Trip Report 6/17/08-6/24/08

Flew US Air from Albany, NY connected in Charlottle then on to SXM. Returned same, through Charlotte and back to Albany. Flights went smooth no issues either way. In fact two flights came in early. Only glitch no movie on the flight back, video problems.

Rented car from Mohammed at Panaromic, and someone was waiting for us at the airport. Car was nice, price was great didn’t take much more than a few minutes picking up car. Did notice traffic wasn’t as bad as our last trip. Either that or our timing was better this trip.

Hotel: Club O was wonderful as always, because this was our 25th Anniversary we went for a waterfront chalet. It was wonderful. Spent a lot of time sitting on our patio just watching the water and laying in the sun. No need to go sit on the beach we basically were on it in our room. Walked the beach quite a bit. Will definitely rent a waterfront chalet again. Well worth the extra in our opinion. We met a bunch of really nice people. Can’t say enough good about Club O. We have stayed there at least 7 times, never a bad experience. People and staff are always friendly.

Had drinks in the afternoons at the Perch. Both Willie and JP are awesome. For some reason the drinks just taste better sitting at the Perch. We had lunch a couple of times at the Perch and it was good.

Food: We ate at Papagayos several times, food was consistently good. Carlos, Kenny and the J.P’s were all very nice to us. Ate twice at Bikini beach, once wasn’t so hot, other time food was great. We did notice they have gotten very pricey. We ate at La Salsa a couple times food was great especially the rice. We ate at Toppers food was very good. Service was slow but the bartender was also the waitress and the restaurant was full. Also ate at Jimbo’s food was good, service was good.

All in all a wonderfully relaxing vacation. How can it be bad, beautiful blue ocean, cold drinks and wonderful weather. The weather was surprisingly not as hot as I expected. All in all a wonderful week.