Rest & Relaxation- Part II

Since the Man and I decided on the Carribean, but didn't have a set destination, I decided to start doing some of my own research.

The first Island I liked was called Dominica. However, it's not your typical Honeymoon Island.

It is more of an "Adventure Island," with lots to do including: hiking, snorkeling, canyoning, scuba diving. I thought it would be the perfect spot for the man. Plus it was oozing with waterfalls, lush green rainforests and one of the only boiling lakes in the world(you hike up a mountain to see this). It sounded like it would be a lot of fun and I could see it being romantic as well. I saw great reviews on the beauty and friendliness of the Island. The only downfall was that it is a little underdeveloped in terms of what you'd expect for a hotel or nightlife. You aren't going to find a pampering 5 star luxury hotel here. It also didn't have a lot of beaches, but I was okay with that.

The Man vetoed Dominica once he saw that it didn't have a lot of beaches and told me the complete opposite of what he told me before, he wanted beaches. He also thought they might not have a very active nightlife, which is something we wanted as an option. So Dominica is out for our honeymoon, although I wouldn't mind going there someday. After all the positive reviews I read, it is supposed to be the "undiscovered beauty of the carribean," and I would like to check it out someday.

Next stop, Aruba. Aruba has some beautiful beaches and some amazing sunsets. Aruba has scuba diving, snorkeling, boating, historic caves, casinos, looked like it had a great nightlife, and it is not in the hurricaine belt(which is super important during hurricane season).

But, the Man found some reason to hate on Aruba too.

We were seriously considering Antigua for quite awhile. BUT, the Man decided the water wasn't "blue" enough for him and I found a horrible article on a couple that was killed while honeymooning there. I'm not gonna lie, that article killed antigua for me.

The we saw beautiful Punta Canna in the Dominican Republic.

And they had everything we were looking for in a place, but the Man, once again, found something to not like.

Are you getting tired of our indecisiveness yet? At this point, I was really getting annoyed. I wanted to find a place that we both would be happy going to, and it seemed as if the Man had become the most pickiest man alive. I would have been happy going anywhere in the Carribean with the Man, and I told him that. I left it up to him to find a spot since he was so unhappy with the choices we were making. He did a lot of research, and after finding spots and looking up reviews and prices, we finally found the "One."

We are going to Sandals Negril, located on the island of Jamaica. Yes, I know, it's in the hurricane belt during hurricane season (what are we thinking?). Don't worry, we got Travel Insurance through the resort and if anything should happen we will get a refund or get the chance to rebook our honeymoon at a later time. Secretly, I think the Man has high hopes of ridding out a hurricane together-- he's just crazy like that.

Photos of Negril-

Look at this sunset!

We chose Sandals because it is all inclusive and couples only. I'm so happy we finally settled on a place!

We tried to book through Orbitz (they have the cheapest package), but encountered a problem. We ended up calling Sandals and they matched the price that Orbitz had on thier website.

Oh August, you can't come fast enough.