Man, I really needed this....

[amnisias]

Back from holidays! I always take a week off around October time to load up on sunshine, relax and do our annual report which is due this time of the year. My batteries always tend to run low this time of the year, but this year tried hard for something extra-special just before I was due to go away, and with crisis at work piling up I got 'this' close to actually not going away at all... But in the end me, my laptop and the excel spreadsheet went off as planned, and boy - did I need this.

The last few years I stayed closer to home and went to Tunesia, Marocco or the Cap Verde Islands, but this time I splurged out for a week in a luxus resort in the Dominican Republic, and it was worth every dime. Very small, very quiet. lovely palm beach and pool, spacious room with a patio with direct pool access, healthy but yummy food and really lovely staff. The hotel consists of a number of houses dotted along a lagoon-shaped pool in a big, well maintained tropical garden providing ample privacy if one wants it. Given that

....Apart from a few hours of work in the late afternoons I was so lazy you wouldn't believe it - sun-bathing (under a palm-tree, thanks to the British complexion I've aquired by default), reading, going for walks on the beach, having a facial or a message, eating, swimming, --- rinse and repeat.....









Now the only problem with taking such a lovely time out is that I'll have one week's worth of work, lj commenting and TV to catch up on....Life is hard!

Comments

[serrico.livejournal.com]

Guh. That looks like an amazing vacation resort. Sounds (and looks!) like you had a fantastic time!

[amnisias.livejournal.com]

It really was a great time. I think what made it extra special was that it was off-season and the hotel was only half-full, if that. I felt like I owned the place... :)

[barkley.livejournal.com]

It looks delightfully relaxing!

[amnisias.livejournal.com]

Oh, it so was. I'm not noramally seduced by decadence and luxury - but this place really did it. I could have stayed forever...

[obsessive24.livejournal.com]

The pictures look absolutely wonderful. I'm glad you had a great time! Splurging on a lovely holiday for yourself is definitely the right way to go. ;)

[amnisias.livejournal.com]

So true - it's amazing how much less the 'crazy' at work bothers me when I'm feeling more chillaxed myself... ;)

Oh, that reminds me, I'm owing you an e-mail. No time like the present.