Tuesday, February 11 Vacation time in Punta Cana! I chose to return for the third time to the Iberostar Grand Bavaro (inexplicably also called the JOIA Bavaro now). Our previous visits were in 2024 and 2019. Southwest Vacations makes it very easy to book this trip: one click for nonstop flights, the all-inclusive hotel and …
Our 2024 return to Iberostar Grand Bavaro. In order for Barb to work on her tan and to see Allie, we returned to Punta Cana for a short winter/spring break. We let Allie bring a friend to keep her entertained. We thought it might be her boyfriend Jimmy but he ended up at a sales …
My Christmas present to the girls was a week of sun in Punta Cana, our first international trip since Covid. We originally planned to go to Aruba and I booked a nice room at the Hilton there more than six months in advance. By the time it came to buy airline tickets, we discovered that …
A record of our preparations for the music festival and vacation originally scheduled for November 2020 in Punta Cana. Getting Started For a number of years, I toyed with the idea of going on the Cayamo Cruise which annually gathered a bunch of my favorite musicians for a week in the Caribbean. The cruise was …
Barb and I took a winter break to the Iberostar Grand Bavaro in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Here we are again at an all-inclusive resort in the Caribbean. I don’t mean that to be cynical, jaded or ungrateful. It’s a pleasant exercise in over-indulgence, a test to see how much we can stand to consume, …