Waking up with a major travel day completed is a great thing. Waking up to an all-inclusive sunny resort on someone else’s dime with nothing but time to spare? Now that’s marvellous! The kids were amped to explore and play and so were we.

After a breakfast buffet feast we decided to attack the beach. Thankfully Deanna’s soya allergy was dutifully noted by the chef/kitchen earlier so there was no concern there. We were basking in the sun with full bellies and big smiles in no time. I sneaked away to explore some free cabana drinks and catch up on skateboard magazine reading while Dee kept a safe eye on the kids from the comfort of her lounge chair. Some people say it takes time to find your groove whilst resort living; seems we found ours really quickly!

After some proper static sand stationing we opted to partake in a glass bottomed boat tour of the shoreline. Unfortunately the reef in our area wasn’t touted as the best and it wasn’t. This said, it was neat for the kids to observe the undersea on their terms… so comfortable in fact that both kids fell asleep mid-trip and we set them up to slumber on some loungers post ride. As the sun set we had nothing more to do except reflect upon our great first day, enjoying our pace slightly above that of a snail 😉

– Jimmy

Rhys’ definition of “seize the day”: