Unfortunately something really horrible has happened :( We're not going to Download Festival after all - its sold out.
I feel like kicking myself! Because work are cutting back on alot of hours, we didn't wanna risk not being able to afford our flat so we were going to buy the tickets 3 weeks before, we had no idea it was close to selling out! In 2006 they announced on the main website news feed like 2 weeks before that they were getting close to selling out! This time, they didn't even announce it they just posted on the forums that they'll be gone in the next 24hours! I'm fuming really, they should have gave more warning. I've only got myself to blame :(
Anyway, because our only planned holiday for this year has been fucked up, we've decided to keep saving our money and we're gonna go on a nice holiday at the end of the year instead. Hopefully somewhere like the Dominican Republic is on the cards again, not sure though we're gonna see what deals there are closer to the time :)
Everything is reminding me of Download, even the normal horrible British weather which we get all year round reminds me of it. "Oh its raining again... it always rains at Download too" :/ Also I can't even listen to music without feeling gutted lol Right now I just keep telling myself that our holiday will be epic and remembering all the good times from 2009.
I think when we go on holiday this time it will be alot different because we have lived together for a year now so we're more used to eachothers company, but when we went to the Dominican in 2009 it was a bit strange and we argued quite a bit too. Also we know what to expect now aswell, and we'll definitely be brining ALOT more sun cream hahaha
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Saturday, 19 May 2012
Saturday, 12 September 2009
First post.. ohh yeeeaahh
Howdy all,
So, my first post :) Well lets use this time to get some things out there..
Yours truly has just arrived back off holiday 2 days ago, had the best time ever ^_^ Went to the lovely Riu Bambu in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic for 2 weeks, and am still yet to upload the photos to Facebook. Dunno whats got into me, im guessing it has something to do with me taking like... 900 or something stupid :S haha.
Well, I would defo recommend everyone to go there, but if you do make sure you go AI, its VERY expensive over there.
We did 4 excursions all in all, Outback Safari, Dolphin Funtastic, Saona Island and Reef Explorer. Had an excellent time and would recommend them all :)
Outback Safari was great, got to meet some of the locals and see how coffee, chocolate and mamajuana is made, we then got to taste what they had just made! But be warned.. the taste is disgusting :P haha
Dolphin Funtastic was good too, we kissed a dolphin, then got the dance with him and feed him. Also we made him jump over a bar which was fun. Also they had Sea Lions there and we got a kiss off one too :) Got some great pics will upload them eventually.
Saona Island, well words can't even describe how beautiful it is ^_^ We travelled there on a catamaran which was awesome, just chilled in the sun in the middle of the Caribbean Sea :) spent about 3 hours at Saona and dinner and drinks were all free, then we were taken (in a speedboat) to a natural bath about a mile off the shore. Surprisingly it was quite shallow, only about 5/6ft deep. It was unbelievable, there were starfish just chillaxin at the bottom, and we got to hold them and we took pics (also will be uploaded, eventually) ^_^ Oh and we got to feed Piranas! (From the safety of the speedboat.. haha safety?)
And finally Reef Explorer, my favourite out of all the excursions :) We were taken to the south coast (Caribbean Sea were its warm) and brought out on a speedboat to a platform in the middle of the sea, about 2 miles out. There were 6 activities available and we could choose what we wanted when we wanted if we wanted lol :P
First we did Snorkelling (masks snorkel and flippers were given to us) and we swam all around the coral reefs. I couldn't believe how many fish there were, hundreds.. thousands even! We took bread in with us and fed them from our hands, but it was rather awkward cause i'd never swam with flippers before lol
Then we went and had some lunch, well.. i say lunch i had 1 butty and some pineapple lol. All free again which was good. Next we went into the enclosure which had the GIANT stingrays, 18 in all. Got my pic taken (soom to be uploaded), and then had a swim with them. Without knowing it, we ventured into the enclosure with the sharks in, but it was all cool they were just chillin on the bottom lol.
Before we knew it 4 hours was nearly up, so I got in my last activity.. the one i think i might need again right now haha.. free massage :) mmm it was brilliant! lol The other activities included Kayaks, sun loungers and floating loungers which go on the sea.
The activities at the beach on our resort were cool too, all non motorised watersports were free, so we made good use of them :) First we did Kayaks.. fucking shit myself I did haha. Ive used Kayaks in a lake before but the sea is totally different, nearly fell off like a million times lol. Then me and Dean hired a peddleboat, also rather scary haha. On the last day we got Snorkels.. but to our dissapointment there weren't many fish :/ oh well lol
Oh and the shows in the Riu Bambu were awesome too! I've just noticed this blog entry is like a total essay, so ill slow down now lol. The animácion team work so hard but they don't show it, they all look like they're having so much fun and are always very friendly. They have a different show everynight.. i can't even choose which was my favourite! lol
Anyway, on to other matters.. I enrolled for Uni today, got my student card which means im officially a student as of today LOL. Dreading Monday (the day i start) .. really worried I'll hate it, or I'll hate the people, or I'll be the only girl or something oh dear lol
And on to sad news, poor little Otto died while we were away :( He was very old anyway though, I think we were all expectin it to be honest. Also someone from Deans family died while we were away too :( Needless to say, we didn't come home to a happy environment understandably. I feel sorry for Dean, he was so happy to be home, and that was what he was told in the car on the way back :/ he's ok though
xx
So, my first post :) Well lets use this time to get some things out there..
