IT IS very long!!!
And I don't disappoint with pictures either!
We set out on the Monday after our wedding to head to Negril, Jamaica. It was the best trip of our lives! The first DAY of travel wasn't all too thrilling, but we made do. We left for the airport at 3:45 in the morning and didn't arrive to our hotel until 7:00 at night. I love layovers...
It was so beautiful at the hotel. Everything was open air. The lobby was huge and wide open.
It was marble everywhere.
There was a bar on the beach - our honeymoon drink of choice? Pina Coladas!!! Yummmm....especially on a hot day.
The first full day in Jamaica was really warm. All days after that were warm but windy, which was welcomed. If you were in the sun with no wind for a minute your skin would start to get hot.
We saw at least a wedding a day, in different locations. It was kind of neat, having just experienced OUR wedding to see the other weddings happening.
I happened upon this shell that I just thought was pretty and picked it up. Little did I know that there was a hermit crab hiding inside of it!
There were various sand bars that were called Fish Sanctuaries. We saw a sea slug, what I thought was a puffer fish, a starfish, a baracuda, a crab and various other fish. We attempted to get snorkling gear, but the winds were too strong so they weren't renting them out.
This was a daily view. Our routine consisted of the following: wake up, go to the buffet for breakfast, head back to the room and get our swim suits on, go to the beach and lay out for a bit, head to the pool for a dip and a visit to the pool bar, go back to the beach for some afternoon relaxation and reading, back to the room for an afternoon nap, shower up and get ready, head to the buffet for dinner, head back to the room for a bit, back out to the nightly show they had on the main stage (so much fun!), wander around the resort and back to the room for bed.
The next day...we did it all over again. It was a routine that I could really get used to...
This is one of the places where weddings were held. So pretty! There was even a steal drum band playing at one. It was a small band and only consisted of a few people, but it sounded so pretty and perfect for the location.
The husband and wife on their honeymoon! :-)
A beautiful sunset!
This is ONE of the two pools they had. They were never really crowded at all! No matter where we were at the hotel - on the beach, at the pool, at a bar or at the show - there was always somewhere to sit. It was pretty full, but it never felt crowded.
Oh and by the way, we stayed at the Riu Negril Club Hotel.
This pool had a bar in it and there were multiple 'bar tables and benches' in the pool. So fun!!!
The buildings were all this color. At first I thought it was weird, but I think it went with the place. The buildings were even all open air. We saw a lizard walking down the hallway one night and I saw something crawling behind the fire extinguisher. I'm not one for 'creatures' living all around me, but we were right by jungle and it was all open. I couldn't have been happier being there with my man though, so it didn't bother me...much!
The 'bell boys' were so funny...they would pull the luggage carts around on bikes occasionally.
Our room number...we will never forget you! ha!
My husband (ha! love to say that!) burnt his scalp so we got to spend some money at the 'gift shop' and he got the cool black hat!
Two nights during the week they had local vendors come in and sell their stuff in the lobby. I thought we should get something to remember our honeymoon by so we got the carved palm tree in the picture above. It had Jamaica carved in the bottom part of it. I thought that would be a cute thing to have on display somewhere throughout the rest of our lives.
I also got the cute necklace. The pendant is made out of coconut shell. I have yet to wear it though...
The partial week back at work after we got home was horrible! I was so depressed to be back at work...I was hoping we could just live in resorts for the rest of our lives! ha!
All in all, our wedding, our honeymoon - by far the best time of my life so far. It was perfect and heavenly to describe it correctly.
I hope you enjoyed all the beautiful pictures...looking back at these, I wish we were still there!
1 comment:
It looks so beautiful in Jamaica. And you two are a very beautiful couple. You guys look like you've always belonged together. I'm so happy you had a wonderful wedding and honeymoon. You both deserve it. I wish you could stay in Jamaica too-but I'd miss you too much!
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