Going to St. Martin since 1989 we decided to do a real lazy vacation in Orient Bay. Having stayed everywhere from Mont Vernon, Esmeralda, L’Hoste, Villa Belle Vue to Club Orient we wanted to stay in Orient village, not renting a car, not worry about driving, having a place with a private pool and escaping winter for 9 days.
Thanks to TTOL it is easy to do.
What do you do if you don’t know where you want to stay? You contact Jim Ruos of CITS. After a few suggestions we settled on
Villa Josephine a 2-bedroom townhouse with pool in the village.
What do you do without a car? You contact Wilfred Brooks Taxi.
And, of course, you have the place stocked by Shop and Drop.
Wilfred picked us up at the airport. It Was Harmony Night in Grand Case, traffic was a disaster. The trip to Orient took more than an hour. He stayed with us at the rental office until the agent showed up and drove us to our home.
The villa was spotless, the groceries were there so all was good.
We had Wilfred take us one evening to Grand Case, he picked us up in his private car and unfortunately, going out of Orient, between Esmeralda and the main road, he got rear-ended by an SUV damaging his bumper, tail light assembly and trunk. The other driver had a policy issued in France and he was told settlement of the claim might take up to six months.
Our days were spent between Kakao and Bikini Beach, evenings were spent between Le Piment, La Voile Blanche and Cote Plage with one dinner at Le Tastevin and one lunch at Marina Royal. We won’t bother going back to the marina but we look forward to our next trip.
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