Quick review with ratings out of 10.

L'Hoste hotel 10 (friendly, relaxing, great location)
Orient Beach 9, Pinel island 9 (sand gravity equal)
Carribean Gems 10 ouch!!!! (heinie's 9.5)

Restaurants:
Planet Orient 6
Cotes de Plage 9 first time 7 second
Il Nettuno 8
California 10
Tastevin 9
Baywatch 10 (mussels wow)
Kon Tiki 7
La Playa 6
Wine bar in Orient square (Bouche????) 10

Signature Vacations Toronto 5 (knees in the face crash position for a 4 hour flight and 4.5 hours waiting on a runway in St. Kitts after being diverted because SXM has no place to land) but hey it's cheap!

Overall island and people 10.

This was our 4th trip to sxm and first since 2001.
Last year boarding our return flight from Cancun we said "next year back to St. Martin" . We will be back next year.

Kirby