Thursday, December 28^th:

Woke up early-Kev took a stroll to take lots of pictures and pick up our “Go Juice” for the day- the famous Internet café ‘coffee bar’.  Went to breakfast at the Palms, buffet style and boy was it good.  The buffet has a wide variety of breakfast food choices, I really enjoyed the wheat pancakes-freshly made.  Sausage links a bit overcooked but overall a great breakfast.

Met Henry, the landscaper for our area of the resort.  He’s a chatty character, “Ya Mon” but very nice.  Comes by daily to say hello, showed Kev some different flowers (what is the flower that smells only at night and not during the day? He told us but we forgot the name of it) and he does a great job at keeping the area around our atrium room very nice.

Made some more trips over to the Internet café to check in @ home and to grab a cappuccino. Took a stroll down the beach to a little shop to check out the goodies.  We were offered Mountain Smoke but of course we declined and the man went on his merry way, thankfully.  Walked back up the beach and in to the sea (I keep wanting to call it the ocean but I keep getting corrected that it’s actually a sea and not an ocean ha ha)  Current was a bit rough but we enjoyed it and it was relaxing.

Had our vow renewal appointment with Tamika at 11 AM.  She is absolutely fabulous.  Went over all the prep for our Saturday vow renewal, picked out our Romance Package called Forever Yours, chose our cake-Jamaican Rum cake, flowers-Ginger, booked our couples massage and she took care of booking dinner at Feather’s for us the next day.  Also booked the catamaran cruise for us.  Went over to meet Niki at the photo desk in the Great House to set up our vow renewal picture order.  Stopped at gift shop so Kev could get a hat and then he took pictures of the casino.

Got lunch at the Cabana Grill again.  Love that place!  Back to room to get ready for snorkeling.  Snorkeling trip was a blast.  Our guides Trillan and Devian were awesome, very attentive, especially since it was my first time snorkeling.  They made me feel so at ease.  Took pics with underwater cameras, saw tons of fish, coral, sea urchins, star fish and other fun things.  Beautiful experience!

Came back from snorkeling around 2:30 PM- just before a bit more liquid sunshine came.  We took a nap.

Got ready for dinner at Patios Patio, our reservation was booked for 7 PM.  Good service, not our favorite menu selections.  Some of the food was overcooked but I did enjoy the soup.  The side dish was not as listed on the menu and we weren’t told that it was something different.  No biggie!  Teresa was a good waitress and I even got a pic with her.  Left Patios and saw a little crab on the sidewalk, how cute.

Went upstairs in the Great House to take pics of the Aura lounge, where Ultimate plays piano.  There is a bar and disco here too.  Talked to the bartender and he told us to be sure to come back later for Ultimate and the disco.

Went back to room to journal a bit before heading back to the Aura lounge.  Aura was a great experience.  Loved Ulti, he was fun and very talented.  He had us all introduce ourselves and mention why we were at Couples.  Lots of anniversaries, birthdays, honeymooners, etc.  The bartenders even did a little singing skit for us.  They were funny!

After that we headed to the disco floor for a fun time dancing.  DJ seemed to be having some issues with his equipment, songs kept repeating but overall a good time.

Back to room to get camera and headed to the beach to take late night pics of the moon on the water.  Kev enjoyed testing out his new digital camera using the nighttime settings.  He got some awesome pictures.  Went back to the room and hit the sack.

Another AWESOME day at Couples Swept Away!

 

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