Shawn (age 27) & Heather (age 28) at Hedonism II, Negril Jamaica
Friday May 21st - Friday May 28th 1999
written by Shawn
…as I sit here almost three months after returning from Hedonism II I can honestly say that I’m ready to return. Immediately upon getting back the grind of everyday life (and the grind of wearing clothing) began all over again. In fact, the reason this trip report is three months and coming is due to the number of things that awaited us. Needless to say we’ve been busy but that’s a story for another time…Hedonism II is the story for today.
Pre-vacation planning & Excitement:
Well, after making all of the reservations in December of 1998, it became a matter of patience. We slowly watched the time wind down until the day finally arrived. We picked up a lot of the "suggested" items that were listed in Chris’ book as well as Denny’s website in order to help pass the time and prepare us for the vacation. Heather had a LOT of apprehension about going which sparked a few arguments between us during this time. I insisted that if she didn’t want to go that we needed to cancel before the full payment was due. We obviously decided to give it a try.
Friday May 21st:
Departure day finally arrived, though a little too soon…a little too soon in the morning that is. In order to catch our 6:00 am departure we were awakened by the villainous alarm clock at 4:30 am. We groggily rolled out of bed and got everything together. The packing was all done the night before and took longer than expected so we didn’t even get the chance to go to bed early like we had planned. We made it to the airport and caught our plane without incident. The flight was going to take us into Atlanta where we would board our connecting Air Jamaica flight. Everything was rolling along on schedule which for us is unusual. The service and hospitality on the Air Jamaica flight was wonderful…and we weren’t even in first class. I felt like a valued customer which is something I rarely feel when flying. We finally landed in Montego Bay around noon where we proceeded through the downtrodden airport to the immigration area. After about 15 to 20 minutes in line there, we were processed and on our way. We had a reservation with Air Negril to fly us to Negril and found them quite easily as we neared the exit of the airport. We were promptly wisked to a smaller runway where after waiting 5 minutes we boarded a small Cessna. Heather really likes small planes so this was indeed a treat for her. She even commented about her liking for the small planes to the pilot at which he replied that he was ready for something bigger. It was a nice flight (very scenic) into Negril and once there we again had no problem gettiing a ride to the Hedonism II resort. We arrived at the resort, walked up to the front desk, and checked in immediately. It was around 1:00 pm at this point so we went to our room (something like room 2138) where we relaxed for a little before venturing out. The room itself was something like what I expected…not luxurious but not trash either. At this point, I was ready to strip off the clothes that were weighing me down and venture out but Heather was even more nervous now that we were actually there. After a little bit, we went for a walk (clothed) in order to get an idea where everything was. It started to rain shortly thereafter so we returned to the room to review the list of events. I noticed that nude volleyball was scheduled for 4:30…and intended to play but it got rained out. It turned out that the first thing we did, as sad as this may sound, was play shuffle board. I stripped off my clothes and Heather put on a bikini in order to work her way up to the nudity aspect. There was a shuffle board on the nude beach right in front of our room so we headed there. We had a good time and it was a nice ice-breaking opportunity. After that we went to dinner and tried to decide what else to do. There wasn’t much planned that looked interesting for Friday night so we ventured to the hot tub that evening where Heather got the courage to remove her bikini top. We met the first people there that we talked to over the internet…that being Don & Xonda. They were great to talk to and really helped Heather to get comfortable with the environment. After spending some time there, we decided to head for the room, get some sleep, and prepare for Saturday.
Saturday May 22nd:
Alright, so we wake up that morning…or at least I’ll call it waking up. The first night there was not the most restful for either of us because we both appreciate peace and quiet when we sleep and it’s is anything but quiet there. The tree frogs or whatever creature makes that constant croaking sound can be downright painfull. Don’t get me wrong, it can be somewhat relaxing but when the sound is constant and continuous it gets monotonous. For a while I thought it was going to resonate in my head and cause it to explode. Anyway, I think we managed to get some sleep that night because I don’t remember being completely drained. We rose, went to breakfast, looked at the activities board, and tried to plan our day. From the looks of it though, there wasn’t a whole lot on the schedule that interested us. It was a little disappointing not having a better list of things for the day because not only was it our first full day at Hedonism but it was also our 1 year wedding anniversary. We ended up not doing much the whole day because the weather on Saturday was mostly rainy. At one point I sat in the hot tub for over an hour while the rain poured down on my head. While there, I did get to finally meet Tim (of Tim & Gail). He was wearing an umbrella hat at the time that got him beaucoup applause. Seeing that this was Time & Gail’s wedding anniversary as well, they invited us to dinner with them at pastafarri’s that night. I think there were going to be five couples there (us, Tim & Gail, Patrick & Lisa, Jamaica Jim & Nina, Angela & Dejan) and it sounded like fun. We had met everyone except Angela & Dejan at this point and looked forward to dinner. As it turned out however, we ended up having to cancel because Heather got sick from drinking too much that afternoon. We ended up in the hottub at one point and I guess Heather had enough to drink to make her comfortable with getting completely nude. She was talking with one or two guys there that kept getting her drinks without her even asking for them. After several of these, Heather was in no shape to do much but go back to the room. So unfortunately, we had to cancel on the dinner plans and never had the chance the rest of vacation to make it to dinner with the crowd. Heather ended up falling asleep while I went back out in the hot tub for another hour and talked with people. I learned quickly that the people are what make Hedo Hedo; they’re just laid back and great to chat with. After that, I turned in for the night as well. It wasn’t exactly how I envisioned our 1 year anniversary turning out to say the least.
