Our Travels

Well, I don’t know if anyone will read this…but we wanted to finish what we started.

After packing most everything Jenn and I headed down for one last swim in the pool. It was about 3:30pm and we could feel the trip coming to a close.

Despite being ready to go home there is always a certain sadness when you know you will be leaving a place likely for a lifetime.

We tried to soak it all in…as well as a few Captain & Cokes 🙂

Around 4:30 we went back to the room to get ready for our last dinner.

We were ready to go around 5pm, but before dinner I took some photos of John and Libby out on the beach. After our little photo session we headed back to the room and met up with Jenn.

From there we went to the Italian restaurant. We we worried the wait would be long as there was a large group outside the door, but to our suprise we were seated immediatly.

On our way to the table however, the resort lost power. We were seated and had only the candlelight and warm glow from the orange curains to light the table. It was actually a very nice atmosphere! The waiter took our drink orders and we browsed the menu. We decided to go all out since this was our last ‘included’ dinner.

We all started with antipasti. Jenn and Libby got a cesear salad, I got pan fried shrimp and John got mussels. For our next course Jenn, Libby and John all got fetticini alfredo, while I got a spicy penne dish. For the NEXT course Jenn and Libby had a chicken dish, John had salmon and I had pork tenderloin. Needless to say, we were all about to pass out by the end.

We left the restaurant and loosened our belts. From there John and Libby had their henna tattoos refreshed while me and Jenn tried to hold in all the food.

We visisted John and Libby’s room for a bit before heading back to our room so that they could grab the laptop to email home since our cell phones weren’t working. Sometime Friday a tower went down or something as we had no service.

After John and Libby collected the laptop I went outside for a few dusk pictures of the resort. I then got the bright idea to try and get some ‘artsy’ shots of the palm trees. That turned out to be a big mistake.

I realized the lighting was too low for a handheld shot, so I decided to get creative and leave the camera on the ground facing towards the sky to get a shot of the palm trees. In doing so I was steadying myself with my elbow on the grass. After a minute or so I became aware of a stinging sensation on my arm. I at first thought it was the prickly grass irritating my skin and continued adjusting my settings. But the sensation increased in intensity so I got off the ground and looked at my arm.

My elbow was covered in tiny ants that were apparently not happy I invaded their turf and were gnawing my arm like corn on the cob. I brushed them off and went back to the room to find my elbow already swelling. Jenn applied some medicine to my arm, and I laid down sure I was just infected with some terrible venom of the killer mexican ants 🙂 Actually….I just wanted out of helping pack the remainder of the suitcases.

So that ended our Saturday. We stayed up and watched TV for a bit, but both preoccupied with the upcoming day of travel.

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