Honeymoon Destination...Done and Done

Anna and I finalized our honeymoon this week and we're ridiculously excited about the 11 days we're going to spend in St. Lucia. We're flying out the Monday (May 5th) after our wedding
and returning on Friday, May 16th. We thought about extended it a few days longer but decided having a weekend at home to unwind before going back to the real world would be a good idea.

Anna and I are both pretty well traveled (thanks to all the great places our parents have taken us) as well as the program called "study abroad" (although not much studying actually takes place). Because of this, we both wanted to experience something a bit different then the cookie cutter honeymoon, not that there's anything wrong with a resort with a swim up bar (Not to rub it in, but the picture linked to the swim up bar is the hotel my parents and I are staying at in Maui this November...I know, I'm rubbing it in.

If you're saying to yourself, "Where are they staying again?", then click here to read my first post on our prospective honeymoon destination and then we'll all be on the same page.

We are going to stay at the Emerald Villa for a total of 8 nights sandwiched around 3 nights on our own private sailboat with our very own captain, where we will be sailing to Martinique, which is around 6 hours northeast of St. Lucia.

It's a done deal and anyone who's looking for a vacation spot, I'd definitely check out all the options on St Lucia.

Honeymoon Destination Update

I received the following message from our trustworthy St. Lucia contact:

Hi Jackson,

"Thank you for your mail. No worries, no serious damages in St. Lucia. Even though there was no power on the island for a little bit more than 24 hours, that was only a safety measure induced by the authorities. The Lucian Government confirmed yesterday morning that everything was back to normal in St. Lucia. We even had our resident manager Andre driving all the way North of St. Lucia, where Dean got the closest to the island and everything was as if nothing had ever happened. The beach in Rodney was intact and people were enjoying the water."

So we're now making sure this is what we want to do for the honeymoon...I have this semi-obsession with Europe, which makes me second guess going to a Caribbean island for 11 days when we could be exploring Switzerland, Greece or England...

What are your thoughts...

Honeymoon Destination on Hold

Luckily, I haven't put a deposit on our St. Lucia honeymoon destination because as of today, it's getting rocked by Hurricane Dean. Hopefully all will be O.K., but I think we're going to take the "wait and see" approach:

St. Lucia is somewhere under that gigantic white spot...

Honeymoon Part Deux

If you haven't read my first installment of "The Honeymoon" (Click), check it out.This is the ONE thing I'm in charge of and by golly, I'm not going to mess it up. I'm still sticking with my original plan of a 10/11 day honeymoon including 7/8 nights in a villa and 3 nights on a sailboat. I was a bit worried for a few weeks because I didn't think this was actually going to work out, but last night I think I struck gold in one of my 1000 Google searches. Has anyone ever been to St. Lucia Island down in the Caribbean? It's a very small island (around 24 miles long by 15 miles wide) with clear water, mountains, volcano's and the required rain forest.

We will (hopefully) be staying at the Emerald Hill Villa, which has some views that are pretty ridiculous. It's an open-air house with a full kitchen, private pool, living room, etc. We plan to stay in the room for 3 nights, followed by a 3 or 4 night sail boat cruise around St. Lucia as well as Martinique, which is around a 6 hour sail from St. Lucia. The picture to the left is from the deck overlooking Marigot Bay. Once we get it completely finalized, we'll definitely let everyone know. Until then, I'll leave you with a view from the pool.

The Original Blog

Don't forget to check out my older posts at our Wedding website. The whole honeymoon location is still very much up in the air. We got the pricing on Belize and it's a bit over our budget (and by a bit I mean a lot). So we're going back to the drawing board and are accepting recommendations at this time. I've heard St. Johns, St. Lucia...anyone?