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Re: Sands beach next to Dreams C/O
[Re: Bobinmobile]
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12/27/2015 08:52 PM
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That's actually an interesting question. Can a random property owner decide to make a public area clothing optional!
I always understood, probably incorrectly, the only reason Orient Beach is CO was because of the existence of Club Orient long prior to any of the later zoning rules or regs or societal issues regarding the nude usage. I remember our earliest trips and that beach was always accepted as CO but back then there was nothing there but sea grape and a wide open endless beach.
I've never quite understood how an individual or a business could make these decisions for either side of the island. Inquiring minds and all that.....
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Re: Sands beach next to Dreams C/O
[Re: Bobinmobile]
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12/27/2015 10:01 PM
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This is the write up on the SXM Blue website: Le Sand
Le Sand is a new elite restaurant right on Nettle Bay beach featuring one of the best menus on the island. Guests will enjoy open air seating with stunning views of the sea. The chic décor, unmatched beachside location and haute cuisine menu combine to make this restaurant/beach bar a rousing success. If Le Sand reminds you of the beachside restaurants on Orient Beach, it is with good reason. The new Nettle Bay hotspot is being developed by the same person who drove the development of the highly popular Orient Beach. The Le Sand menu features fresh fish and delectable French dishes. If you love paella, try Le Sand on the weekends.
Im pretty sure it's a beachside restaurant like Dreams, but has set up a nude section, or has a part of beach where they allow nudity
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Re: Sands beach next to Dreams C/O
[Re: kim]
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12/27/2015 11:16 PM
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Hmmmm, I wonder why no one has explained that to the gendarmes who periodically patrol Orient (and some of the other French beaches as well for that matter....) and suggest people cover up beyond the Club O beach area.
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Re: Sands beach next to Dreams C/O
[Re: dlbert]
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12/27/2015 11:21 PM
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dlbert said: There is a nudist beach adjacent to the Sands, there is no legal restrictions for nudist beaches on SXM ... Better go back to the drawing board on that one Dilbert. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Sands beach next to Dreams C/O
[Re: kim]
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12/28/2015 06:49 AM
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That almost sounds like an ad for the place.
To the others who mentioned a sign. Having a sign does not make something legal, illegal or acceptable.
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Re: Sands beach next to Dreams C/O
[Re: iscrogr]
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12/28/2015 07:28 AM
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iscrogr said: I never suggested it was legal, only that there is a sign there. Never said you did but according to another poster there are NO legal restrictions on nudity at all. That is a new one to me and probably many island residents.
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Re: Sands beach next to Dreams C/O
[Re: rusticchisler]
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12/28/2015 10:49 AM
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That was, as GaKaye stated, definitely the Cupecoy beach area. It used to be one of the most beautiful beach areas on the island and the only widely accepted clothing optional beach on the Dutch side of the island. It was the area that heralded the welcome to many a first-time visitor as they approached the island. Somehow, to me anyway, all the high rises that were developed atop those cliffs have hugely diminished the beauty that once was what so many of us termed 'coming home' again. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />
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