The beach on final to rwy 9 at the "Sint Maarten" (the Dutch version of Saint Martin) had only a guy who wanted to get a close look at our gear as we passed over him. We lowered the nose a little and he sank down to a crouch!
As we drove the island in the rented Corolla, I lost count of the topless and suitless bathers at the various beaches, particularly the Oriental Beach up on the French part of the island. It seemed to me that those who wore the least clothing were those who needed to be covered. There were, however, some notable exceptions.
A word of caution to those who use a certain company for your Customs scheduling and flight planning. We made two updates to the control center, revising our landing time. Neither revision made it to customs. If someone forgets to keep Customs informed of your ETA, you will wait on the ground almost an hour, as I did in Wilmington, NC. Our passengers were not pleased. I will be checking to make certain that customs is aware of our true, revised ETA from now on. Live and learn.
Everything on the island is two to three times what it should cost. No chain hotels are allowed there, only the hotels operated by locals, who set their own "unique" standard of hotel quality. A good Hilton would blow these guys off the island.
The sand and water were great. Ocean swimming was fantastic.
Three days were enough. I'll take Bermuda.