Wow! The week of Dec. 4 was a magical experience. I am so glad that I switched my trip from New Years to week of WWW. No word(s) can be used to describe the place to someone who has never been there. As a single male, I went to hedo for the first time with a good attitude and no expectations, which ultimately made for an indescribable good time! The best phrase I heard was Hedo: Its Romper Room, but with alcohol So very true, I think!
NAKED FOR THE FIRST TIME
I was naked within 30 minutes upon arrival on Sunday, about 4pm. Checking in was smooth, went to my room and unloaded my luggage, which took about 10 minutes. I got dressed and walked out of my room to make headway for the prude beach only to find absolutely no one there. I couldnt believe it. I asked one of the landscaping guys where the nude beach was and he pointed to my right (where I saw nude volleyball, lots of fun, heard good music and seen whole heck of a lot of naked people.) and told me that I can reach it by walking up the beach. By this time, the pressure was on and I was a bit nervous. I started making headway to the nude beach (while looking to my right for escape roots.) I reached Delroys (with my swimming trunks on and shirt off) and ordered a rum and coke, which lasted no more than 2 to 3 minutes. By the time I ordered my second drink, I had a major complex not because of the fact that I should be naked, but because I was the only one not naked. After realizing this, I said to myself, quit being such a wussy, drop the shorts and go join the party. I did just that and complex was no more there mon!
THE PEOPLE
Nutz! Completely out of their minds, out of control, insane, Nutz! I thought I was sick and twisted, and then I went to hedo and met all of you. Although now converted, I realize I was an alter boy for Christ sake! For anyone who is a virgin thinking about going to hedo and meeting the WWW group, DONT DO IT!!! RUN!!! RUN VERY FAST!!!
One of the first things I noticed was that the group brought their identities to hedo and left the roles at home. I never expected this. Everyone, for the most part, was very nice, was themselves and usually extended a warm welcome to anyone new. What a party is was, indeed, and will do everything possible to be there next Dec. 2005! You all are super awesome and believe I have met friends for life (something I really didnt understand, or get prior to the trip.)
THE ROUTINE
The days kinda ran into eachother. I was up between 8:00 and 8:30 every single day. Housekeeping was on time and always made enough noise to wake me. Who needs an alarm clock at Hedo, youve go housekeeping! After a shower, Id go and have breakfast. There was always someone to sit with regardless if it was familiar faces, or someone new (the same goes for dinner.) After breakfast, I headed to the pool, got nekkid (which I looked forward to every morning), started drinking and indulged myself in all the fun for the rest of the afternoon until it was dinnertime. Every single day I was meeting more and more people either by introductions, recognizing faces, or finding windows of opportunity to make conversation with someone. The hardest thing being at Hedo was remembering the names. I would often resort to the picture print out that Ian and Angela brought with them. Next year Ill bring my own. I didnt participate in any of the hotel activities, nor WWW activities other than toga night for a few reasons (1) I went with whatever I felt like doing at the moment, (2) at times, I just wasnt motivated, (3) I somewhat wanted to sit back and scope out everything that was going on in order to learn more. At dinnertime, I thought the entertainment was fantastic. The fake orgasm and guys versus girls contest are literally worth the price of admission alone. Its been along time where Ive laughed so hard that I actually cried, it was so funny and a good feeling to boot! After dinner, I usually either went to the hot tub or to the Piano bar; however, I always made it to the hot tub for a bit to relax, enjoy conversation and have fun. Most nights were ended around 1pm or 2pm. And, No, DennisI wasnt looking for number 14, I was just watching the tailgate party and ticket scalpersha..ha..
THE HIGHS
The biggest high was the fact that I was having so much fun with great people. I think WWW is all about the people. The trip could have never turned out like it did without having everyone there. Its all about the people!!! I felt so relaxed to the point where I didnt know what I was going to do five minutes from now. I felt so happy, relaxed and had so much fun. It was a natural high sometimes barely able to put words together to make sentences. Sometimes this even resulted in a lack of effective communication with people on my part (and, No, this has nothing to do with ShowerQueen destroying me on Wednesday afternoon.) It was like I was hyperventilating not out of fear, but out of happiness and having so much fun. It was great, I was in my glory the entire week!
