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Re: Orient Beach - where to sit/eat/drink?
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I'm with Naked as a Jaybird. Seaweed is not an issue at Club Orient, the beach is cleaned/raked daily. Happy Hour at the Perch Bar 2:30-3:30, at Papagayo 4:30 - 6:30. Yes, it's clothing optional, but wear or don't wear what you want to. Lunch at Perch, lunch and/or dinner at Papagayo - excellent.
I'm going where the weather suits my clothes.
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Re: Orient Beach - where to sit/eat/drink?
[Re: loislynn]
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Wasn't sure if you were interested in the clothing optional part of the beach, but wanted to add that we also love the Club O section. The Perch serves simple lunches and great drinks, Papagayo has good food and service, and you can also bring your own cooler. Friendliest people on the beach IMHO.
Robin & Ed
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Re: Orient Beach - where to sit/eat/drink?
[Re: irish1223]
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Here is another vote for Club Orient. Just find a pair of chairs that don't have colored "wrist bracelets" fastened to the framework and set up shop. The beach boy will be around eventually to collect the $20 and fasten a pair of wrist bracelets to one of the chairs. Those chairs are now yours for the rest of the day. You can also go to the watersports hut at the far end of the beach and buy a book of coupons which you can use for a week, giving the beach boy one coupon per day when he comes around.
You will find that nudists are a friendly and accepting group and also will keep an eye on each other's property if asked... Club O also has good security, some of it obvious and some of it "under cover" ... Pardon the pun!
Happy hour at the Perch is very popular. When you order your drinks you will pay the normal price but you will each be given two drinks in stead of the normal one.
Enjoy!
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Re: Orient Beach - where to sit/eat/drink?
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I guess that shouldn't be a surprise, based on the rent at the new places. I guess Orange Fever is serving food by now? What's happening with the other places? Have they signed leases yet?
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Re: Orient Beach - where to sit/eat/drink?
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fabila said:
Palm also has good facilities and services but we were unimpressed with the food the last couple of times we ate there. I had also been disappointed with the food at Palm Beach but went there in December with friends who came off a cruise ship, and the food was excellent. You may want to give it another try.
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Re: Orient Beach - where to sit/eat/drink?
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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SXMScubaman said: Yes. They are trying to make some money back which is understandable but not for me. We like to have room to spread out. Didn't see anybody eating and it was a normal lunch time. Still a few vacant places with work going on. Not sure which spot you're referring to????? gary
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Re: Orient Beach - where to sit/eat/drink?
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05/19/2016 07:22 PM
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timmycs said: Textiles have plenty of Carribean islands and beaches to choose from.
Go somewhere else if it bothers you so much With all due respect, Timmy, it's comments such as yours that tend to create more and unnecessary criticism and hostility towards the whole nudity thing. St. Martin has been tolerant for all the forty plus years we've been visiting. It's a big island. There's room for everyone. <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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Re: Orient Beach - where to sit/eat/drink?
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05/19/2016 07:24 PM
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With All do respect the hostility came from scuba man
There was no need for his comment
And yes, my point is that there are plenty of beaches and plenty of room for everyone
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Re: Orient Beach - where to sit/eat/drink?
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While I wasn't thrilled with his post either, technically he is at least partially correct. The accepted norm these days for nudism is at Club O and not the entire length of Orient. Thus the 8:30 gendarme walks. Times change and so does the island, whether we like it or not! <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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Re: Orient Beach - where to sit/eat/drink?
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pat said: While I wasn't thrilled with his post either, technically he is at least partially correct. The accepted norm these days for nudism is at Club O and not the entire length of Orient. Thus the 8:30 gendarme walks. Times change and so does the island, whether we like it or not! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> -- and the reason I thanked Jaybird. I still maintain Scubamans opinion "but I don't want to get that visual on the other part of Orient where I go to" was not required nor did it add any info to this topic. My question is valid as to why anyone would visit a beach that at specific times of the morning you might see a nude walker when you are intolerant of the body, and there are plenty of other beaches on the island.
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Re: Orient Beach - where to sit/eat/drink?
[Re: timmycs]
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timmycs said:pat said: While I wasn't thrilled with his post either, technically he is at least partially correct. The accepted norm these days for nudism is at Club O and not the entire length of Orient. Thus the 8:30 gendarme walks. Times change and so does the island, whether we like it or not! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> -- and the reason I thanked Jaybird. I still maintain Scubamans opinion was not required nor did it add any info to this topic. My question is valid as to why anyone would visitd a beach that at specific times of the morning you might see a nude walker when you are intolerant of the body, and there are plenty of other beaches on the island. I guess the point could be many know that nudity these days is supposedly limited to the Club O section of the beach. And some don't have a clue or care either way. The point is, St. Martin is not a nude island but it is an island with a stretch of nude beach, most specifically the area in front of Club O. There are other areas where nudity is practiced such as Cupecoy on the Dutch side as well as Happy Bay and Rouge on the French side along with a few of the more remote and unpeopled beaches but it's not a given for these places. We started visiting Orient Beach when it was a nice lonely stretch of mostly unpeopled real estate that happened to have some of the nicest beachfront on the island. As it was developed the whole character of the beach changed. Personally speaking, it's no longer on my preferred list, but my bottom line is I try to comply with whatever the rules or accepted practices are, and I could personally care less what, if anything or nothing, people wear there. But today, it is not as accepted to be nude anywhere or at anytime you want along Orient. My fear is and has been for a long time, those who continue to push the envelope could push to the point they do away with it completely. And that said, I'm done. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />
Respectfully,
pat
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Re: Orient Beach - where to sit/eat/drink?
[Re: OllieEh]
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05/19/2016 08:43 PM
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Braids are the norm there these days! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/jester.gif" alt="" />
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