It was an awesome week of beaches, sand, sun, food and family time. With all of us going to work or school at one time or another during the year, it is really rare that we get to hang out as a family for longer than a week or two at a time. It was great to have nothing to worry about, no errands to run for an entire week, and just enjoy it.
We spent quite a lot of time on the beach, and I have gotten very very dark. Yea, I might even pass for a brown person, skin colour wise. lol... My dad got a pretty bad sun burn on the second day, and had to stay out of the sun for most of the trip.
The beach was gorgeous!! The water was so clear and there were so many fishes!!!!! They would just swim around your feet, and kind of "nimble" at it. LOL.... I think I even saw a barracuda!!! Reminded me of scuba diving in SE Asia.
The food was really good. So many exotic fruits and foods to try. It was mostly all-you-can-eat buffets, but we had three a-la-carte dinners included in our package also, for some variety. Not to mention the Cuba waiters weren't too hard to look at and are really friendly. ;) Since me and my sisters were probably one of the few Asians in the entire resort, I think we were easily recognizable. People kept asking me if I knew I looked like Lucy Lui. I think it's cuz Lucy Lui is the only famous Asian woman they know... cuz I certainly don't think I look like her. LOL.... Nonetheless, the compliment is much appreciated.
O yes, alcohol was FREE. Have as many cocktails, beer, wine, champagne as we liked. It was like juice! :P
We were going to buy a bottle of water in the gift store, but realized that it was probably more worth it to buy rum.
Bottle of 1.5L of water = $2.20
Bottle of 700mL of rum = $3.30
My only complaint is the MOSQUITOES. Apparently, I am the tastiest person in my entire family. I know this because I get an average of nine bites every time we venture out at night. grrr.... I have lost track of how many I got, but I'm guestimating it to be around 70 bites on the entire trip. :(
It was a fantastic trip, and I was sad to leave the fantasy world and come back to reality. Everyone was so easy going there. I'm going try to adopt more of an "hakuna matata" attitude. No worries :)
Anyway, that's a quick recap. More to follow if I have time in the next few days before the trip to Montreal with my girls!! :) Here are a few of my favourite pics from the trip!! Enjoy.
Hasta la vista, CUBA! :)
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