Mike & Angie - February, 2002

February 22 - 28

This was our first trip to Hedo (or anywhere like it)

We arrived at the Minneapolis airport at 4:00 am where me met our new friends,
Scott, Shelly, Kerri and Mike. The flight was on time and getting through
security was not a problem. We arrived at Mobay airport at about 2:00 pm and
breezed right through customs. We had planned on taking the bus to hedo, but on
the way to the superclubs desk decided to take the plane (our friends were also
taking the plane). We purchased our tickets and started toward the airfield
where we saw a nicely painted Cessna. We were about to board when we were told
to go to our plane - the broken down looking one about 50 feet away! After
seeing this plane we were sorry we didn't take the bus! The flight went pretty
well. There was another couple on the flight - they were boring and headed to
Couples. After hearing we were going to hedo, they wanted nothing to do with us!
We flew along the coastline and landed on a small stip of cracked blacktop in
the middle of the jungle. When we got off the plane, we were approached by the
local drug dealers and taxi drivers.

After a 2 min taxi ride, we arrived at Hedo. We were promptly greeted and asked
to fill out a form. Upon completion of the form we were given our room keys and
taken to our room. After passing through the dining room, we noticed that almost
everyone was nude. We were a bit confused at first, but then we figured out that
the people from the nude side came over to play on water slide.

We arrived at our room, slowly unpacked and put on our suits to venture to the
prude bar. 2 hours and 20 drinks later, we finally built the courage to take it
all off and find Shelly, Scott, Mike and Kerry on the nude side. We wondered
over and saw them floating on a raft in the ocean. We joined them and were told
that we just missed seeing a couple in action on the concrete platform - darn!
We laid around the rest of the day, then went to dinner and got stuck in the
middle of drunken beach games that night. Angie received a few battle scars from
that but she survived. We finally ended up at the disco - we thought the music
was great - mosty current dance music with some 70's and 80's thrown in - too
bad everybody left by 1:00 am. I think we went to the hot tub after that, but I
don't remember!

Saturday:
Got up, played Tennis, worked out in the gym, which was air conditioned and very
nice. They had 4 treadmills, 2 eliptical trainers, stair steppers, ab machines
and many different weight machines along with free weights. Next we grabbed a
drink and headed off to the nude side. We were at the hot tub that day and were
approached by a european couple that wanted to "swap partners". They were the
same couple doing it on the concrete platform the day before. We were kind of
stunned but had a good laugh. We went to dinner that night, then disco till it
cleared out at 1:00 or 2:00 then to the hot tub but didn't really notice much
activity.

Most of the other days flowed together but we usually started by playing tennis
and working out in the weight room - then lots of drinks and lounging around. We
saw a lot of vinnies and Wallys on the nude side and even a Lenny (more on him
later). We saw 1 game of dirty dice but just stood by and watched in amazement.
A few PDA's in the hot tub but nothing that was overt.

Monday Angie and I were eating lunch in the dining room and got lured into the
wet t-shirt contest. I along with a coordinator finally talked Angie into
entering. Once she got on stage all her shyness went away and so did her top -
she ended up taking second place. Monday night, when the disco started to cool
down, about 2:00 we were sitting outside with our friends and got approached by
the Lennie, he started massaging Angie's feet, telling her how beautiful she
was, and telling about his sexual conquests. We decided to have some fun and
tell him we were all going to have group sex in the hot tub later. After
ditching him, we went back to our rooms to change. Outside I could hear Lennie
knocking on doors and looking for us. We stayed quit until he left then we
proceeded to the hot tub. There were 2 other Wally's and 2 couples in the hot
tub. We sat there a while then saw Lennie approaching. We decided to ignore him
and start making out. Next thing I know, Lennie is sitting right next to us
holding his monkey. We ignored him and kept kissing, then he starts walking
around the hot tub petting his monkey. We looked up again and everyone left but
Me, Angie and Lennie. We didn't wan't to leave at that point because he would
follow us to our room so we thought we would pretend to really go at it hard,
maybe he would finish his display and leave. Well 1/2 hour to 45 min later he is
still whacking away and we are tired. Thank god 2 other couples entered the hot
tub - as soon as Lennie went over by them, we ran back to our rooms laughing all
the way!

