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Day One/Arrival Day
ruralcarrier
Yesterday at 11:58 PM
It started with a 2:00am wake-up so I could spend a little time with the pups. 6:00am flight on Delta from DAY to ATL. Arrived 20+ minutes early, only to find the plane train was not working at the time. We walked and then hopped on the train at gate C to go to gate E. Left ATL a little late on a 757 and arrived at SXM about 10 minutes early. When the flight attendants announce to put your seats in the upright position and remove headsets, WHY can't adults follow instructions?
We were in Delta Comfort, and due to turbulence, they discontinued beverage service about 1 hour into the flight. Glad I ordered two! We were in row 16 and were off the plane before first class. It was hot. We had a jetway at A4. We breezed through immigration. The scanners worked, and it was less than 5 minutes. About a 15-minute wait for checked bags and then another 10 minutes for the rental car from Hardy's. Overall, a decent experience.
We decided to stop at a Carrefour across the causeway for some necessities. About 15 minutes, and I was done while my wife stayed with the car. On to The Horny Toad to check in and unpack. We took about an hour break and headed to Royal Palm to meet some friends. We had an early dinner/happy hour at Lee's with Val. They were not busy. No service charge and good food, lots of it and good service. I gave Val Hello's from Scubaman and WhaleTail. A BIG smile as always!
Not sure if there was an accident or what, but it took almost 20 minutes for Horny Toad to Royal Palm.
Traffic was better coming back, and it is HOT.
Looking forward to the party David/Colour1 has organized at Catch 21 tomorrow.
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L'Astrolabe, Orient
calle313
Yesterday at 07:27 PM
Hi!
We have heard a lot of praise for L'Astrolabe in Orient, and was wondering what you guys think? On Trip Advisor, most visitors are very pleased and find the lobster/surf and turf night (fridays and mondays) menu worth the price. I did notice that the prices seems to have been coming up . . . reviews from February and April this year says that they paid 44 EUR for the set menu. On the newly updated menu its 78 EUR for the three course set menu. So, is it worth it? Is the food and atmosphere good?
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Something from the island
cruzer
10/25/2026 09:34 AM
Our journey began with our car service arriving at 1:30 am Tuesday morning for the 90-minute drive to DFW, arriving at SXM 11 hours later. Our bags got hung up between the plane and the carousel, so we didn’t arrive at Grand Case Beach Club until around 4 PM.
Our plan for this trip is simple—eat, drink, swim, exercise, and especially sleep. So far everything is falling into place.
There are many new cats on site, some of which have been fixed, so we have new friends to make, which is fairly easy as we buy kibble by the kilo.
We generally go out to eat once a day, eating one meal on site. So far, we have been to Le Ti Coin Creole where we had the fried snapper filet in garlic butter sauce with an array of 7 vegetables, Yvettes for conch stew, Le Champagne Bistro for marlin/tuna tartar and last night at Bistrot Caraibes. I have pictures of the meals except for Bistrot, as I have plenty of them already
Anyway, the water isn’t really high, but it rolls in up to the seawall at times. The ocean temperature was 87 on arrival and the pool, 88. The temps have dropped 2 degrees so far but are still ideal.
We’re here until Nov 17 so I may get around to a few more reposts but no guarantees. I try to make laziness an art form.
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Heading down...
Manpot
10/24/2026 04:55 PM
..Dec 4 til mid Feb and hooping to see friernds old and new.There are always cold ones at "Chateau Relaxeau Caribe" in Little Apple Bay.I can "often" be found at The Sugar Mill bar in the evenings and at The Elm on Sundays when the Elmtones are playing..Its time to start building up the TTOL connnection on the BVI front..might even have another beach party this summer!
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Bay Rouge parking lot
Cincinnati_Kid
10/21/2026 06:48 PM
St. Martin (French side) needs to make the Bay Rouge parking lot more welcoming. Was there last spring and the parklng lot had deep ruts and was a total mess. Surely this beach could make a comeback if only the French would do some grading and covering with gravel with improved signage. What think you ???
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