Tuesday March 9- arrival----6:10 AM out of Hartford (BDL)
via MIA-- arrived SXM 2:30 quickly got to Caravanserai---nice room-- ocean front deluxe--- patio overlooking the ocean with the wave spray on the rocks and pool just outside the entrance door-----went to Sunset Beach Bar----my wife Janice has MS and is capable of only short walks with a cane---so I had purchased a "companion"-- all small wheel - wheel chair the week before we left------whisked her to the SBB and a stool -had a few pops-- and a good time-- Laguna for dinner--- she is a Bolognese affectionado-- and was thrilled--------I had
Conch soup---- outstanding----- and Veal Marsala--- very good
Wed 10th--- she was not doing well so we stayed close to the room all day
Thursday the 11th------she- feeling better suggested that we go back to SBB for lunch----- she had the Swordfish sandwich= which I recommended on the basis of several TTOL
postings------------that was enough------------
let me explain here that I had originally planned on bringing my golf clubs to SXM-- even though the course may be a
"goat track" but decided against that when I knew that I would have to handle all the luggage plus her in her wheel chair-------my next concern- was how do I get to the Sunset Beach Bar to do Caribs all afternoon-- watch the planes and tend to her back by the pool at Caravanserai----answer???
simple!!! Swordfish sandwich----she "dragged" me there
every day-----I played Brer Rabbit and the brier patch----
oh honey please don;t make me go to that stupid Beach Bar---but she insisted--and that's the way it was for the rest of the week (we stayed 7 instead of 5 nights at Caravanserai--cancelled Passanggrahan--because she was stilll off balance and I didn't want to add stress after she had become comfortable at Caravanserai)
Thursday night-- Turtle Pier--- she had lobster -very good and I had Tuna steak-- just OK
Friday?? SBB again- and Laguna again for dinner- she had the "usual"-- bolognese and I had the Putenesca--- only Ok- as I like mine with anchovies
Sat? SBB and then dinner at Montmartre--- outstanding
no question a very fine restaurant--I had the Veal chop-- she had the foie gras-- and then Dover Sole--( which I had planned on at Escargo in Pburg) -this saved me a cab ride in---excellent

Sun- SBB and then Cheri's- she had pasta -very good- I wasn;t hungry but enjoyed the floor show
Mon a day of rest (oh yes SBB) by the way Sat the waves
at Maho were running 10-12 feet--it was wild and beautiful-- the beach side lane of the road was filled with sand---and most cars came through on the other lane--- until a front loader cleared it late in the afternoon--- waves not quite as high on Sunday--back to "normal on" Monday-
Tuesday 9:30 am flight to San Juan where we stayed two nights before coming back to cold and snow in Western Massachusetts------so like the beloved Red Sox---- it's "wait till next year"----but after 16 years away from SXM it truly was PARADISE-----------
you guys are right about that---
Clark