Sunday May 23rd:
Same routine for the most part. We got up after sleeping in, proceeded to breakfast, then tried to plan out our day. The sun finally came out for some time in the morning so we took the opportunity, inflated our raft (large round yellow raft) and hit the water. Heather was still not 100% comfortable with dropping the clothes at this point but there was no way she was going to pass up the sun beating fully on her body. I on the other hand was nude in .7134 seconds exactly. After generously applying the sun lotion to every inch of our bodies (paying special attention to those areas that don’t normally get direct sunlight), we found ourselves relaxing the morning away as we floated on our rafts and got carressed by the rays of sun that we had missed up to this point. At one point, as one of the catamaran cruises were boarding, we were "anchored" at the farthest reaches from the beach near the buoy. We noticed a dark cloud rolling in but after watching it we summised that it would pass us by. BOY WERE WE WRONG. The sky opened up and we did our best imitation of a boat’s propellor. We finally made it to shore but were drenched upon getting there. It rained for a while but cleared up in time for the fish-a-prize game. The game required the player to loop the plastic piece of pipe on the end of a fishing rod over the neck of a bottle of alcohol. If you succeeded you won the bottle. It turned out that I won a bottle of rum…it was the best thing I ever caught fishing. After that they finally mustered a game of nude volleyball which I just couldn’t miss. My team lost but we had fun doing so! That night we made it to the disco where we danced for a while. After that, we adjourned to the hot tub, got nude, and relaxed for a while before heading to bed.
Monday May 24th:
Same routine. From looking at the schedule of events we realized that today was the infamous wet t-shirt contest day. We had talked about Heather entering the event but she wasn’t sure she could do it. The event came around and low and behold she did it. I was nervous for her because she ended up being held as the last contestant. I figured it must have been nerve racking for her not to just get it done and over with. Then, when she finally did make her way out onto the floor she removed her t-shirt after all of two seconds. Add onto that the fact that the adult film star Rocki Roads poured two glasses of ice water onto her bare chest and I must admit I was awfully impressed. There was my wife enjoying it…as I most certainly was doing also. It turned out that she made it into the final five and had three guys eating cookie crumbs off of her. She didn’t win but in my book she deserved it as much as Kelly (the birthday girl from Ohio) who won. Kelly had to do the blowjob shot game where she drinks shots from provocative places. She had to choose three guys and she picked me as one of them. The event turned out to be a load of fun. After that, I got into another game of nude volleyball that evening and ended up on the winning team this time. WARNING: If you wear contacts make sure you at least wear sunglasses if you are playing volleyball otherwise you could be in severe trouble…I almost got some sand in my eyes returning the ball one time…and I’m sure it wouldn’t have been a pleasant experience. From that point forward, my sunglasses stayed on my face during play. That afternoon before dinner we ended up at the hot tub again for a while. We talked with people and while we were there I noticed two young ladies (probably early 20’s) in tennis skirts walk past the hot tub. I assumed they were just gawking but they proceeded to remove their outfits and head for the hot tub. This had to be the most provocative show I had seen the whole time there. After they got out of the hot tub, I went up and chatted with them for a few minutes while they got dressed. The one explained that she had been in the truth or dare contest the day before and was quite used to the nudity by now. I have to say I can’t remember their names (this was the only time I saw them all vacation) but they were nice to talk to and the tennis outfits were an amazing touch. We also finally ran into Connie and Jonathan that night, another couple we had chatted with on the internet. They were exactly what we expected, except maybe even a little nicer. As for the remainder of the night, we went and caught the dinner show then spent some time on the nude beach laying on a hammock together. It turned out to be a wonderful day.
