DAY
7 – Thursday January 20, 2017:
This morning, I had a third opportunity to sleep in,
which really means Dave and I didn’t have to get up very early. Still, I was awake just after 8:00 am, and I
woke Dave just before 9:00 am. After
breakfast, we came back to our room and changed into our swimsuits. Our intention was just to lounge by the pool
and swim a little while Brent and James played at the “Bavaro Adventure Park”
all day today.
To tell you the truth, I was more than ready to just
“gear down”; I had been so busy for the last three days, I was pooped from all
the unusual activity – not that I minded, however. After we’d spent a couple of hours at and in
the pool, Dave wanted to go back to our room to rest. He asked me for my key card, but I told him
that I didn’t want to give it to him; he should have remembered his own. So, he left (in a huff) while I stayed at the
pool, reading my book. Later, we both
found out that neither of our key cards worked any longer and we were confused
as to why.
When we saw Brent and James later in the afternoon,
apparently, the same thing had happened to them. Brent told me that he thought there must have
been some confusion about our check-out date – that the maids thought, for some
strange reason, that we were checking out today instead of tomorrow. I have no idea how they got that idea.
I guess it was about 4:00 pm when we all decided we
had to go to the beach. After all, you
don’t come to a place like the Dominican Republic and not swim in the ocean, at
least once! So, we spent a couple of
hours at the very large beach area nearby.
It must stretch for a few miles in each direction! James and I swam out to the buoy line (the
area cordoned off for safe swimming).
Still, the waves were pretty big and I believe the tide was high at this
time of day. James stayed in the water
for quite a while and had a grand old time playing in the surf after I got out
of the water. Dave and I left before
Brent and James around 6:30 pm because they wanted to play football (catching
and throwing) on the beach. Meanwhile,
Dave and I went back to our room to change back into our clothes and then went
to eat dinner at the buffet, as usual.
However, when we got back to our room after dinner,
I started to feel ill and lay down on my bed to try and relax. Soon though, I had to get up and run to the
washroom where I experienced nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Thank God, it didn’t last long though. I then took a quick shower to refresh myself
– the second one I’d taken today. After
that, for some curious reason, I felt better.
I had to rinse my pants out because of the vomiting, but there was only
a tiny amount of it on my pants, so the rinsing was easy to do. I hung up all my wet stuff – towel, bathing
suit, and wet pants - on the balcony railing so that I could pack my completely
dry clothing tomorrow morning except for the towel, which belongs to the hotel. We have to check out of here by 9:45 am, and
we’re getting a ride to the airport at 10:45 am. Our Air Transat flight leaves at around 2:00
pm (local time) and we will be back in Toronto by around 6:00 pm (Toronto time). We will lose one hour on the way home to
Toronto.
We’ve had a great time here in Punta Cana, Dominican
Republic for the past week and we will definitely be back here again sometime
in the future. I have no idea when that
will happen or who’s paying for the next trip, but we will be back. I loved it here and I know that Dave, Brent
and James loved it as well. It was so
much better than our vacation three years ago in Jamaica! In fact, I don’t think we could compare that
vacation with this one. There is a world
of difference between them! We are so
happy that we spent our vacation this year at this brand new resort: the “Luxury Bahia Principe Fantasia”. There are other hotels in this resort, but
this resort is outstanding overall.
copyright 2017 - Anne Shier
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