After a rambunctious first night, day two started a bit sluggish. Since it was our first full day
we decided to spend a majority of our time in the sun, sand and water...plus, we needed to
work on our tans for the wedding.
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| Greg and Tom walking about the Excellence grounds |
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| The gang hit the pool early |
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You could reserve a little beach hut on the sand
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Matt, Tom and Greg grabbed a late breaky while the rest of the crew participated in aqua aerobics, one of many of the resort’s daily activities. High on our activity list for the weekend are Latin Dance lessons and rifle shooting.
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| Tom, Greg and Matt dined at The Lobster above the pool |
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| The gang stretches for Aqua Aerobics |
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| Tim, Garrett and Mo throwing blows during Aqua Aerobics |
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Ring around the rosies...
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After the morning exercise, we bounced back and forth from
the beach to the pool bringing a lively group wherever we went. Eventually, we settled into a portion of the
lazy river where a few friendly staff obliged us with fruity shots, endless
Coronas and a small selection of appetizers.
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| Lauren and Matt showing off the latest in eye wear and hat fashion |
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| The gang |
In the evening we had the wedding rehearsal and rehearsal
dinner. Fingers crossed the perfect
weather holds up because the setting at the rehearsal was gorgeous – white sand,
turquoise water and pinkish, bluish sunset sky.
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| The bridesmaids |
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| The groomsmen preparing for a free kick |
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| The bride and groom |
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| The wedding party |
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| The Avol clan at the rehearsal dinner - Happy 60th Birthday Ed! |
If the all-inclusive drinking and eating everything and
anything you want didn’t sell you on the Excellence resort than perhaps the special
edition Michael Jackson tribute show would.
Yep, the resort puts on a 45-minute fully choreographed dance show featuring
top hits from Michael Jackson’s catalog.
The dance sequences were bridged by stimulating videos of the King of
Pop’s best moments, quotes and inspiring tributes. As you can imagine, this was a big hit with
our group.
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| Michael Jackson tribute concert was a big hit with resort guests |
There’s only one place to go after getting MJ’s beats into
your system and that’s straight back to the resort’s dance club, Alegria! Tom returned to his role as bartender this
time bringing props for added entertainment.
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| Tom, Dustin and Mike enjoying some stogies |
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| The group enjoying another night at Alegira |
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| Matt, Angry Mo and Greg |
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| You can stand under my umbrella, ella, ella, ella! |
With some careful negotiations with resort security and management, we received the green light for a late night game of beer pong. Ella and Cameron took on Greg and Matt while Tom, Erik, Krista and a few friends from the club looked on. After a hard fought battle the match ended in a draw and we celebrated with a group swim.
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| Matt, Cameron and Ella preparing for the beer pong showdown |
Day three is the big wedding day so stay tuned...
Hi from Irvine, CA Sounds like you're all having a blast. All of us Family & Friends back home are following the fun vicariously! Congrats to Mr. & Mrs. Dustannah....or is it Hannustin.... We're looking forward to reading about the wedding and post-fun.
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