We were in SXM in Feb 96 also. Stayed in our lower unit in the C Building at Pelican, because the upper unit had all the windows blown in. Devastation still evident all over the island. Grand Case Beach was littered with debris from Grand Case Beach Club - concrete and electrical fittings from the units. I remember the ship blown ashore near what is now Simpson Bay Beach Villas. At Le Galion, the Coconut Grove Hotel was destroyed and the palm trees were denuded of foliage. RAMs was selling liquor at discounted prices with water damaged labels - Stoli Crystal at half regular price (contents were fine). Vegetation was brilliant green, - new growth. Restaurants and merchants were glad to have tourists returning.
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