We are back from our honeymoon at the Iberostar Hacienda Dominicus, Bayahibe, La Romana Dominican Republic.

We did have a blast scuba diving :)

I don't have any of the underwater pictures back yet.. took 6 cameras :)

so total. we took 2400 digital pictures, 6 underwater camera's with 27 pictures each, and approximately 45 digicam video's. :)

and STILL Had time to have a phenomenal time!! the vacation was unreal. Paradise is exactly where we were. I cannot recommend this place enough. We will be returning, many many times!


Here are a (few) pictures...



Our first day at the resort. This was taken at the beach, near the lighthouse beach bar. I was standing on Coral Reef that has turned to rock, it is no longer submerged in the Caribbean Sea.


A photo of the Lighthouse Beach Bar. The sea was crystal clear, was like swimming in a pool :) the fish were amazing as well :). BTW there were alot of topless sunbathers. I will not post any of that, as it is considered pornography. But I do have quite a few pictures :) heh heh


Kimberly and I at the beach bar. I was becoming a lush, drinking those fufu fruity drinks overflowing with Dominican rum :). My favorite for the trip - Pina Colada's :)

This was a beach bar-b-cue of sorts :). The meal consisted of lobster, prawns, clams, oysters, squid, some type of fish, straight macaroni, a tomato sauce with Caribbean seasonings, probably other things as well heh heh I ate two plates!


Kimberly and I on our way to the Gourmet restaurant. Since we were on the 7 day trip, we were able to eat at the specialty restaurants 3 times. the rest of the time we ate at the buffet :). This particular night, we went to The Colonial and I ate broiled lobster tail and Kimberly had some Chicken dish. I could post the pictures of the meal, it was 5 star.


Figure you all need to see my fat butt laying out on the beach. This is the good life I gotta tell ya. I did get a little burnt :p but it was sooo darn worth it :)

Catalina Island. This is an island South of the Dominican Republic. Kimberly and I took a charter to it, had lunch, did some snorkeling and enjoyed the sun. I took quite a few pictures here as well :). The island has quite a history with pirates, there was a sign posted with a history. As it is now, the island is a national park for the Dominican Republic.


The pool bar. We only swam in the pool one time. Imagine that huh.. heh heh. The beach is where it's at, I don't mind the sand and the ocean water was warm and clear. I could snorkel right off the beach at the coral reef.


Another dinner reservation, this time at the Japanese restaurant, La Geisha. I thought these were nice pictures of us, so decided to post :)

Swimming in the sea


Yeah, I got her top off :D! she wouldn't come outta the water though lol


:) nothing to say here

Taken just outside of our room, in the direction of the pool and beach. The hotel grounds are immaculate.


Kimberly and I went scuba diving. This is us with our instructor, Stefan. We did a 50 minute dive off the coast of Bayahibe on natural coral reef. Amazing is one word to describe it, I used two underwater cameras here.


Snorkeling at Catalina Island. There was a 30' rock bluff overlooking the bay. Under this bluff was a reef with some beautiful wildlife. Kimberly was out with me some, but at the time of this picture, was on the beach photographing me and I was on my way in to prepare to leave the island.

The main pool with bar. There is actually 3 pools. The Main one is the largest, and of course has the bar. There is also one with a volleyball net and basketball hoops in it, and a third that is very shallow for smaller children.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLnk7TJ8kME

Enjoy the video :D. short but I like it

Jay, I would really LOVE to see these photos, however all I see is: 'user posted image' and when I click 'view image' the page tells me this:

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The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.

Additionally, a 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

Please check the URL for proper spelling and capitalization. If you're having trouble locating a destination on Yahoo!, try visiting the Yahoo! home page or look through a list of Yahoo!'s online services. Also, you may find what you're looking for if you try searching below.

So, I am sure it is not something you did, it looks as if Yahoo servers are having a problem. But I do look forward to seeing these when they are up!! From your text, it sounds as if you two had an absolutely awesome time!

Yep :( geocities is having issues.. that is where all the images are hosted.

I need to come up with a better way to host images heh heh. :)

I see them!! OMGosh Jay, they are wonderful! You two look so happy and like you are having so much fun!! :D

wow, what a fantastic trip you had!!! :bouncy: it looks lovely there, i want to go someday :)

Looks like you had a fantastic trip! :bouncy: Great pictures!