Tuesday May 25th:
Wake…eat…morning float on the raft under the warming sun…then the nude catamaran cruise. The cruise was great. Heather got a foot rub from one of the workers during the cruise and sold several others on getting one as well. While she was busy doing that, I dawned the snorkeling gear while we were stopped and went snorkeling (specifically nude snorkeling) for the first time. It was great. I’m not the best swimmer in the world so I was a little nervous but the experience was one no one would want to miss. There’s something about being nude in the water…especially snorkeling nude that makes you one with your surroundings. I’d recommend this to everyone! After pulling up anchor, we headed for the cliffs for some rock jumping / rope swinging. I passed on both of these but Heather and I did swim around some while we were docked and watched others jump. It was interesting but I must say, I don’t regret passing up that opportunity. Finally, we were back at Hedo and the cruise was over but it’s a fun time you don’t want to pass up. After getting back, we donned some clothes and went to the trampoline clinic. Heather gave it a try but I think she got more enjoyment out of watching me up on that confounded thing. It was fun but for the life of me I can’t understand how I didn’t end up off of the trampoline with my head stuck in the sand. That night we got dinner and prepared for the pj party. The party was a great time but what you have heard is true…the disco gets PACKED! I can’t say that I remember it being very hot inside but I do remember that you didn’t have much room to move. From there, we headed to the hot tub then called it a night. And before I forgot, congrats again to Tim & Gail for winning the best bondage costume category…I still think however that the teddy bear with the blindfold on should have gotten hedo dollars also.
Wednesday May 26th:
For lunch Wednesday, Heather and I ended up in a battle of the sexes contest. The game was men against women…it turned out to be a few different games including a scavenger hunt section, a best faked orgasm section (congrats to Amy…you were invincible), and a best gender-bender section. I unwittingly shaved before going to lunch so while participating I got picked as the best fit for the gender-bender section (a man dresses as a woman and competes against a woman who dresses like a man). I ended up in this miniskirt with pumps, a blonde wig, and lipstick. Everyone seemed to get a kick out of it. I had to practice back stage though in order to get the walk down. I introduced myself in a feminine voice as cinderella, which was used on a couple occasions the remained of vacation. It was a tough decision but after asking the audience three time for a decision the victory went to the females. I can honestly say I did the best I could without having anything permanent done. The ladies ended up winning on the last event, the faked orgasm event. Amy, the one mentioned above, was INCREDIBLE at faking an orgasm and would have beaten anyone…and I mean anyone. It was an event you wouldn’t want to miss. That afternoon was another volleyball afternoon followed by the piano bar. The night ended, as usual, after some soaking in the hot tub.
Thursday May 27th:
All I can say is "Mr. Body Motion Contest". The Thursday lunchtime spin consisted of men dancing for the women this time. There were about ten contestants, half of them being the Vinnie-type. When it was my turn to be on the floor, I walked out with just a pair of white shorts on which I removed while leaning against the stage with my back-side facing the crowd. That left me with just a grey jock strap. I danced about a third of the way around the crowd and intended on having a lady seated near the floor remove my jock strap but she didn’t get the clue. I decided to just provocatively remove them at this point and finish off in the nude. About 4 of the dancers got nude for the ladies including myself. I made it into the final five where I too had someone eat crushed cookies off of me. I didn’t finish in first either but I was a little bothered that one of the vinnies ended up winning. Even though I didn’t win I had a great time. That evening was finished off with the Toga party which also was fun but not as much fun for us as the lunch-time spins had been. We closed our final full day at the hot tub, fitting as it was.
Friday May 28th:
Time to say bye to all of the wonderful people we met at the resort, both employees and guests. Shaka and Mark were tops as far as the Hedonism staff were concerned. How they keep up that amount of energy and how they keep such a positive attitude all of the time is beyond us but they did a marvelous job. We just took it easy that morning by hitting breakfast, spending our last day out on the crystal clear waters soaking in the sun, and playing in the nude pool a little. We made our rounds in an attempt to say farewell to all of the wonderful people we met before we had to leave at 2:00pm. We would just like to say hi to some of those wonderful people here including Tim & Gail, Patrick & Lisa, Jamaica Jim & Nina, Angela & Dejan, Kelly & Steve, Eric, Dale, Connie & Jonathon, John, Amy, TJ & Becky, Dan, Jo & Terry, Clint & Lee, Don & Xonda, Mike & Debbie, and Robert & Vicky. We also want to send special thanks to the true Hedo veterans Dan & Bonnie (30+ times visiting) who shared some of their best insights with us via email before the vacation. If ever two people were a better match for one another than Dan and Bonnie are I just can’t imagine it; they truly have a bond that’s unbreakable. Here’s wishing the best for all of our new-found friends until such time we get the chance to meet again.
If you’ve heard that it’s the people that make Hedo what it is, don’t believe it. It’s the FRIENDS YOU MAKE that make Hedo what it is. Keep in touch all!
Shawn & Heather the1mage@bellsouth.net
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