Monday, June 30, 2008

Backdated - November 07 Bookclub trip to Sin City

H.O.T / PRINCESS TOUR 2007

DAY 1:

5 breakfast “crunchies” & 1 black label down.... (for some of the princesses), and it’s only 09h30...... The trip begins....

The Princesses were in good spirits at the start of their tour, so much so, that when asked by a curious on-looker if we had had a good trip.....she was very shocked to hear that we were only starting off! J Curious lady thought we were on our way home, so evident & infectious was the excitement from all the Princesses.

An enjoyable, yet bumpy plane ride later, & our presence, “crowns” and all, caused quite a stir at O R Tambo.

But nothing could come close to the commotion caused by our poor shuttle driver, Christiaan, who had been standing waiting patiently for an age (I think our luggage went via Zimbabwe!) with a sign looking for “HOT BEAVERS”!!! The poor guy!

One quick stop to the nearest bottle store, and we were on the road. It was a long drive, and many drinks later, the Princesses needed to make a roadside “pit-stop”. Nothing could prepare our driver for Princesses Jax & Jayni christening the side of the road like only royalty can – in style!

Finally.....SIN CITY!!!!

Long story short,............ after a total mix up with our booking at the Cabanas, the Princesses were elevated to Royalty status, like no other, and UPGRADED to..... THE PALACE!!

Well, what could we say??? “If you must.......”

We managed to keep our composure until getting on the shuttle to, THE PALACE, after which much shrieking of joy could be heard across the resort.

We were styling!!!

Dinner: Leonardo’s for yummy pizza & pasta.

DAY 2:

Breakfast – No words can describe this breakfast.... Some idea of what was on offer to the Princesses:

Endless supply of Graham Beck Brut, oysters, sushi, Chinese crispy duck, gammon, salmon, English breakfast, Continental breakfast, fruit, pastries, PANCAKES, and so on, and so on.....


On to the Palace pool for a day of basking in the sun, playing Asshole, reading, swimming & relaxing.

Then, off to the Valley of the Waves where some of the Princesses conquered the “Temple of Courage” death-defying water slide. We have photos to prove it!

Cascades next after chilling on the beach for the arvie.....

And did we have fun on the water slide at the “heated” pool at the Cascades! The lifeguard told us we were behaving like children....and we felt like kids again too!! What fun!

18h00 – pool closed & back to the PALACE after a trip to the swing bridge, and encounters with baboons & Vervet monkeys.

Back at The PALACE, we headed up to King’s Tower for some panoramic views of the resort, while the storm clouds & lightning closed in.

After a heavenly shower, and the Princess Jax Hair Salon had closed for the evening, we tarted up for a trip to the Shebeen (which was closed for a private function)
So, off we headed to find some action......

The action started out with a VERY LATE supper at....wait for it.... the WIMPY!! (This was after every option had been exhausted trying to find a restaurant that was still open at 23h00ish)

Off to Traders for a drinkie or two..... then Silhouette for some dancing til dawn!

An excellent time was had by all, and a few of the Princesses who decided that it was way past the sleeping hour, just stayed awake.... in between trying to wake the sleeping beauty Princesses!

Ok, so by now, the Princesses have been re-named. We are now Princesses: Inga/Fart-a-lot, Fluff-a-lot, Burp-a-lot, Marge/Barbie, Pepper-lot, Bonita/Slapper, Gorgeous & Princess G2......

DAY 3:

RATHER LATE START..... tanning at Cascades, then we headed off to the Valley again but made a detour when we saw the hordes of people surfing our waves!

Back to the PALACE for some more Asshole & sunning our buns by the pool and a well needed nap for some.

Our late lunch by the pool turned into an adventure as we got caught in the mother of all thunder, lightning & torrential rain storms!

After hiding out under the pagoda until the storm had abated, we headed back to our palatial rooms for a heavenly nap....

Dinner: The RAJ

A wonderful dinner was had by all the gorgeous Princesses.... and then some of the die-hards headed for some more partying, while others had had enough of the excessive fun by then J

DAY 4:

Another sumptuous, excessive, absolutely decadent breakfast.....

Princesses headed off to do some last minute tanning, swimming and shopping before heading off into the sunset back to reality....

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