Jersey and I arrived on Saturday afternoon after about about 16 hours of travel (including two flights, a layover, customs, and a shuttle ride). Just a note to some of our fellow travelers: we understand that this process can be a pain, but please pull the stick out of your ass, chill the fuck out, and realize that some of your bad vacation karma may be due to your shitty attitude. We were appalled at how rude some people could be in such beautiful and friendly place.
Quick note: These pics were all taken on the one cloudy day. Most days were actually beautiful and sunny, we just forgot to take pics those days.
Our room was part of "the Quad", which surrounded the clothing optional pool. The room featured a mirror on the ceiling, a jetted tub, and windows that opened to the common area. Here is the room:
And the view from our window:
This pool is where we sunbathed almost every day after our nice buffet breakfast (made-to-order omelets, fresh fruit, crispy bacon, smoothies...). Again, it was clothing optional, so I was totally okay with wearing absolutely nothing. We did spend one day at the resort's nude pool, just to say we did it, but this pool was more convenient and quiet. We read (I got through 3 1/2 books!) and drank lots of rum from the swim-up bar. Wonderful.
Lunch was usually spent at the buffet, where they had daily activities or contests for guests. Jersey loved the sandwiches at the buffet, though I really liked the jerk chicken and pork at the Jamaican restaurant. Plus, the Jamaican restaurant had this view:
In the afternoon, I usually took a nap...sun, food, and rum make me tired! We also went kayaking (and forgot the camera that day), walked along this boardwalk:
Rested in this hammock:
Read while on this beach:
Went down this waterslide (it even goes through the disco):
Shot pool in the pool:
And got a massage in this bungalow(ish) area:
At night, we had dinner at the buffet, the Italian restaurant (which was a little disappointing), or the Japanese restaurant. Each night was a different theme, so lots of people dressed up (pirate, retro, toga, etc.), but the only night for which we dressed up was lingerie night. We hit both the piano bar and disco that night, but we're not used to staying up late, so we didn't party for very long. The other nights were spent quietly in our room, holding each other tight.
Oh, the "handholders" part of this post title comes from a woman who saw us on our way to dinner one evening. Jersey and I were holding hands and we passed a small group gathered near the pool. This woman noticed and said "it's about time two women held hands around this place" and everyone nodded in agreement. From that point on, we were called "the handholders" by that group of friends and we thought it was cute.
So, those are the Jamaican vacation highlights. It was wonderful to relax (no phone! no computer!) for a week and we look forward to doing it again in a few years. Given the wedding planning, we know it will take a while to do something as big as this again (even our honeymoon will be relatively simple), but it was incredibly special.
Anyone else have big vacation plans for the near future?
2 comments:
big vacation plans? not really. big TRAVEL plans? yes. it's just that clearly most my upcoming travels can't be described as "vacations." building houses in the gulf coast, doing general service work in malawi, possibly studying in cambridge - all good things, but not vacations. :)
Oh, HONEY! How WONDERFUL! Now I want to go to Jamaica!
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