Brian & Nicole

What ever you have heard about Hedo, what you were hearing was that person's perception or opinion. And it became their truth. The only way for you to find out your truth is to go yourself and experience it. I have researched this board as much as I could in the time available before our trip, and based on what I read, I had an idea in my head what our trip would be like. I was so wrong. It was completely different that what I planned, and yet it was the best vacation we have ever had.

Let me start by how this trip came about. We are both workaholics, however I am a business owner, and it forces me to be much more responsible than my husband would like. We were coming up on our 10 year wedding anniversary, and we were able to get my mom to fly down to stay with our young daughter so we could go away. After calling around to get the rates of "other" all-inclusives, my hubby and I got into a discussion where he told me I have "forgotten how to play" and that my "inner child ran away". The next day I went into the office and had a really bad day. The travel agent called me back and I said "I want to book our vacation at Hedonism III instead." Her reply was "You do know about that place, don't you?" and I said "Not yet...but I will!" I will go to great lengths to prove a point, and my point was I wanted to PLAY! To say Brian was shocked when I informed him where we were going was an understatement! In fact it took a lot of coaxing to get him excited about the potential for fun we could have, and in the end, he was excited. I searched on the internet and found this site (sorry, I had already booked, or I would have gone through you Denny!) and the Wild Bunch's site. I joined us up with the Bunch because they sounded like SUCH a fun group. It was neat to email each other and exchange pics, and it made me feel like I had made a whole bunch of new friends. I did not realize that would work against us later.

We had a great flight, we enjoyed the bus ride, and were lucky enough to ride in with Wild Walt and Cheryl themselves! What an honor! By the way guys...thanks again for the beer! We got to the resort and the nervous anticipation of what we were going to encounter was building. We have never done the whole public nudity thing before, and we were unsure if it was our thing or not. We got to meet Robyn (you're a cool chick, Robyn!!) George took us to our room (he helped us a bunch!) and as soon as we got into the room , the first thing I did was start jumping on the bed! Wake up inner child! You're home!

We walked around a bit, got some drinks and eventually ended up at the buffett with the early arrivers of the group. Everyone was real nice, and greeted us warmth and generosity. (Brian, we really appreciated your sense of humor!) We were still a little wound tight from the real world, so I'm sure we came across as less than exciting. After dinner the two of us left the group to go exploring. The resort seemed slow and we thought that was nice... ended up at the nude hot tub in the cold rain...had lots of fun...you know who you are...thanks for the fun!

Next morning we went to the Canopy Tour which we highly recommend...it was worth every penny we paid plus some. You are swinging through the trees sometimes as far as 650 feet! Over gullys and ravines and trees and rushing water. Inner child felt like Tarzan! That took up most of the day. Went back to the room to take a nap. Island time is sinking in now. We woke up late at night and went out for more drinks and more fun.

Back to the Wild Bunch...They pretty much consume the nude side, and that is where all the wild, crazy games are. It did not take long for us to figure out this was a problem of sorts for us. You can not hang out on the nude side if you are not nude. You can not particiapate in the crazy games if you are not on the nude side. We are a couple of freaks in our own right, however it is when it is under anonymous situations. I made the mistake of becoming friendly with this group prior to the trip...and for whatever reason, I did not feel comfortable getting naked in front of people that "knew me" Even though we hadn't really met, I still feel like we lost that anonymity factor. Sound weird? I know, but that is how we felt. So then we go back to our room and I was upset because I was confused on why I chose this resort, and then it hit me. Hedo is all about OPTIONS. It's like an A LA CARTE menu...you pick and choose what the resort has to offer to make it fun for you. Not for anyone else, but you. This is where my favorite quote came to mind...

There is something for everyone at this resort. Mild, Medium, or Hot! And if you just want to sample a little of this and a little of that, it's yours for the taking. The purpose of this trip was to find that kid that keeps running away from me, have wicked sex with the most beautiful man to have put up with me for 12 years, and to remind my ticking clock that island time is much better. So, off to the trapeze we go!

If you can stand to be sober for 3 hours, you should really try the Circus Clinic! It was such a rush and sense of accomplishment. It is much harder than it looks, however the instructors were great and did not give up on me! It is a total body workout, so expect to be sore the next day! (Not to worry, Clover gives the best massage to work those kinks out!)

We met this couple, Eric and Heather, and they became the inspiration for us! They were at the level of complete bliss that we wanted to achieve. They did not walk anywhere...they skipped. They were never sober or unhappy. Eric was they funniest kid I've talked to in the longest time. To any of you that were there the same time as us, you undoubtedly know who they were, and I hope they left as much of an impression on you as they did us. And if either of you are reading this, email us because we have a picture of Heather sailing through the air!

We had so much fun at Munsana (the Japanese restaurant) We got in to a full blown wrestling match, throwing each other into headlocks and eventually ending up on the middle of the floor. We kept stealing each other's hats and running around, Brian walked into the kitchen to see if he could help, and I even hopped behind the grill to help cook. We made quite a scene, and still didn't get tossed out. Gotta love HEDO!

To sum up the rest of our trip...the staff is fabulous and the service is on island time...accept it and relax. We loved our room, and the pools and the waterslide. (The Quad is one of the best places to have PDA's without a cheering section!) We laughed when we got busted for being naked on the wrong beach (how ironic!), we met some really great people, and my inner child is laughing and promises not to leave as long as we book another trip to HEDO real soon.

Brian & Nicole - May, 2004