Hedo II trip report: virgins no more!!!
Feb 24 Mar 3, 2003
Cannot express how excited I am to finally be in position of writing a Hedo trip report. As our departure date was approaching, my anxiety was rising to the point that I could not work anymore. So, at a risk of loosing the job that paid for the trip, I was sitting on Dennys message board and hitting Refresh waiting for a new posting.
I will not talk much about the flight and the bus ride, why would anyone care. Just one comment: never fly Air Transat. Our flight to Montego Bay was delayed by 5.5 hours, and return flight was delayed by 7 hours.
No matter how much you read other peoples opinions, you have to experience it yourself. Although I thought I was prepared, there were few disappointments:
I expected the food in the main restaurant not to be gourmet, but it turned out to be even worse than expected. The worst things to try are their soups and juices (on breakfast). The quality of food is OK, but the choice is limited to be just enough to keep you not hungry.
I was aware of the rocks in the water, but did not expect it to be that bad. Especially when everyone was saying on the message board that beach at II is much better than the one at III. I can imagine now how the other one looks.
Rooms are OK, but the bathrooms really need some facelift. If you take a shower, and someone flushes toilet, you will be shocked with a sudden hot water in the shower.
We were surprised to find out that, contrary to their brochure, water-skiing was not offered.
Enough of negative stuff. From this point on, only positive.
To avoid the rocks in the water, the best thing to do is to use one of the floats. There are always lots of them available. Alternately, you can go to a prude beach, where there are much less rocks. We took water shoes with us, but found them looking odd on our otherwise naked bodies.
I have read in other trip reports how people gradually get undressed and go to the nude beach. Well, I guess, everyone is different. Both my wife and me have never gone nude before. This did not stop us the very first day to walk totally naked from our room in H-block to the beach. No problem at all when you are surrounded by tons of naked people. Talking of the H-block. Spending so much time on this web site, I learned lots of terminology and assumed that others know it to. Was very surprised when people could not point me to the direction of the H-block when we arrived: they did not know what I am talking about. Also, found out that the first couple of locals asked did not know about that Jennys place.
My wife was a very conservative person prior to the trip. Initially, she did not want to go when she found out that this is not just a regular resort. It took me a great deal of effort to gradually get her comfortable. I have promised her that I will never try to push her into things she does not like, and, if she chooses so, we will stay on the prude side all the time. Of course, I had to play some tricks, such as suggesting not to buy a nice swimming suit, because she might not need one.
I cannot tell you how happy and proud I was seeing her next day winning hula-hoop competition on the nude beach.
Another concern I had was that all those not so gracious bodies on the nude beach will turn us off. It is hard to explain, but you do not even notice those things. You talk to people, play games with them, and dont even think about their looks. I really like this paradox.
Some other highlights from our great vacation:
There was so much to do at Hedo that you had to choose between various events. We ended up spending whole time at the resort, leaving trip to Negril for the next time.
Make sure that when you order drinks, you are specific as to what brand they use. We learned to ask for Absolute pineapple rather than Pineapple vodka
We enjoyed various shows in the hot tub, on the floats, on the beach. Sometimes, people are quite imaginativeJ
Applying sunscreen to each other on the nude beach, including all sensitive parts what an erotic experience!
My wife got her breasts painted by an EC. Wearing this costume, she went for lunch into the main dining room and received lots of compliments from other folks.
I think it worth spending a little more and getting a room on the nude side. It is more convenient to be right next to the action. I didnt like wearing anything when stepping out of the door.
Ladies DO wear slut wear in the restaurants. And note: nothing is too much.
We took part in many activities, brought home a few bottles of rum, earned for participation. I guess its fun to watch the activities, but its even more fun to participate.
We have learned that Sex on a Beach is not just a name for a cocktail
This trip has really brought us closer. I am not shy to say that we had the best sex in our 10-year marriage!
On the way back, at Montego Bay airport, I have noticed something different in people. Couples do not hug each other, folks are not smiling much. I see Hedo as some kind of a parallel universe. Things are different there, and I like that universe more than the other one, in which we live the rest of time when we are not at Hedo.
During dinner at Pastafari on our last night, my wife has proposed a toast: she wished that we come back soon. I was so much hoping that she would say this, and she did!
I would definitely recommend couples to go to Hedo if they want to shake up and re-vitalize their love life. One word of caution though: be prepared and read all those trip reports, discuss your limits and whatever you do, do it with the full agreement with your S/O.