Tuesday, we got up and did the nude cruise - that was a blast. We even got a
chance to Limbo - my back is still recovering. Angie got a nude massage, but by
the look of the thing almost ripping out of his shorts, I think the massage guy
enjoyed it more than Angie! Tuesday night was PJ night - I wore conservative
"blow me" boxers and Angie wore a sheer nighty. She also brought along some hair
gel that glows white in black light - we thought it would be fun to put it all
over her face and neck in splotches. We spent most of the night standing in the
black light of the disco and getting strange looks and laughs from people. One
couple even got repulsed and left. After the Disco cooled down, we went to the
hot tub for a while, then decided to test the chairs on the beach. We found a
somewhat dark area and started going at it. A while later, I looked up and
noticed a guy standing about 7 chairs away and staring intensly. I didn't think
anything of it. 10 min later, I looked up again and saw 2 guys laying next to
each other about 3 chairs away both punching their clowns or doing whatever (I
was scared to look any closer!). That pretty much ended that session!

Wednesday was our last full day. We were asked to take part in an English travel
channel special on Hedo - so we let them film us for a couple hours, then we
went parasailing, rock climbing, and Angie even did the trapeze - thanks to
Gregory for all his help.

That night, the dining room was cleared out - all of the sudden we see why -
Jerry Springer's crew started showing up. It was like the attack of the Vinnies
- all they did was stand around and stare at any girl they could. It kind of
ruined the whole atmosphere, but Angie and I salvaged the evening later on the
beach - without interruption, except a nervous security guard!

Thursday morning we left for the airport - decided to take the bus back. It was
a nice air conditioned van and the trip was very relaxing. It was interesting to
see the countryside and all the small towns and schools. The bus ride was 1hr.
15min and was not at all like others have described. The road was paved much of
the way and only rough in a couple places. I would gladly take the bus again.

Overall observations:

We were very surprised by the rooms - after hearing all the stories about run
down rooms, we expected the worst. They were comparible to a nice Holiday Inn
room and were VERY Clean. The bathrooms were normal hotel size and also very
clean. The air conditioner was a little louder than a normal hotel air
conditioner but not a bother when you are drunk. It was very easy to adjust. We
saw a couple ants in the room, but that was expected for a tropical climate. The
shower was good some days, others it would go warm and hot - nothing you
couldn't stand. One day hot water must have been running low because we had a
lukewarm shower - it was kind of refreshing.

The food was excellent for a buffet (and I'm not a fan of buffets)- salads were
very fresh and the food was hot. Pastafaris was not very good, we had one meal
there and the service was slow and bad and the food was cold.

The dining room bar was slow and it was hard to get the drink you ordered
because of all the noise. The prude bar was the best - always excellent service.
All the other bars had good service also. The amount of alchol in the drinks
varied from day to day. When Jerry Springer started showing up, the drinks
suddenly got very strong!

People on the nude side were very friendly - the prude side, however, was a
different story. Example - Angie took off her top one day so I could take her
photo by the Hedonism sign. A couple catty girls on the prude side made comments
that were not appreciated. After that, we stayed away from the prude side.

In our estimation, the average age of couples at the resort was 45-50. Average
age of Vinnies, Wallys and Lennys appeared to be about 24. We only saw a few
couples in our age group (27 - 32) People were average looking - like walking
into a Walmart in a semi-retirement community.

Overall, we had the best vacation ever, the only downside was when Jerry
Springer's crew showed up. The entire mood of the resort changed. I'm glad we
were leaving the next morning.

Thanks to Scott, Shelly, Mike and Kerry (the land sharks) for making this trip a
real blast!

Mike & Angie