Punta Cana Vacation Recap - part 2

Up until the last day, we actually got up at a relatively normal time...like by 930-10am. I wanted to be up and ready to go when FH woke up so we could head off to breakfast as soon as he was showered. Gave myself extra time to lather from head to toe in sunscreen after that first day of 20 minutes giving me that crazy burn. We'd head down to the pool and stake out chairs (there were always chairs available, even when the resort was at full capacity...but on the first day we waited until after breaky and didn't like the location of our chairs) and then head to the yummy buffet for some good eats and coffee.

the aforementioned burn - see my "dominican tattoo" where my necklace left a mark? ugh.

Admittedly we were extremely lazy. I'd had all these visions of trying out a few of the included activities and dragging FH out on an excursion or two. He had wanted to play tennis and go parasailing. We did none of this. Well, we went on one excursion....to drink on a boat! We mainly just parked ourselves in our poolside loungers and either chatted with other guests, or watched and laughed at the water aerobics, or tried to avoid staring directly at the over-the-hill European men in their speedos. I finished one book and almost finished another. FH traded iPods with a buddy he made on the trip and they compared notes on their musical tastes. Occassionally FH would head to the room for a quick nap and I'd either wander the beach or just read.

Bliss.

Each evening they offered some form of entertainment. Around 7-8pm they would set up a big outdoor screen and either play a movie (like that Scorcese Rolling Stones' movie) or just have music playing...this was in the big courtyard so as long as the weather was clear everyone would sit outside and enjoy drinks and chat. It rained a couple of times, so we'd just move into the lounge bar. At 9:45 each night they would have live entertainment....one night karaoke, one night some "romantic" singers, one night a dance-party with breakdancers, and the best was the "cirque"...really cool. This would go on until 1030 or 11pm, then we would either stay in the courtyard or go into the lounge bar for a few more hours. They have a rooftop club as well, but we only went up a couple of times...it had a DJ who really likes Lady Gaga! We also discovered the Sports Bar on our second to last night...and played some pool. They also have bowling which we thought was cool but never got around to playing. (I told you, we were lazy!)

The Dominican "boy-band" singing the songs of 98 degrees & N'sync. Cheesy but great!

The "cirque" performers. These people are amazing and work their asses off. Many of the performers were dancing in the different shows each night, and/or working at something else on the resort during the day.

On our latest night, I think we were still in bed by about 1am. haha. Sleep is glorious when you can get it!