Yours truly has just arrived back off holiday 2 days ago, had the best time ever ^_^ Went to the lovely Riu Bambu in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic for 2 weeks, and am still yet to upload the photos to Facebook. Dunno whats got into me, im guessing it has something to do with me taking like... 900 or something stupid :S haha.
Well, I would defo recommend everyone to go there, but if you do make sure you go AI, its VERY expensive over there.
We did 4 excursions all in all, Outback Safari, Dolphin Funtastic, Saona Island and Reef Explorer. Had an excellent time and would recommend them all :)
Outback Safari was great, got to meet some of the locals and see how coffee, chocolate and mamajuana is made, we then got to taste what they had just made! But be warned.. the taste is disgusting :P haha
Dolphin Funtastic was good too, we kissed a dolphin, then got the dance with him and feed him. Also we made him jump over a bar which was fun. Also they had Sea Lions there and we got a kiss off one too :) Got some great pics will upload them eventually.
Saona Island, well words can't even describe how beautiful it is ^_^ We travelled there on a catamaran which was awesome, just chilled in the sun in the middle of the Caribbean Sea :) spent about 3 hours at Saona and dinner and drinks were all free, then we were taken (in a speedboat) to a natural bath about a mile off the shore. Surprisingly it was quite shallow, only about 5/6ft deep. It was unbelievable, there were starfish just chillaxin at the bottom, and we got to hold them and we took pics (also will be uploaded, eventually) ^_^ Oh and we got to feed Piranas! (From the safety of the speedboat.. haha safety?)
And finally Reef Explorer, my favourite out of all the excursions :) We were taken to the south coast (Caribbean Sea were its warm) and brought out on a speedboat to a platform in the middle of the sea, about 2 miles out. There were 6 activities available and we could choose what we wanted when we wanted if we wanted lol :P
First we did Snorkelling (masks snorkel and flippers were given to us) and we swam all around the coral reefs. I couldn't believe how many fish there were, hundreds.. thousands even! We took bread in with us and fed them from our hands, but it was rather awkward cause i'd never swam with flippers before lol
Then we went and had some lunch, well.. i say lunch i had 1 butty and some pineapple lol. All free again which was good. Next we went into the enclosure which had the GIANT stingrays, 18 in all. Got my pic taken (soom to be uploaded), and then had a swim with them. Without knowing it, we ventured into the enclosure with the sharks in, but it was all cool they were just chillin on the bottom lol.
Before we knew it 4 hours was nearly up, so I got in my last activity.. the one i think i might need again right now haha.. free massage :) mmm it was brilliant! lol The other activities included Kayaks, sun loungers and floating loungers which go on the sea.
The activities at the beach on our resort were cool too, all non motorised watersports were free, so we made good use of them :) First we did Kayaks.. fucking shit myself I did haha. Ive used Kayaks in a lake before but the sea is totally different, nearly fell off like a million times lol. Then me and Dean hired a peddleboat, also rather scary haha. On the last day we got Snorkels.. but to our dissapointment there weren't many fish :/ oh well lol
Oh and the shows in the Riu Bambu were awesome too! I've just noticed this blog entry is like a total essay, so ill slow down now lol. The animácion team work so hard but they don't show it, they all look like they're having so much fun and are always very friendly. They have a different show everynight.. i can't even choose which was my favourite! lol
Anyway, on to other matters.. I enrolled for Uni today, got my student card which means im officially a student as of today LOL. Dreading Monday (the day i start) .. really worried I'll hate it, or I'll hate the people, or I'll be the only girl or something oh dear lol
And on to sad news, poor little Otto died while we were away :( He was very old anyway though, I think we were all expectin it to be honest. Also someone from Deans family died while we were away too :( Needless to say, we didn't come home to a happy environment understandably. I feel sorry for Dean, he was so happy to be home, and that was what he was told in the car on the way back :/ he's ok though
xx
Thursday, 5 March 2009
Things I can't wait for...
- Bed time ina min! lol
- Dominican Republic in Aug! - 2weeks n its already booked yaaay
- Sonisphere in Aug! - Be a change from Dload, its gonna be awesome! Finally I will get to be at a festival with MORE THAN 1 OTHER GIRL! Sausage fests are good, but I need people to talk to! haha =D
- Mine & Deans 5 year Anniversary! - I remember our 5month anniv like it was yday. Me n Leah wer sitting on Deans bed n we worked it out lol Then we ate Deans old chip barm i think. :P
- Roller Disco soon! - Woooo Helens Party is gonna rule, I'm gonna get loads of pics.. Ill look fab! =D
- Being made redundant in April! - Woooo no more poopy work lmao
- The weekend - my first days off in what seems like months!
- Summer - I'm gonna make this one a Summer to remember ^_^ I wanna go camping, or on another boat trip! lol
Anywho, Bleh, time for bed now lolz
- Dominican Republic in Aug! - 2weeks n its already booked yaaay
- Sonisphere in Aug! - Be a change from Dload, its gonna be awesome! Finally I will get to be at a festival with MORE THAN 1 OTHER GIRL! Sausage fests are good, but I need people to talk to! haha =D
- Mine & Deans 5 year Anniversary! - I remember our 5month anniv like it was yday. Me n Leah wer sitting on Deans bed n we worked it out lol Then we ate Deans old chip barm i think. :P
- Roller Disco soon! - Woooo Helens Party is gonna rule, I'm gonna get loads of pics.. Ill look fab! =D
- Being made redundant in April! - Woooo no more poopy work lmao
- The weekend - my first days off in what seems like months!
- Summer - I'm gonna make this one a Summer to remember ^_^ I wanna go camping, or on another boat trip! lol
Anywho, Bleh, time for bed now lolz
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