finally
After months of anticipation our holiday finally arrived. 21 hours door to door to get there but worth it.
The plane left gatwick on time and flew upto manchester to collect extra passengers. From there we went down hill. No, I don't mean south. We landed for what should have been 40 minutes but two hours later we were only just ready to leave. I wont go into details but it was extremely boring and frustrating. The rest of the flight was uneventful. Not the most comfortable seats and I would recommend upgrading from economy to anyone flying long haul.
At Punta Cana airport we got a taxi to the hotel. this took approx 50 minutes in a car with no speedometer driving like a maniac, trying to knock cyclists off their bikes whilst avoiding potholes in the road. It was actually more exhilirating than scary for me but Tom's knuckles were white from gripping the door.
The hotel was beautiful. The staff were friendly, and the room was wonderful. Best holiday I have ever been on. The food was fantastic, everyone was warm and helpful and there was as much to do or as little as you wanted. The only downside were the mosquitos in the evening.
We went wale watching. We had been told this would be a 2-3 hour coach trip to samana bay, however it turned out to be 5 hours each way. The scenery was beautiful, we crossed the mountains and saw all the plantations and the guide explained in various languages about the history, culture and geography of the country.
The humpback wales come to samana bay every year to mate and give birth. We went out on a relatively small boat and within minutes we were watching wales flip their tails and come up for air. I was in awe. The only way it could have been better was if we had been in a smaller boat with fewer people to obstruct your view but it will be a memory we have forever.
We can't wait to go back to the resort next year. It was a shame to go home and leave behind the luxory, being waited on hand and foot is something you get surprisingly used to and that's coming from a girl that likes to do everything for herself. Anyway we had to go back to the real world at some point.
The journey back was shorter as we didn't go via manchester. There 30 inches between the seats in economy and I had someones knees in my back throughout the flight. The seats don't recline at all really and they don't turn the lights down until the early hours of the morning when they are bored of trying to sell duty free. I really would recommend upgrading your seats especially with my travel airways. Baggage claim took an hour to find our bags and then we had to run to catch the flyer but we just caught it pulling out of the coach bay.
from toms parents house we drove the 3 hours back to norfolk to collect the cats from the cattery then home.
We bought some lovely artwork out there and got a load of rum for different people. We even picked up some cigars. Next time we shall know some spanish to help us negotiate as we think that some traders were driving very hard bargains. We shall go to manitee park when we go again, they have dolphins and such like there. also planning on going on the james bond excursion as you get to swim with sharks and manta rays.
Trying to make the most of life might book to go to borneo in a year or so to see the orangutans considering making it a twin centered trip with a week in sri lanka to go to the elephant orphanages. Yeah, I know, i have a thing about animals but people are always causing their own problems; animals don't.
The plane left gatwick on time and flew upto manchester to collect extra passengers. From there we went down hill. No, I don't mean south. We landed for what should have been 40 minutes but two hours later we were only just ready to leave. I wont go into details but it was extremely boring and frustrating. The rest of the flight was uneventful. Not the most comfortable seats and I would recommend upgrading from economy to anyone flying long haul.
At Punta Cana airport we got a taxi to the hotel. this took approx 50 minutes in a car with no speedometer driving like a maniac, trying to knock cyclists off their bikes whilst avoiding potholes in the road. It was actually more exhilirating than scary for me but Tom's knuckles were white from gripping the door.
The hotel was beautiful. The staff were friendly, and the room was wonderful. Best holiday I have ever been on. The food was fantastic, everyone was warm and helpful and there was as much to do or as little as you wanted. The only downside were the mosquitos in the evening.
We went wale watching. We had been told this would be a 2-3 hour coach trip to samana bay, however it turned out to be 5 hours each way. The scenery was beautiful, we crossed the mountains and saw all the plantations and the guide explained in various languages about the history, culture and geography of the country.
The humpback wales come to samana bay every year to mate and give birth. We went out on a relatively small boat and within minutes we were watching wales flip their tails and come up for air. I was in awe. The only way it could have been better was if we had been in a smaller boat with fewer people to obstruct your view but it will be a memory we have forever.
We can't wait to go back to the resort next year. It was a shame to go home and leave behind the luxory, being waited on hand and foot is something you get surprisingly used to and that's coming from a girl that likes to do everything for herself. Anyway we had to go back to the real world at some point.
The journey back was shorter as we didn't go via manchester. There 30 inches between the seats in economy and I had someones knees in my back throughout the flight. The seats don't recline at all really and they don't turn the lights down until the early hours of the morning when they are bored of trying to sell duty free. I really would recommend upgrading your seats especially with my travel airways. Baggage claim took an hour to find our bags and then we had to run to catch the flyer but we just caught it pulling out of the coach bay.
from toms parents house we drove the 3 hours back to norfolk to collect the cats from the cattery then home.
We bought some lovely artwork out there and got a load of rum for different people. We even picked up some cigars. Next time we shall know some spanish to help us negotiate as we think that some traders were driving very hard bargains. We shall go to manitee park when we go again, they have dolphins and such like there. also planning on going on the james bond excursion as you get to swim with sharks and manta rays.
Trying to make the most of life might book to go to borneo in a year or so to see the orangutans considering making it a twin centered trip with a week in sri lanka to go to the elephant orphanages. Yeah, I know, i have a thing about animals but people are always causing their own problems; animals don't.
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