Jamaican Me Crazy - July/August 2021

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Originally Posted by caitlinsmummy

Ahhh I’ve just spent the whole night reading your report Abby! I am so so pleased you managed to get away this year. I knew before reading that cocktails would definitely be on this list oh and my strawberry daiquiri wouldn’t have been photographed either, one of my favourite cocktails.

It’s great there were so many activities for you all to enjoy and included in the hotel too. Breakfast looks like there was lots of choices 😊 Shame that the Italian was hit and miss, but the pics do look so tasty.

Oh the resort is beautiful, it looks so serene and tranquil, you may answer this further in the report so if you do ignore this was it quite when you were there?

Such a pain about your mum and dads room key, not when you need when you just want to get dry and changed and also about the optics. If that is advertised as being in your room of course you expect it and have every right to raise issues when it isn’t, a shame though ☹

The rooms look lovely, quite big and spacious, even better you were upgraded to ocean view, I bet those views were so pretty on a morning and evening. Ouch poor Max! Did you ever find out what it was that stung him?

The photo in the rain is total commitment to your trip reports as always Abby! Ok just seen your reply about the resort not being busy haha, I did think someone would ask 😊

The food at the steak restaurant looks so yummy! Especially that Caesar salad, I have a thing for Caesar salad at the moment The Kulinarium restaurant looks amazing and it’s great Max ate too, so hard when people have different tastes.
Poor Max getting all the stings, thankfully it wasn’t too bad and you too.
Oh I’m laughing so much at you walking onto the nudist beach hehe. That walk looked lovely though, there’s just something about the views in the Caribbean isn’t there?

Looks like you had a great time on the boat trip. Sometimes it’s nice to do something a little different isn’t it and well done to Dad on the haggling! Bargain.
That tree in the resort reminded me of a pineapple and that sunset is just beautiful. I love how Max made friends and spent time with them. The lounging in the pool looks so relaxing … I could fall asleep just looking!

Aww I love your little hotel guest, so cute. More stunning sunset photos, you should take up photography Abby, you really do have a skill there. Such a lovely story about your parents first holiday but I did laugh at the beef tomato reminding him

Those passenger locator forms are awful, I know I struggled last year when I was in Turkey, some of the questions aren’t worded well at all, I had to google to figure out what I needed to say, it was bad enough for 1 never mind 6!
What a lovely trip for you all, albeit different to what it normally is. It’s good to know it wasn’t too stressful getting back into the UK. Thank you so much for sharing as always xx

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Hey there lovely lady 😘

Gosh it's been a long time. I'm sure you've been busy with the kids all summer.

I've only been back at school 2 days and the holiday seems a distant memory. I'm so glad I was brave and took the plunge. We had such a good time all of us, 3 generations! It was absolutely brilliant to get away, relax, spend time together and just forget for two weeks all about cases and deaths and everything.

We realised when we did the snorkeling on the beach that there were absolutely loads of jellyfish in the sea. I mean loads! We were lucky I guess to not be stung more. It wasn't too bad on your legs, very similar to a stinging nettle but poor Max on his face. No lasting damage though and it was nowhere near as bad as the poor guy who stepped on the sea urchin and had to have the stings all pulled put with tweezers. He was laying on that sunbed for about an hour.

I think we were lucky the resort was just busy enough for all the a la carte restaurants to be open a few times a week. I suspect if there were fewer people they wouldn't have had a full service. But it was fine for us and we got to do them all more than once.

I've never been to the Caribbean before, but I'd certainly go back we had a fantastic time. Perhaps just a week if we were to return, but saying that the two weeks meant we really did sink into the holiday, laid back life. Every time I hear a Bob Marley song it takes me back as the DJ on the beach basically played Bob Marley hits on repeat. It was fab.

One of the best things for me though was to learn things about my parents life that I never knew! How amazing to hear the story of their first holiday together 😍 we missed my Dad's 70th birthday last year and I just love that I've learned something new.

I hope you're all well, I hope your not-so-new job is going well. I also hope your much rearranged trip goes ahead.

Would you believe I've put in an offer to buy DVC Resale at Copper Creek, Wilderness Lodge? Crazy! So, fingers crossed you get your holiday as I really want to be able to get back to Orlando next summer as it will be our welcome home trip (if it all goes through...)

A x