander and follow La Vie Dansante, that's all I want, La Vie Dansante (JB)
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Re: Walking to Orient Village from Club Orient ?
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A rental in July would be pretty cheap, if you want to do that. And you could just rent for a couple of days if you like. Consider though, if you do think that you will use it a couple of times during the week, by the time you pay for a cab to and from the airport, you are a good ways toward the cost of a rental for the week. Definitely you would need it for a trip to Happy Bay..
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Re: Walking to Orient Village from Club Orient ?
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Just have a talk with Club O security during the day and let them know you will have a dinghy ashore that evening and will be dropped off at the guard shack after dinner. You can then say hi to the gate guard after dinner and tell him you are going to your dinghy to go back to your vessel anchored just off the beach.
Communication beforehand makes the problem "no problem, mon".
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Re: Walking to Orient Village from Club Orient ?
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The restaurant should be able to call you a cab, yes. Also, Wilfred lives around Grand Case, I think, so he's relatively local. As I guess you know, he has a US number, so you could talk to him ahead of time and see whether he would do that trip.
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Re: Walking to Orient Village from Club Orient ?
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tandme said:
We are thinking of trying Club Orient, picking up where we left off, getting comfortable without suites but have a few questions.
We were thinking of staying put and not renting a car this trip since we plan on spending most of our time right there but can we still get to restaurants at night? Would we be ok walking to Orient Village for dinner?
I definitely would not do the walk, even with a small group, but you can easily arrange a ride - just ask at the office. Or stay put. Papagayo is actually pretty good and it can be a fun night.
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Re: Walking to Orient Village from Club Orient ?
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jamiegarrett761 said: I definitely wouldn't walk there after dark. It's not too far but very dark and quiet after the bars close. Have read reports of people getting mugged on that walk ("road" or beach) after dark. Did you read these reports of muggings on Orient Beach on TTOL?
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Re: Walking to Orient Village from Club Orient ?
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One additional consideration for you. It gets dark early in St Martin.
SXM is in the Atlantic time zone, which is one hour earlier than Eastern Standard time. BUT SXM does NOT observe Daylight Savings Time! This means that during the summer the clocks read the same as in the eastern US, but the island is about 1,000 miles further east and thus gets dark an hour before the east coast of the US.
Added to that, SXM is at 18* North Latitude, about the same latitude as Central America. This means there is very little twilight and it gets dark very quickly once the sun dips below the horizon.
The third and final factor is that the length of the daylight period is only about 12-13 hours unlike in the US, where the tilt of the earth's axis has the sun rise early in the northeast sky and setting in the northwest giving us much longer days and shorter nights in the summer. Sunset in SXM will be around 7pm Atlantic Standard Time +/-
...so if you want to watch the sunset from your restaurant, show up for dinner around 6 to 6:30 in the evening.
Hope this helps...
Bill
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Re: Walking to Orient Village from Club Orient ?
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tmsxmsails said: Thanks for the replies.
Regarding getting a cab; would I have to pre-arrange a cab to pick us up at a specified time or can I just call one when we are ready to go back? Would the restaurant be able to call a cab for us?
I've used TTOL sponsor Wilfred Brooks once before on a previous trip. Don't know if he's local to that area or would want to come there for a relatively short trip.
Thanks again We have the restaurant call us a cab.
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Re: Walking to Orient Village from Club Orient ?
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...except that they make more money if people just stay at Papagayo and eat! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Smile.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Walking to Orient Village from Club Orient ?
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Re: Walking to Orient Village from Club Orient ?
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shieneehead said: Great info Bill! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> You are most welcome... <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Thumbsup.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Walking to Orient Village from Club Orient ?
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04/09/2017 01:58 PM
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Would you folks please stop advertising Le Piment. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/hungry.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Rofl.gif" alt="" /> She is already packed almost every night and *we* need to be able to get a table.
tandme we will be there July 1-11 and have a car. Will be more than happy to let you ride and join us.
Kevin & Michelle
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