Donna - 09/00

SEPTEMBER 2 TO SEPTEMBER SOMETHING 2000

THIS WAS ACTUALLY MY SECOND TRIP TO PARADISE MY FIRST ONLY BEING THREE MONTHS AGO.( I COULDN'T WAIT TO GO BACK) I HAVE TO BEGIN BY GIVING A SLIGHT OVERVIEW OF MY FIRST EXPERIENCE. FIRST OF ALL I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS IN FOR I HAD HEARD ABOUT HEDONISM BUT I KNEW THIS JUST WASN'T FOR ME!!! I ALSO HEARD THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO NUDE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO. I WAS TRAVELING ALONE WHICH IN AND OF ITSELF IS A LITTLE SCARY, BUT I KNEW AS LONG AS THERE WAS A "PRUDE" BEACH I'D BE FINE. ON THE BUS RIDE ALL THE OTHER OCCUPANTS WERE TALKING ABOUT THEIR PREVIOUS HEDO EXPERIENCES, AND I REMEMBER SAYING "OH, I WOULD NEVER DO THAT". WHEN I CHECKED IN MY ROOM I HAD A ROOMMATE AND SHE WALKED IN THE ROOM NUDE!!!, AND I THOUGHT TO MY SELF"WHAT KIND OF PLACE IS THIS???) HER NAME WAS KATIE AND SHE WAS VERY SWEET AND WE TALKED, ME WITH LAYERS OF CLOTHES, HER NAKED. AFTER ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR SHE SAID TO ME "DID YOU ASK TO BE ON THE NUDE SIDE", I SAID "WHAT SIDE"? I CALLED THE FRONT DESK AND DEMANDED I BE MOVED TO THE "PROPER SIDE", ANYWAY HOW IT TURNED OUT KATIE persuaded ME TO STAY, AND FOR MY NEW FRIENDS WHO I MET ON MY LATEST TRIP I'M SURE YOU'D NEVER BELIEVE IT WAS THE SAME PERSON!!!!! THIS TIME IT TOOK ABOUT TWENTY MINUTES TO TAKE OFF MY CLOTHES!! I FELT SO CONFORTABLE (PERHAPS TOO CONFORTABLE!!) THE FIRST PERSON I STARTED TALKING TO ON THE BEACH WAS KAREN SMOKING A JOINT AND COUGHING UP A STORM!! KAREN IS AN ORIGINAL FLOWER CHILD FROM THE SIXTIES AND SOMETIMES I THINK SHE FORGETS IT'S THE YEAR 2000!! I LEFT KAREN RIGHT WHERE I FOUND HER ON THE SAME CHAIR SMOKING A JOINT AND COUGHING!! HER AND HER HUSBAND DIDN'T DO VERY MUCH ON THEIR VACATION, BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND MARIJUANA EFFECTS PEOPLE LIKE THAT!!! KAREN AND BRIAN I LOVE YOU BOTH VERY MUCH AND I'M SURE WE'LL BE FRIENDS FOREVER... I MET SOOO MANY PEOPLE THIS TRIP I'D LIKE TO MENTION A FEW. JOHN AND HEIDI. JOHN I HOPE YOUR NOT MAD AT ME BECAUSE OF MY BIG MOUTH, HEIDI YOUR A SWEETIE AND I TRULY HOPE TO SEE YOU BOTH AGAIN, STEVE AND JEANNE BOTH OF YOU GUYS HELPED MAKE MY VACATION MOST MEMORABLE.BY THE WAY, BRUCE AND JANE I DON'T KNOW WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE GUY FROM ITALY, IS ALL I REMEMBER IS HE SPOKE NO ENGLISH AND I SPOKE NO ITALIAN, SO I GUESS YOU CAN USE YOUR IMAGINATION ON HOW WE COMMUNICATED!!!! MY WET T-SHIRT COMPANION CLAUDIA, YOUR A BLAST GIRL!!! MY BRIT FRIEND DAVE WHO WAS ON A "BENDER" NO ONE IN MY LIFE HAS EVER MADE ME LAUGH SO HARD!! ALSO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNEW THIS BUT I HAD MY OWN "PERSONAL BODY GUARD" JEFF, HE WAS A SECURITY GUARD AT HEDO AND EVERY TIME HE SAW ME AT NIGHT WALKING WITH A GUY HE WOULD TELL THEM HE HAS TO WALK ME HOME!!! IT WAS SO FUNNY BUT SOME NIGHTS I WAS THANKFUL HE DID!! IT WAS THE BEST TRIP I EVER HAD IN MY LIFE, I WILL CHERISH THE MEMORIES FOREVER AND EVER!!! THERE WAS SO MUCH MORE AND SO MANY GREAT PEOPLE BUT I HOPE THIS GETS THE IDEA THAT HEDONISM IS THE ULTIMATE!!! AND I WILL BE BACK NEXT YEAR IF NOT SOONER..... PS IF ANYONE KNOWS THE NAME OF THE "ITALIAN GUY" PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!!!

DONNA SEPTEMBER 2000