Trip Report: March 9-16
This is my 6th trip to Hedo, and probably my most mellow. This was pretty much of my own choosing, but a number of people commented that it wasnt as wild and crazy as in years past. Regardless, I still had a fabulous time.
I tend to ramble, so in case you dont want to read this whole report, heres the quick synopsis: The rooms were the same as always, although my shower temperature was fine and my AC didnt leak. Food was adequate (omelets, jerk chicken, cheeseburgers and fries were the best), there was lobster on Tues, and there was a great seafood pasta stir-fry on Thursday. There are some new ECs, who are just getting settled in. Only saw a few PDAs. The Spring Break crowd stayed to themselves, and although there were a lot of single guys, they were pretty nice and respectful for the most part. I had a great, mellow vacation and cant wait to go back.
First Day ah!
The flight to MBJ was pretty uneventful. I decided to see if the road had improved, so I took the bus. There was a young couple on the bus who were taking their first trip to Hedo, so I schooled them about what to expect. We made it to Hedo in just about an hour and 15 minutes- a far cry from the days of the 2-hour bus ride from hell. The road is perfect, but the ride is still a thrill, thanks to those exciting Jamaican drivers. Anyway, I got to the resort, checked in, got my room key right away (prude oceanview- I dont mind walking to the other side), and was walking down to the room, when I heard a tremendous cry from the prude pool Hey Monica! It was my friends from last year, the USCANHEDOS, playing naked water volleyball! The next thing I heard was another yell in unison, Show us your tits! I proudly pulled up my shirt and flashed my new purchases and got a round of applause. I spent a few hours lazing around the pool chatting, then went down to the nude side, laid around some more, and waited for Roberts Jerk Chicken. I saw the young couple- and the guy was naked, the girl still in her bikini. A while later, she had her top off, but her sarong draped around her breasts. By the end of the afternoon, she had bared it all, and got the thumbs up from me. Anyway, after 2 plates of Roberts delicious chicken I went back to the room for a nap. I woke up 2 hours later and joined my friends at Muhannas, and watched Showtime. I saw my classmates - who couldnt seem to believe my transformation from a shy, conservative student, to a sexy flirt in semi-slutwear) danced a bit at the disco, went to the hot tub for a few minutes, then went to bed at around 12:30.
On Monday, I decided that wanted to be in the wet-t-shirt contest. Well, it was almost comical how Marsha, one of the ECs, avoided asking me to be in the contest. I swear, this girl approached every other table EXCEPT the one where I was sitting. Finally, I couldnt take it anymore and went to Roxanne, and asked her if I could be in the contest. She gave me the line, of course, we were just about to ask you, but I felt it was BS. No matter, I still won the contest. Marsha was pretty rude to me the whole time, but all of the rest of the ECs were at least polite.
The next few days were a blur of lying out around the prude and nude pools, eating, napping, drinking, and dancing. I did manage to go off campus to go horseback riding and eat dinner at Grand Lido one night. Rose, one of the ECs, Michelle, the yoga instructor, and I performed a bootie shaking reggae dance for the talent show. Charlies omelets were as delicious as ever. Robert, Pauline, Anna, and Delroy were their usual pleasant selves. I made a new friend in Charmaine, a main dining room waitress, who has a wonderful smile and delightful personality. I was happy to see my old friend Michael, who carried my bags, and Andre (my young cutie) at the main bar. The USCANHEDOS were so much fun to be around and our new members truly rounded out the excitement. I met so many great people that it is hard to name them all, but thank you all for being so wonderful to me and making my trip a blast.
My friend Alicia arrived on Thursday, and our other friend Jocelyn arrived on Friday. Surprisingly, Jocelyn was acting a little more conservative than we expected, so we tried to introduce her to the nude side after the beach party. When we arrived at the nude pool, Jocelyn stopped in her tracks with a curious look on her face. She was looking in the cool tub and asked, Is that a woman with really short hair, or a guy? No one would go look, so I went up- and sure enough, it was 2 MEN SCREWING IN THE COOL POOL! I had never seen that before at Hedo. They were in there alone, everyone else was in the hot tub. Security eventually asked them to stop, and they did. Jocelyn was a little freaked out, so she went back to the room, and Alicia and I hung out at the hot tub for awhile.
Pickled Parrot
After breakfast on Saturday, we went on the cruise, and the snorkeling thing before sailing on to the Pickled Parrot. Although Ive jumped off the cliff before, I was still really nervous about the whole thing. I am afraid of heights, and have this vision of me scraping my back against the cliff before I plunge into the water, where I promptly drown. Alicia passed on the whole jumping thing, but Jocelyn and I decided to be brave and do it. Now, I dont remember how I got up to the cliff before, but I sure dont remember all of the effort it took this time. We had to swim from the boat to the cliff, which was really wavy and an effort in and of itself, climb a ladder to some stairs, then climb these gigantic stairs to the top. I was exhausted when I reached the summit of the cliff, and Im an aerobics instructor! We rested for awhile, then ventured to the edge. Somehow, it was even scarier when you look down from that tiny platform into the water. We let a few people go ahead of us, the Jocelyn decided to go for it. She looked good going down for a few seconds, then her body twisted, and she ended up landing on her ass with her arms cocked out. Ouch! This was not encouraging. I would go to the edge, think about it, and feel my legs shaking and my heart pounding, and step away. I finally mustered up my courage and jumped. What a rush!
After the jump, Alicia had to nurse Jocelyn by putting an ice pack on her butt and giving her a massage (which looked quite suggestive). I participated in the limbo contest with Rasta Ralphie (who I had an incredible urge to ask if the rumors about his big bamboo were true) and we went head to head for awhile till I fell forward and scraped my knee. He gave me a bracelet for my efforts.
We decided to go to Risky Business with another couple on the advice of Clinton, the DJ, who had become quite smitten with Jocelyn. When we arrived, I really wanted to turn right around. It was full of nothing but Spring Breakers, which only added to my misery. I stayed for awhile, and saw Taz/David (the former Hedo EC), but the atmosphere got to me, so I took a cab back to the resort, went to the disco and danced for awhile.
Vinnies & Spring Breakers
There were a lot of single guys there, but they werent all Vinnies. Some were really very nice. Even though there was a group of 9 guys there, they were very respectful and nice- except for one, who was just flat out annoying. There was one cutie who we called Mathew McConnehey, because of his cute dimples.
Most of the Spring Breakers stayed to themselves, as usual.