Trip Report

Hedo Amigos, Hedonism III, 28 Apr - 5 May 2001  

Had a great time on my third trip to Hedo III at the end of April.  Prior to the trip, courtesy of Bonnie and Noah I got in touch with the Hedo Amigos and so had a ready made group friends to meet at the resort.  This is a super idea and I recommend it to all.  

I also recommend bringing down a backpack of books and school supplies.  Got the idea from Dennys board, wasnt hard to carry, and the front desk folks were very happy when I said, You collect supplies for the schools dont you, heres some.  Considering how many people go through II and III each year, if we all did that on each trip, no school child in Jamaica would lack for supplies.  

Trip down was the usual.  Flight from BWI uneventful.  The transfer at Sangster was noteworthy for being the fastest turn-around Ive had in 9 trips.  The SuperClubs people literally had us walking straight from the Customs line to the bus and taking off for Runaway Bay.  Could not have been more than 8 minutes.  I had to change into shorts in the back of the bus!  

Wont do a day by day.  The good things were:  

            Kim and Jim, Bonnie and Noah, Chuck and Harriet, Denise and Randy, Cindy and Rog, Eldad and Sharon,  Ellen and Rob and others I (sadly, Im sorry) cant quite remember.  You were all the finest friends Ive ever partied naked with (you know what I mean).  Also, Max the dive master, Suzette, Anne-Marie and Serena at the nude bar, Marvelena in the DR, Chuck on Piano, Crazy Sean, Treasure, Lacy, Tina Turner and of course Fantasy (especially Fantasy) the coordinators.  Vladimir, Stephanie and the whole Circus crew.  

            Room in the 300 building on the Quad.  Fine accommodations.  Hot tub crowd noisy till 4 or 5 very night (I mean morning), but the AC unit hum drowned it out.  No problem I can recall from disco noise.  

            The dives were good, although the reef is showing the effects of lots of tourists, and the general over-fishing by hungry locals (cant blame them).   The dive boat is very fast, and since the sites are usually within a quarter mile or less, there is almost no waiting to get from dock to reef.   

            The nude pool volleyball games, especially when Sharon served!!   Kim, youre secretly related to Gabrielle Reece arent you?  A sex swing was up most evenings at the nude pool (was still up in the mornings anyway).  The sex police stopped one couple from initiating it at 3:30 in the afternoon the first day.  After that it seemed to go up in the evening and come down again shortly after sunrise.  Truth or Dare took place, numerous body shots and some other PDAs (I usually excused myself when that started up).  

            The trapeze was a rush as always, the most fun you can have with pants on!  The group of  (From my perspective) young athletes who learned flight, catch and return did super.  The show was especially enjoyable because I had practiced with them and knew how hard they had worked to be able to pull off their stunts.  Stephanie is the second most awesome woman there.  

            PJ night, almost the whole nude beach group was present in PJs, and about 4 token couples from the prude side.  Toga night was well attended, though some did show up in street clothes.  Ellen, congrats on winning best female toga!  Masquerade night looked like a re-play of PJ night as far as participants went.  Ellen was the best Belly-Dancer (in my humble opinion).  

            The karaoke nights were well attended, with Ramona and Looann both singing beautifully.  Ramona, I think was the Debbie Harry sound alike on Heart of Glass, a great number.  Piano bar was also a lot of fun, although not so many people seemed to be getting into singing.  

            The food at Pastafari and Munahana was excellent.  Scotch Bonnets jerk chicken and pork were also great.  I only took dinner in the DR once.  Not bad, but not exceptional.  Breakfasts there  were always good though.  Scotch Bonnet and nude grill for all lunches who could need more?  

            Kim, on behalf of all the guys we stacked the crowd with for Miss Nude Hedonism, let me apologize again for clapping at the wrong time.  You should have won first place.  What can I say, were guys, we dont follow directions.  You were the life of the party all week, my dear.  Jim you are one lucky SOB.  

            What was not so good?  

            Tried to get people on the bus talking during the trip out, no one responded.  All first time couples so they were probably just wondering who the crazy single guy was.  

            About half the crowd at the nude pool seemed intent on doing nothing but cluster up and talk to each other, the ladies avoided getting there makeup wet and the guys although seeming fit, never attempted to join the volleyball games.  One even tried to through the ball into the ocean once when it splashed near him.  Real mature behavior there!  Later in the week Crazy Sean tried mightily but couldnt get any of this bunch involved in games, a real downer in my book.  If you have no spirit the best ECs wont be able to get things going; the guests have to play along too.  Those of us who did had a marvelous time.  The rest of you know who you are.  

            Same remark for the piano bar.  Chuck was playing and singing his heart out, and there were people literally trying to talk over him.  No requests, no volunteering to sing.  If you dont want to play along, why be in the piano bar?  Hang out at the Main bar and drink, and you can talk without having to shout over the guy at the piano.  

            Quad pool bar closes way too early.  You can make drink runs to the nude pool bar (I made two one evening to general acclaim) but it seems they could keep the quad bar open.  If they think it keeps noise down, they are wrong, so why inconvenience everyone?    

Overall:  

            All told a marvelous vacation, and Im looking forward to the next one.  (First timers, you need to loosen up earlier.  Some nights I could sense folks were just this close to really getting wild, but not quite.)  

            Demographics note, Im a 48 year old single male, have always visited single and had a good time.  I think the couples I hung with enjoyed the company, and no, I didnt get involved with anyone this trip.  I do plan to bring a girlfriend in future, as the single male: single female ratio was 4:0 on the nude side and about 4:1 on the prude side.  

                        George, (aka Par38Diver to Hedo Amigos)