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Missing the Good Ol' Days #52770 05/02/2015 08:22 AM 05/02/2015 08:22 AM
Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 431 Indiana CarlosII OP Traveler
CarlosII OP Traveler Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 431 Indiana	Just sitting here thinking about the "good ol' days" on Orient when you could stroll from Club O all the way to the end of the beach and back without any hassle. It was a great time and a wonderful experience. I really miss it.

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Re: Missing the Good Ol' Days [Re: CarlosII] #52771 05/02/2015 11:39 AM 05/02/2015 11:39 AM
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,081 Clearwater, FL Biturbo Traveler
Biturbo Traveler Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,081 Clearwater, FL	Although we enjoy several of the places - Ethnic, Chez Leandra, Orange Fever - I would love, if only for a day, to see the beach again the way it was. We'd go half way up, lie under a sea grape tree, and practically have the beach to ourselves. I'm going where the weather suits my clothes.

Re: Missing the Good Ol' Days [Re: Biturbo] #52772 05/02/2015 12:00 PM 05/02/2015 12:00 PM
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 623 Milwaukee, Wi. Halfwindy Traveler
Halfwindy Traveler Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 623 Milwaukee, Wi.	LOL Carlos. You're dating yourself. Last visit to Orient was in 1985. First was 2 years earlier. We decided on Negril, and found Bloody Bay. It was our own private paradise for many years, till the massive a/i's took over. Like it or not, it's called progress. The new arrivals still love it, because they have nothing to compare it to.

Re: Missing the Good Ol' Days [Re: CarlosII] #52773 05/02/2015 01:51 PM 05/02/2015 01:51 PM
Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 92 R rusticchisler Traveler
rusticchisler Traveler R Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 92	Quote CarlosII said: Just sitting here thinking about the "good ol' days" on Orient when you could stroll from Club O all the way to the end of the beach and back without any hassle. It was a great time and a wonderful experience. I really miss it. Still can, just before 7am and not at all on Sunday.

Re: Missing the Good Ol' Days [Re: rusticchisler] #52774 05/02/2015 06:52 PM 05/02/2015 06:52 PM
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 232 D DarkDiggler Traveler
DarkDiggler Traveler D Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 232	I think the consensus is before 9

Re: Missing the Good Ol' Days [Re: DarkDiggler] #52775 05/03/2015 06:48 AM 05/03/2015 06:48 AM
Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 334 ohio M markis Traveler
markis Traveler M Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 334 ohio	We visited Orient in February when we were in St. Martin, and I was stunned at the amount of people on the beach. Maybe it was a big cruise ship day, but I couldn't get a feel for what it looked like, or even see the beach bars very well because of the amount of people. It would be nice to see it with maybe a tenth of the traffic it had that day. We had a nice day at Happy Bay, because it had very few people, and was very beautiful, and you could still go naked. I know its not a sanctioned nude beach, but most the people there were nude.

Re: Missing the Good Ol' Days [Re: markis] #52776 05/20/2015 09:30 AM 05/20/2015 09:30 AM
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 47 C cranan74 Traveler
cranan74 Traveler C Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 47	We were there in March and from the our first visit in 2000 to our last two, the beach has changed dramatically. Walking North of Club O was like walking in a shopping mall during Christmas. We mostly stayed on CO property. However, the early morning walks were good. I saw somewhere that the French government is about to make some changes to the beach, that is bulldoze some of the establishments and create a more natural look to the beach. This due to past hurricane.

Re: Missing the Good Ol' Days [Re: cranan74] #52777 05/20/2015 09:36 AM 05/20/2015 09:36 AM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 81,018 Central Florida! Carol_Hill Traveler
Carol_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 81,018 Central Florida!	Well, I'm not sure whether the final effect will be to 'create a more natural look to the beach' or not, but there have been numerous posts here on the SXM forum about the project which will begin sometime in June, allegedly. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Wink.gif" alt="" /> Carol Hill

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