Tuesday, May 10, 2005
A Little Slice Of Paradise
Our vacation was very nice. We started with a 2 hour fog delay in Bangor but the flight itself was uneventful, no turbulance at all, smooth and quiet, we didn't even have any trouble with immigrations, Lloyd did set off the metal detector and had to be "wanded". Did you ever notice that those people NEVER smile? We arrived in St. Kitts at about 2, it was warm and breezy. The drive to the Resort, we stayed at a Mariotte, they drive on the wrong side of very narrow roads there and the drivers love to scare the shit out of tourists, but all in all it was a lovely ride, only about 20 minutes. The resort was beautiful, 3 free form pools, 2 outside hot tubs, a long stretch of sandy beach with the bluest water, complete with little "shade" hut thingies. As soon as we got off the buses we were greeted with rum punch and a 30 minute orientation (this is a trip with 230 other people from Maine) explaining the events of the week, you could then sign up for any tours that you may want to take and the rest of the day we were on our own. We checked into our room, changed and hit the beach for a couple of hours, it had been a very long day so we all were all asleep before 8, even Bre (16). We all did a tour or St. Kitts, the views were unbelievable, the island was formed by Volcanoes, so there was alot of valcanic rock everywhere and I was amazed at how the color of the water changed with the depth, you could look out and almost see lines between the colors, we also did a tour of Nevis, the sister Island, it was even prettier, a much better kept Island. It was funny to see goats and sheep running wild on both islands, guess it's cheapter then lawn mowers, we also saw some really cute monkeys. Lloyd and Bre went horseback riding in the rain forest, I haven't been on a horse since my girl scout days and intend to keep it that way, they had a great time and it was great that the two of them got to spend some quality time together, they got along fine....even without me playing referee. I've got to go for now, I'll continue on tomorrow.
PS: Anyone following my "diet" progress....not too good on that front BUT I'm back on track as of yesterday and I started my day with 50 minutes of the "firm".
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