Mark & Randee - 05/99

OK, I admit it. My girlfriend and I went to Hedo this past May and I
promised that I would deliver a trip report upon my return. I have been
basking in the thoughts of Hedo as well as enjoying all the new trip
reports, without giving my/our tales of adventures. It's time to come clean.

Let me preface this report with saying that we would like to be elected as
the welcoming committee for "First time Hedo travelers".

ANY first timers, please feel free to write us and we will be more then
happy to give answers to all your concerns...... Which since we are back
now, we have no concerns...

Background on us:
Kind of average people, with pretty average jobs that live pretty average
lives. We don't necessarily turn heads when we walk, but we don't make
people scream either?
<Side bar>>>> We saw big people, little people, old people, young people,
but something we never saw at HEDO was unattractive people.... Can't quite
explain it to the people that have never been there, but once your there,
everybody is exactly the same < Beautiful people having fun>

Summary of the days leading up to the trip:
Oh my god!!! I'm going to be at a nekid resort, eating dinner in the nude? I
can't believe we are going through with this? We'll probably be forced into
kinky swinging, with people we don't even know? Is it too late to switch to
the Grand Canyon?

Leaving for Hedo:
Airport, Plane, takeoff, landed.... Nuff said......... If anybody wants a
detailed report on flying there, write us....

Arrived at HEDO:
Arrived at the front desk at 8:30pm Thursday < TOGA> night. Hey, is that a
girl with her top off getting her picture taken?
Check in was a breeze.
<Side bar>>>> If there's a lot of people checking in at the same time, WRITE
FAST.... We beat everybody and were on our way in minutes...

Find the room:
Room 2251 Mr. Smith.. It's "that-a-away" Hey man, I have no clue where
this room is? Do you expect me to walk through this big crowd of half
dressed people having the time of their lives just to find my
rooooooo........ WOW, look at that group? HONEY, let's find the room quick,
and get back down here...8)

Room:
OK, we found it in about 10 minutes. I couldn't focus on the map in the
dining room? THIS PLACE IS GREAT!!!!!!!!!
OH NO.. 2 sheets on the bed for Toga night. We have never tied Togas before?
Back to the dining room for 10 minutes of power drinking and some
inspiration, then back to the room for some new found Greek intelligence....
GOSH my girlfriend looks lovely? What's happening to me??????

First hour at HEDO:
Something is happening to me? Everything I thought I was worried about, I
can even remember now?
<Side bar>>>> During our first 20 minutes at the Toga party, my girlfriend
went to stand up and get some more (food/drink??) who really knows, but when
she did, her TOGA fell right off on the floor!!! Did I mention that we have
never been to a place like this before? It was just too funny because some
guy wearing only a "sock?" walking by reached down and very politely just
helped her pick it back up and smiled and went on his way.... <Did I
mention that this place is great?> <Did I mention how attractive my
girlfriend looks?> What's happening to me?

We'll just call this, the rest of the trip:
I'm sure that many of you read the trip reports with regularity, or have
just started reading them due to the fact the fact that you are heading to
Hedo for the first time, and are trying to find out the facts before going
there for the first time. This is why I think that our trip report should be
summed up in our first 1 hour at HEDO. Because it only changed for the
BETTER. If you don't go, you won't understand what we are saying.........
<Yup, another side bar>>>> We were sort of worried that we would be
approached by a lot of swinging couples trying to, "well, you know"...
Funny story of the trip though was that after 2 days there, we were sitting
by the nude pool, sort of depressed that NOBODY has asked us to do the
"nasty"????? We didn't want to, but were wondering why nobody even
approached us? All of the sudden, this guy walks up and asks us if we
swing! You never saw such happier faces even though we told him no!!! I LOVE
THAT STORY............
The best thing about HEDO was that we could do, be, act, like anything we
wanted to. We had the usually concerns about the "first timer jitters", but
that's why I stop this report after the first 1 hour we arrived! Because
that's when everything we were ever shy/concerned about went away... The
whole trip can be explained by the first night we were there. Every single
minute we spent there, made me more appreciative, and more in love with the
person I brought.... Hedo is a vehicle for us, to be open and just enjoy
little things, as well as really crazy things, that we would not be able to
ever do in our normal day to day lives.... For that, we will always look
forward to our next trip back.

Conclusion/Summary:
#1- We brought about $1,500 dollars in travelers checks/cash. We used
$38.00.. Had to have a cigar!!!!1 Don't bring a lot.
#2- We exchanged most of our money at the airport for Jamaican dollars..
Keep walking... Hedo/Jamaica excepts American money faster then we do...
#3- Don't try an drink Appletons until they run out... They won't, and you
will have a out of body experience like you've never had before....
#4- See (#3)..... Bushes hurt a lot more when you fall through them
nekid..........
#5- You can do ANYTHING you ever wanted to do at Hedo..
#6- You don't have to do ANYTHING you don't want to do at Hedo..
#7- We as first timers, never felt any pressure or had any moments when we
didn't feel right at home with the great people of Hedo..
#8- You don't have to eat dinner nekid
#9- Go to the end of the nude beach at night with the one you love... <y'all
know what I mean by that..8)>


To sum it up, we have never been on a vacation that left such an everlasting
impression on us, like Hedo has done.
At the risk of saying too much, I will just say that my girlfriend told me
that she had the best <fill in the blank> of her life there, when we were
making "Hanky Panky".
Now I can safely say, that after MUCHO Appletons, it was probably not my
technique. It was just the magic of HEDO.

If I never went, I would miss something really special in life. Nobody
knows, but the people who have been..........8)

Thanks Denny, hedofrog, hedohenery.. Remmember us <mkso713 and Punky?>

We'll see ya there sometime soon........

Mark & Randee