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LEESA &
JAMES (aka the shy couple)
Lets
see... where can we start with the highlights? 1st place in body
painting (Leesa supplied the canvas)... Rupe almost taking center stage while
VH-1 was taping (wearing his usual)... everyone invading the prude pool to
moon the disco windows (cheers could be heard underwater)... and that was all
just in one day. Then there was
nude volleyball -- but more serious, so not as often as last year. And diving without wetsuits -- or suits at all, for that
matter (and no, the video is not available!).
Of course, there was Bobs 6' dick... marvelous Maaaaaggie... and
alien Alex... (all inflatables - but dont tell Maggie or Alex).
What would WWW have been without the great welcoming reception (THANKS
Denny!)... the catamaran cruise (love that Jello!)... the magical mystery tour
(dont remember much)... all those great nights at Pastafaris (never did
get a cumtwat tart, Elaine)... floating on our 69 raft (will never leave home
without one now)... the theme nights (wear black & glow, and
bare-as-you-dare)... and round-the-clock fun in the hot tub.
As far as we
know, this trip set a 1st for testing Roberts famous jerk sauce on
personal body parts - actually only one... right Keith?
Dont know if Hedo bucks should go to Keith for the 90 minutes of
agony, or to Wanda for suckering him into it, or to Stacey for helping remove
it. Either way, Robert plans to
post a WWW disclaimer releasing him from any liability for misuse of his
special sauce. Of course, then
Keith (aka Gilligan) followed up on bare-as-you-dare night by wearing
only a heavy coat of green latex body paint to the dining room.
We almost had him convinced the only means of removal from hairy areas
would be by shaving. Hmmm....
starting to note a pattern of abuse here?
Hedo virgins?... yeh, right!
For those
concerned, particularly Jean and DennyP, Jim is weaned from his caramel
addiction after the wet t-shirt contest; and Lisa has NOT taken part-time
employment in a strip joint doing lap dances.
Actually Jean, Jim is very sorry for licking too hard (NOT!)
Lisa could have warned you if youd asked.
Alex the alien
is recovering in our custody after being dumped by Maaaggie at the Toga
contest [see Maggies trip report]. It
was great fun having such a black sheep along for the trip, but were really
beginning to wonder about that Bob - he was having far too good a time, and
always had a BIG smile on his face. Kudos
to Trudy and Wanda for 2nd place in the Toga Contest [but Bob & Maggie
were unstoppable that night!]. You guys were awesomely dangerous when on a roll.
Many thanks and well wishes to our new found friends, including Bernie
& Elaine, Stacey & Keith, Wanda & Peter, Trudy & Les, Bruce
& Patty, Alan & Kathleen, Jean & Randy, Jerry & Edie, Steve
& Nancy, Steve & Lana ...plus our old-found friends Diane & Denny,
Patty & Rupe, Dan, Bob, Steve & Char, Dave & Mary Beth, Wayne
& Julie and those from WWW99 who couldnt be there (next year, Jim
& Janie!!!)
Finally, for
all you WWWrs who wimped out by leaving a day early, Hedo II did finally
have lobster night on the last evening (Saturday)... neener, neener, neener.
A surprising highlight of this years trip was the opportunity to play elf with Denny and Diane by delivering the WWW Christmas gifts to a local pre-school. The one-room structure for 3-5 year olds was about what youd expect in a 3rd world country -- but the teachers were very energetic and the children well dressed. All the kids excitedly accepted the gifts we handed out, sang Christmas songs to us while we waited for lunch (food from HedoII) to arrive, and touched our hearts with the love in their smiles. We travel to Jamaica from all over the world to escape the stress of our daily lives, yet its easy to forget how truly blessed we are. You can see a lot of hopes and dreams in these children, and this visit made our Christmas a most special one.
UPPERS FROM
LAST YEAR
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WWW! It just
keeps getting better every year (ok, so this was only our 2nd year).
-
Diva (Kiman), Illana (Shakas sister), and Anton show real promise as
new entertainment coordinators. This
is badly needed with Marc moving into management and Marie only working a
couple days a week.
-
Robert (Roberts Grill), Augustus (beach maintenance), Delroy &
Scumba, David (Veronicas), Denva and others are still there and more eager
to please than ever. Its like
having life-long friends working there.
-
Sex police were nowhere in sight (see below).
NOT-SO-UPPERS
FROM LAST YEAR
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Sex police were nowhere in sight.
That made for more fun and frivolity, but it really got out of hand
when you literally had to step over couples doing it on the beach, by the
pool, or in the Disco. Respect
goes both ways... and we got a little tired of wondering where the energizer
bunny couple would turn up next - boom! boom! boom!
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Hedo II is turning over staff too fast and not training well in the
process. Without Marc and Marie
as leaders, too many of the entertainment coordinators seemed more interested
in just going through the motions. As
examples...
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Some scheduled events on the nude side werent even held, and one
body painting event with many participants wasnt even judged by the nude
pool (thats half the fun).
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Toga night pool volleyball was limited to just one game because the
coordinator wanted to get on to other things.
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Pajama night costume judging was closed after just 15 minutes (at
11:15) before many WWW guests even arrived at the Disco.
The coordinators didnt seem to care about the judging or the
results.
TWO SPECIAL
NEW YEARS WISHES FOR HEDO
First,
please... please... please... make Hedo bucks convertible into T-shirts or
other gift shop items with the Hedo logo.
Even if it costs a million-gazillion Hedo bucks for a single deluxe
T-shirt, it would beat having to lug bottles of booze 3,000 miles and 3
flights across the country.
Needless to
say, we had a fantastic time. We
vegetated too much, didnt do all the energetic activities we promised
ourselves, and fell into a rut at times... 8:15am reserve chairs by pool...
10:00am float on ocean... 12:30 BLT & Roberts fries... 2:00pm mudslide
or hummingbird... 4:00pm volleyball... 6:00pm jerked chicken... 11:00pm
Veronicas... 1:00am hot tub. But
hey, thats what Hedo is all about -- escaping the stress and worries of
life back home. Weve found no
place else that does that while tearing down the apprehensions and pretenses
about meeting new friends. Our biggest
plus over last year was the sheer number of friends we got to know on
this trip, and our final wish is to see them all again at WWW
December 2001!