Wonderful eight nights in Paradise! Our first trip to SXM during this time period. Our usual time is the end of May/beginning of June. We really missed our June friends but found the Oct./Nov. people very friendly also.

Flew AA from Austin with a change of planes in Dallas and San Juan. Due to mechanical problems with our plane in SJU, we didn't arrive in St.Martin until the following day, Oct. 26th. Not a fun night, but better to not fly on a plane with problems. Don from GCL car rental was there to meet us on Wednesday morning. He had a very nice Hyundai, Elantra that served us very well. I highly recommend GCL.

Stayed at Palm Court Hotel on Orient. Have been staying at the Flamingo for our May/June trips. While we really enjoyed the convenience of this hotel to our favorite beach, we would not stay there for our longer trips.
The people at this hotel were very nice. They did not charge us for the night we missed. BTW, we got our trip extended by a day since AA cost us one day of our trip.

Everyday was spent just relaxing on the beach in front of Club O. The weather was good. We had the occassional rain shower a few of the days, but nothing to run us off the beach.

Lunch was at Baywatch everyday except on Monday. Over the past few trips I've pretty much tried everything on the menu and love it all. Wallace got up at 6:30 each morning to have coffee and visit with Andy and all of the other earlybirds. Some mornings he brought back a breakfast for us to share in the room. Love those omelets and the new Andy Mcmuffin! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/dine.gif" alt="" /> For those of you who have never been to Baywatch, it is a must. It is not just about the food. Andy and Cheryl and all those at Baywatch make it such a fun experience. Trully wonderful people!

Places we ate dinner:
Peg Leg Pub (Twice) Yummy,Yummy filet Mignon
Talk of the Town (Okay)Good for the price!
Tap Five Delicious pizza
Ric's Good taco salad and wet burrito
Chesterfields Seafood platter not as good as in
June

Enjoyed meeting lots of people at the TTOL party at BBB on Oct.30th. We've come to the conclusion that really nice, friendly people go to St. Martin. We have met so many great people there since our first visit in 1997.

All good things must come to an end! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/cloud.gif" alt="" /> We were able to spend the morning of our final day at the beach. Our flight to San Juan wasn't until 5:30. Cecille, at Palm Court, was kind enough to let us keep our room until 2:00. We overnighted at the airport hotel in SJU and took the morning flight back to DFW and on to Austin. Of course, not without a hitch this time either. We were late getting to Dallas, missed our flight to Austin, but did get on the next flight out.With all of our flight hassles, do you think we'll do this again? Of course, we will. We love SXM. We're already booked for May 27th Can't wait! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Joy.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Joy.gif" alt="" />