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Friday, June 26, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Punta Cana? Trip Report?? Pics???
Ha ha ha ha. I've been totally missing! Again! Oh my gosh I just can't keep up with all the blog, Facebook, Twitter, chat, email business anymore. I'm so behind in reading all of your blogs and can't even keep my own up.
I'm not sure if the appeal is wearing off or not but I just find it more difficult. Am I busier than I use to be? Yes. So that has to have something to do with it. But even during times when I technically could blog I don't. What up? I dunno but I'm rambling and you probably don't give a shit and just want to see pics of the beautiful beach in Punta Cana!
Guess what!?
You're not getting them right now. Hahaha. I do have some great personal pics and videos that I will share but I don't have them with me right now. The only thing I have with me are the pics from my professional photo shoot which was tonnes of fun and totally worth the moola. But I think I'll just post those with the rest of the pics.
So, my trip was f'n great. I miss it. But I will say that it's so much nicer to take a vacation than quote un quote live in paradise and never vacation (trips home don't count). Because lets face it, paradise wasn't truly paradise all of the time. In fact it was just paradise for a fraction of the time and even then I still found room to bitch. Because, that's me and that's what I do.
Before I went I had a few haters say how they hated Dominican or that I would be bored, and the hotel is a compound and you're not allowed to leave blah blah blah. Guess what people? Let me make my own decision as to what I think of the place. It's none of that and I'm sorry you couldn't make an effort to have a better time but don't rain on my parade. Gracias!
To me, this is what it was:
The perfect beach vacation paradise for beach lovers. You like a little bit of action but not too much. You want to chill around the hotel, but want the hotel to provide enough entertainment to keep you content should you want to do something more than lay on the beach and roast. You want to take a tour or two and want a couple clubs to visit off the hotel property but really, this is a vacation of relaxation and beach beach beach. You want palm trees, white sand beaches & turquoise waters galore. Punta Cana is for you.
Something I learned on the bus and flight back to Vancouver:
Choose your hotel wise wise wisely!!!! Half the people we talked to were not very happy with their hotel. What does that lead to? ------> Not so happy with your vacation and not so happy with Punta Cana.
But we got lucky. Our hotel was great. There were some things that annoyed us but hell, that's normal. They were honestly so small it's silly to mention. All in all, I really think that since we had such a great hotel, we had such a great vacation. Dominican Republic is pretty much made up of All Inclusive resorts and this will be your home/city for the duration of your vacation. If you hate the food at your hotel, you're screwed. If you hate your room, you're screwed. If you hate the fact that the hotel doesn't offer entertainment or nice lounge chairs, you're screwed. So if you go to Dominican (really if you go anywhere), pay super duper close attention to your hotel BEFORE YOU GO. You get what you pay for! Check Trip Advisor reviews, look at recent photos taken of the place do your homework! I did and voila. I was a happy camper.
We stayed at the Gran Bahia Principe Bavaro, Punta Cana. If you're going to honeymoon, you may want to stay at the Ambar as it's a tidge nicer in terms of hotel rooms and private pools. The resort is huge as I believe it's like 3 Bavaro hotels in one giant resort. We got lost more than once. :) They even have little busses that can take you the length of the resort if you're feeling lazy and don't want to walk. We were only there for a week but wished it was 10 days. We felt like we needed a couple more since the recovery from our hellishly long flight was a bit of a longer process than we wanted. But seriously? It was worth it.
Ok this is too long. More later...
I'm not sure if the appeal is wearing off or not but I just find it more difficult. Am I busier than I use to be? Yes. So that has to have something to do with it. But even during times when I technically could blog I don't. What up? I dunno but I'm rambling and you probably don't give a shit and just want to see pics of the beautiful beach in Punta Cana!
Guess what!?
You're not getting them right now. Hahaha. I do have some great personal pics and videos that I will share but I don't have them with me right now. The only thing I have with me are the pics from my professional photo shoot which was tonnes of fun and totally worth the moola. But I think I'll just post those with the rest of the pics.
So, my trip was f'n great. I miss it. But I will say that it's so much nicer to take a vacation than quote un quote live in paradise and never vacation (trips home don't count). Because lets face it, paradise wasn't truly paradise all of the time. In fact it was just paradise for a fraction of the time and even then I still found room to bitch. Because, that's me and that's what I do.
Before I went I had a few haters say how they hated Dominican or that I would be bored, and the hotel is a compound and you're not allowed to leave blah blah blah. Guess what people? Let me make my own decision as to what I think of the place. It's none of that and I'm sorry you couldn't make an effort to have a better time but don't rain on my parade. Gracias!
To me, this is what it was:
The perfect beach vacation paradise for beach lovers. You like a little bit of action but not too much. You want to chill around the hotel, but want the hotel to provide enough entertainment to keep you content should you want to do something more than lay on the beach and roast. You want to take a tour or two and want a couple clubs to visit off the hotel property but really, this is a vacation of relaxation and beach beach beach. You want palm trees, white sand beaches & turquoise waters galore. Punta Cana is for you.
