Our 1st visit to SXM was because friends who had travelled the world and every island in-between recommended it. We have seen many other islands and still prefer SXM. Sure we'd like to take some great points from other places and add to SXM (the bus line in Aruba for example) but then it really wouldn't be the SXM we can't seem to explain why we love so much.

Some changes we didn't like and some we still don't like but the basic essence of the island is in tact. The changes we don't like have made more people like SXM because it has added something they prefer. We haven't met anyone who has said because of changes they won't return.