Jamaica

6 hours after tax season was over Curt and I jumped on a plain for a much needed vacation. We headed to the Gran Bahia Principe in Jamaica for a week of sun, sand and relaxation.
We flew in to Jamaica at 9:30am on the Sunday morning, and were to our resort by noon. We had to wait for a couple of hours to check into our room, so we went and had some lunch and a few drinks to kill the time.
Monday was rain, so we spend the morning at an information meeting, and then just kind of touring around the resort checking everything out.
Tuesday was spent by the pool, and Wednesday we mixed it up a little and went to the beach. These days were spent relaxing and resting. The most strenuous thing that we had to do was get up out our lounge chair to go to the pool to cool off, or go and get a drink.
Our resort must have been a huge place to go and get married, because the one day alone I counted there to be 5 weddings. I seemed that everyone there was there in a group, and were all there for a wedding.Thursday we decided to get a little ambitious and go on an outing. We took a catamaran ride to the #1 spot in Jamaica, Dunns River Falls. This is a 650 foot climb up a waterfall attached to nothing except the person's hand in front of you, and behind you. We had to take a water camera for this, so I am still waiting to get the pictures back from this.On the way to the falls we stopped at the reef to do some snorkeling. I did not partake in this part, as the last time I did this I got really sick from the motions of the waves, and the salt water. I knew that this was only the start of our day, so I thought that I better forgo it so that I was well for the rest of the adventure.After we spent a couple of hours at the falls it was time to get back on the boat, and time for the party. On the way to the falls they would not serve any alcohol on the boat, but after everyone had done the climb it was time to get it out and turn up the music. They took the long way back to the dock and we had a great party on the catamaran.The food was really good at our resort. You were entitled to 3 a-la-carts for the week, and the rest of the time you had to go to the buffet for dinner. They had the buffet, or they also had a beach front place for lunch, and every day but 1 we made our way down there for lunch. They had the best Jerk Chicken you could ever have. I had that every day for lunch, and did not get tired of it. I actually miss it know that we are back. Some days around 1:30 my mouth is watering for a little Jerk!!!
After our adventure on the Thursday we had to rush back to the resort to get ready for our reservation at the Japanese restaurant. At this restaurant we sat around the chef as he made our dinner and gave us a show. This by far was the best place we at all week, and the show that our chef put on for us was great!!!Friday was spend in the shade. We both had got a lot of sun out on the boat on Thursday, so we needed a little rest from it on Friday.
Saturday was our last full day at the resort, so we took full advantage of it. We finally got the good lounge chairs, drank our drinks out of coconuts, spent a little time at the swim up bar, and just took it all in.We saved our last a-la-cart for our last night too and we went to the Grill house for dinner. It was a very nice restaurant, but there was 2 weddings happening in there while we were eating dinner, so it was kind of weird to be there while they were having their receptions. A lot of our evenings were spend either in the lounge bar listing to the live music they had there, or we would to the Bahia Center. There was a sports bar there, as well as shopping. When there was a big game on, Curt would spend his time in the sports bar watching hockey and I would tour the little shops that they had there. This was also where the nightly shows took place, so we would stay and watch some of it if they looked good.

We have only been back for 3 weeks, but it seems like a life time ago that we went. I could have stayed for a little longer, if only someone would have sent me Jaxon. By Thursday I really started to miss him. We did not go to an adults only resort, so there were little kids there running around which made me think of him when I saw them.

Although I missed him like crazy, it would not have been much of a vacation for me if he would have been there. Some day mommy and daddy will take him with us, but for this time we enjoyed our time away just the 2 of us!!!