Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
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| best view ever!!! |
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| pool with swim up bar |
Guess what?
I totally learned something new last week:
Crashing someone else's vacation is easier than planning your own.
Yep
Our friends (Sharon and Julio), planned a week long trip to the Dominican Republic. They did all the research, picked a hotel, and made all the arrangements. We simply got wind of it and sort of "crashed their party." I am not even sure we were ever really invited. We literally just booked a ticket and showed up!
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| meet Sharon and Julio |
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| Here they are again |
Oh well... aren't you glad you are our friends? It is possible we may crash your vacation next. The good news is that we invite anyone to join us on all our trips!!
Back to Sharon and Julio. So they were good sports, and I don't think they minded. After all, we think we are good company, how could they possibly complain?
So here is how a typical day went in Punta Cana at the Riu Palace resort.
1. wake up
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| morning headache face |
2. eat breakfast- I guess I have no breakfast buffet pics!
3. drink champs
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| coffee plus champs |
4. go to the beach
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| the hardest part of our day was walking to the beach |
5. jump in the water
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| beach time! |
6. drinky drinky (that's what they say there)
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| uno cervaza por favor |
7. take showers- luckily no picks of this!
8. go to dinner
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| steak dinner |
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| sushi night |
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| Italian night |
9. sleep
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| this takes skill |
10. wake up and repeat
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| my kind of breakfast |
For 5 days straight...this is what we did.
You didn't think I was gonna share every detail with you ? Or did you?
Now the boys did enjoy a few rounds of golf while we were there. Heck, we even joined them one day just to change the routine.
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| PGA wannabe |
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| nice swing |
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| random French Canadian guy golfing with us |
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| Caddy Shack |
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| look out |
Here is the thing about the all-inclusives: there is really nothing to do! So having friends along makes for a much better experience. I mean nobody really wants to spend 5-7 days straight with their spouse do they?
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| still smiling on day 4 |
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| bird shaped fruit? confusing |
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| housewife wannabe |
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| fountain pose |
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| apparently the fountain was the place to be |
And here are a few more photos...
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| stupid |
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| Dining outdoors |
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| aperitif time |
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| lobby bar- our nightly stop before dinner |
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| enjoying the live entertainment at the courtyard |
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| our final dinner |
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| last day at the beach |
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| drinks on the beach |
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| duck faces |
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free unlimited booze in the room- we never touched it!
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Sharon and I at the sports bar
What is the moral of the story?
In the simplest of terms: Find some friends and crash their vacation, its way easier than planning your own!
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