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Aaron took me on a date tonight -- we had dinner at Bellacino's and went to see HTTYD in 3-D. Even though it was an animated film, I loved it! The animation, 3-d effects and storyline was awesome and touching. I want to see it again...


Da Butler was a perfect Viking! And Goober made me laugh...

PUNTA CANA: Day 1

Friday, March 26th 8 a.m.

We are off to the Dominican Republic!

Aaron and I had a nice direct flight only we didn't sit together. That only meant I was leaning on the man next to me instead of my hubby.

We arrived in Punta Cana and right away I felt like I was going home to Hawai'i. The sun, the warmth, the dark skinned people. Even the airport had a touch of the tropics. Since our vacation was a package deal, a porter met us at baggage claim and brought us to a shuttle bus. It drove us for 20 minutes to the coast and our resort, the Natura Park Beach & Eco Resort.

We checked our room then made a beeline to the beach. PERFECT!

We could have stayed there until the sun went down -- the sun felt good on our skin and the breeze off of the ocean cooled us up - but we had to meet our tour representative for our departure info.

PUNTA CANA: Evening 1

We stopped at Bar Merenguito for a drink before the dinner buffet at Restaurant La Cana opened.

Oh a fruity drink, at last!
It's been awhile since we've gone to a buffet so needless to say we stuffed our faces. I was disappointed that it didn't include local dishes. I was looking forward to eating plantains and juicy meats. But we ate to our hearts content which meant falling asleep in the room after dinner!

We actually woke up at midnight, revived from our flight. We decided to walk around and check out the resort only nothing was open and everyone seem to be in their rooms sleeping. We did find Restaurant Media Luna open for hamburgers and fries. We hung out with the flamingos.

Then we ended our first day watching The Time Traveler's Wife on my laptop. We look forward to fun in the sun tomorrow!

PUNTA CANA: Day 2

Saturday, March 27th

I woke up later than we planned but we managed to get ready for a breakfast buffet at the Restaurant La Cana.


Guess where we headed next?


My name is Brlas, Aaron Brlas...

Just protecting my face from burn...

On with the business at hand... give me some color and a nice tan!

There were a lot of aquatic sports happening all along the beach

What is that? It's a flying zodiac! Too bad it's noisy and bad smelling of gas...

Oh yes! I participated in beach aerobics for 5 minutes - I'm the one half in the tide, sinking with every step

We made a happy discovery that we didn't have to go back to the main buffet restaurant for lunch. The Restaurant La Perla offered some kind of Paella dish which was very delicious! After several hours sleeping in the sun, Aaron felt it was time to go (due to redness and a burning sensation).

We stopped at the Bar Remojon for a cerveza! It had a cool breeze running through the bar so we hung out for awhile and read our books.


We headed back to our room for a nice shower and a short nap...



A view of our wing #2 and the surrounding gardens

PUNTA CANA: Evening 2

Once again we hung out at Bar Merenguito for drinks before having dinner at the Restaurant La Cana. We decided that to get the best food from the many selections, we needed to go to the made-to-order stations. The food was fresher and cooked to our liking.

We hung out in the room and watched Pineapple Express until the Michael Jackson Tribute event started. The Bar Cohoba was packed so we ended up going back to Bar Merenguito for more drinks. Like one drink each. The novelty of the show wore off after two dances so we headed back to the room.

And fell asleep...

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