THE LOWEST OF THE LOWS
A few said this is something I should probably keep quiet, but most said I should mention it just to make people aware, which I agree with. I met someone at the hot tub on Thursday night that came from Footprints; she was wearing a nighttime pass. She was American from California. She told me she wasnt a prostitute and she never asked me for money. She had been drinking, like myself, but seemed intelligent, was funny and open for good conversation. To say the least, we ended up back at my room. Its started off really good and had a lot of fun until at natural incident happened, which she wanted to use to her advantage and try to capitalize on (her exact words) by staging that she was raped (RP). I have a few reasons why I think she wanted to capitalize on this (1) she was looking for a way to sue the resort, me or someone (2) she wanted attention from an ex boyfriend (3) she wanted to get to the hospital so the doctors could inject her with some drugs to get a free high. The girl went completely insane in a matter of seconds. It was like the flip of a light switch. We walked out of my room to head to the front desk. While half way there she reached down and grabbed dirt from the ground and started rubbing her arms and legs (the reason for this was to play and fit the role.) We got to the front desk where she asked for an ambulance claiming that she had been RP, although she never accused me of it (she wrote in her hotel report that it was a tall black man that was bald.) I had to fill out a hotel report and answered some questions from hotel security. I claimed very adamantly that the girl wasnt RP. After roaming the hotel for an hour out of her mind, she returned back to the front desk area. Upon her arrival, I started firing questions at her in a very direct manner in front of security and nighttime management as I felt like they were getting nowhere with her. I had gotten her to admit in front of everyone that she was not RP. At that point, hotel security and management started digging into her. The Police arrived and took her away and went back to my room, took a long shower and landed in my bed around 5:30am. I woke up the following morning with a call from the hotel manager wanting to make arrangements to meet with 3 Negril Detectives. From 11am till 4pm, I spent my time in the hotel managers office with the Detectives giving my statement, which was a very, very hard thing to do. I had to give detail after detail after detail. After it was all said and done, I asked if the woman was accusing me of doing this to her and they couldnt give a sound answer other than it seems so. Right before we left, the detectives read her hotel statement and realized she claimed that it was a tall, black male that RP her. They pretty much rolled their eyes and shook their heads, and then we left. After waiting in the lobby for a bit, one of the detectives came up to me and said I was okay and gave me a bump. He told me that he was sorry to see that my vacation was ruined. He was very nice and struck up a conversation about sports with me. After about 10 minutes, one of the detectives said I can go and asked if he could call me for more information if needed. I concurred and left for the hot tub still shaking. I havent heard from the detectives since Friday morning. Before I left on Sunday, I spoke with the hotel manager just to have closure in some cases. She told me one of the detectives left a message for her, but hadnt returned the call yet. They havent called me so I guess thats a good thing. At this time, I know everything will be okay and I probably wont hear from them again. They know I had nothing to do with it. Consider it a lesson learned. I was sitting at the wrong place at the wrong time talking with the wrong person and eventually making the wrong decision. To all the single virgins out there, be very, very careful! If you think and feel its right, think again and remember this section of my report trip.
THE FOOD
I was pleasantly surprised on how good the food was during breakfast, lunch and dinner. However, I am not much of a food critic. The food could have been bad and I probably still would have liked it.
THE STAFF
As suspected, the staff was great, very nice and helpful when in need. Not one negative thing to say about them.
IN CONCLUSION
Now having been there (but I am still a virgin as I was never initiated entirely my fault though, but atleast I get to come back next year and do it all over again), I believe hedo WWW is all about the people, good fun, good eats, drinks, sand, water, getting nekkid, and anything extra that comes along with it is just a benefit. There is something for everyone at hedo. Do your research (read, read, read) and be sure to come with an objective. It is an experience thats hard to describe to someone that doesnt know much about it. Either they will get it automatically (or eventually), or they wont at all. Treat people as youd like to be treated. Keyword: Respect
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