Tamsin & Cooke: May 2011

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Paradisus Palma Real - Just say 'Yes, I'm going'. You'll not find a whiter beach. ...

View from my table having lunch at Gabi Beach

Gabi Beach Club

Royal Service Pool

Royal Service beach

My welcome gifts

As I've mentioned previously - I love being ahead of my time - I grew up with bucket showers in Africa - clients have balked at the thought of a hot bucket shower while on safari (of course when there they've loved them ) ..and now? Deemed as the latest spa innovation - the bucket spa shower.

Three areas to the Santuary - the fort, the colonial era and the caribbean influence .

The to-die for infinity pool overlooking the best beach - Juanillo Beach.

Private honeymoon islands - just two of them - the rooms are 5000 sq feet.

Six Senses Spa - Tortuga Bay - The only Six Senses Spa in the western hemisphere - based upon Thai treatments .

Welcome ginger tea - it was delicious

The day salon

The pool

Tortuga Bay Villas

Red Snapper BBQ lunch

A truly special part of the country - a little bit of heaven hidden in a corner of the Dominican Republic.

These villas made the inspection trip more than worthwhile. The rich and famous or just plain famous vacation here.

Sheila - I see a site inspection trip for your family.

Ooops !

This is what happens when you have more than one blog. Posted gardening news on the travel blog - now you know what I do when neither working nor travelling. If you'd like to see more visit http://www.hyronslanding.blogspot.com/
Called Hyrons Landing as I was born in Hyrons Manor, grew up in Hyrons Pardon and have 'landed' in a little piece of heaven where creative designs in live and dead mud take place at Hyrons Landing .