Something I learned on the bus and flight back to Vancouver:
Choose your hotel wise wise wisely!!!! Half the people we talked to were not very happy with their hotel. What does that lead to? ------> Not so happy with your vacation and not so happy with Punta Cana.
But we got lucky. Our hotel was great. There were some things that annoyed us but hell, that's normal. They were honestly so small it's silly to mention. All in all, I really think that since we had such a great hotel, we had such a great vacation. Dominican Republic is pretty much made up of All Inclusive resorts and this will be your home/city for the duration of your vacation. If you hate the food at your hotel, you're screwed. If you hate your room, you're screwed. If you hate the fact that the hotel doesn't offer entertainment or nice lounge chairs, you're screwed. So if you go to Dominican (really if you go anywhere), pay super duper close attention to your hotel BEFORE YOU GO. You get what you pay for! Check Trip Advisor reviews, look at recent photos taken of the place do your homework! I did and voila. I was a happy camper.
We stayed at the Gran Bahia Principe Bavaro, Punta Cana. If you're going to honeymoon, you may want to stay at the Ambar as it's a tidge nicer in terms of hotel rooms and private pools. The resort is huge as I believe it's like 3 Bavaro hotels in one giant resort. We got lost more than once. :) They even have little busses that can take you the length of the resort if you're feeling lazy and don't want to walk. We were only there for a week but wished it was 10 days. We felt like we needed a couple more since the recovery from our hellishly long flight was a bit of a longer process than we wanted. But seriously? It was worth it.
Ok this is too long. More later...
Monday, June 15, 2009
Punta Cana Trip Report
I went to the beach everyday, played in the water, got an awesome tan, ate a bunch of crap, drank even more crap, danced a little merengue, flirted with the staff and slept like no tomorrow. Amen.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Not ready, leaving Friday!
Well folks I leave Friday night for Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
I'm not ready. I'm not packed. My house is a mess and strangely, I'm kind of not ridiculously excited?
What the hell!?
Getting sick last week has totally thrown me off and I'm all out of sorts.
I will try my best to get most of my shit taken care of this evening, otherwise I'm getting on that airplane with a bikini, pareo, toothbrush, comb and that's it.
Yes I am bringing my camera and yes I'll take pictures. I doubt there will be one of my old fashioned trip reports though, so don't get TOO excited.
I can write a trip report now if you like:
I went to the beach everyday, played in the water, got an awesome tan, ate a bunch of crap, drank even more crap, danced a little merengue, flirted with the staff and slept like no tomorrow. Amen.
And there you have it.
Have fun without me!
I'm not ready. I'm not packed. My house is a mess and strangely, I'm kind of not ridiculously excited?
What the hell!?
Getting sick last week has totally thrown me off and I'm all out of sorts.
I will try my best to get most of my shit taken care of this evening, otherwise I'm getting on that airplane with a bikini, pareo, toothbrush, comb and that's it.
Yes I am bringing my camera and yes I'll take pictures. I doubt there will be one of my old fashioned trip reports though, so don't get TOO excited.
I can write a trip report now if you like:
I went to the beach everyday, played in the water, got an awesome tan, ate a bunch of crap, drank even more crap, danced a little merengue, flirted with the staff and slept like no tomorrow. Amen.
And there you have it.
Have fun without me!
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
It's Friday!
And all I have to say is THANK GOD.
Here are some other things:
Have a good one!
TGIF!
Here are some other things:
- My mom is the bestest evah! I said I wanted to plant some stuff in my small garden and she went out and bought tomatoes, cliantro, etc. and even snuck in to plant them and make my garden all nice and purdy. I will have to take pics. It's small but very cute. Wasn't that nice of her? She even got me some garden tools cuz I'm too lazy to bother!
- THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY!
- Work is super duper hectic and crazy and I'm losing my mind. I did however win Employee of the Month so I guess I'm doing something right?
- THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY!
- Just because someone is family, doesn't mean you have to put up with their crap and it doesn't mean you have to like them either. If you've tried to make it work and it doesn't, avoid contact with this person. Point taken. Will do.
- THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY!
- I'm going on a blind date tonight and he is going to end up my husband. Don't ask how I know. I just do. My psychic self (aka La Bruja) says so.
- Punta Cana is officially two weeks away. I can't wait to get my arse there.
- I really do have great friends and good people in my life and I should focus on them instead of the fuckheads.
- THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY!
- I bought rollerblades and was scared to death of stopping using the break the first day. The second day....not so bad at all. I get it, it's fun and great exercise.
- I will be getting back to teaching at my Martial Arts Club. It will only be the Cardio Kickboxing classes, but they aren't really much different from the other classes except that it's to music, there's more cardio and you don't get to beat the shit out of anyone.
Have a good one!
TGIF!
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