Saona Island Day 6

Day 6 we decided to venture off the resort to Saona Island.  This was the only trip we decided to take and it was the one recommended by our Apple Vacations Rep.  We had to get up early to catch a ride from our resort to one of the other resorts in our complex.  From there we rode a bus for about 45 minutes with the tour guide giving us a bit of history about Punta Cana.  Very interesting stories, he was our guide for the rest of the day.  When we got to the parking lot for our boat ride there were tons of people trying to sell you things and we got to experience the Dominican bathrooms for the first time this trip.  I've had much worse on my other trips to Mexico.  

You either got a speedboat ride to the island or a party boat.  Yep you guessed it we got the party boat.   

Very busy place as we waited to load the boat.

And party we did right from the moment we took off.  A little dancing and a lot of drinking.

 The water is so much calmer here and bluer.  The day was beautiful right from the start.  

They put the sails up on the party boat

We got to know more people, this guy was talking to us and mentioned that the following weekend he was going ice fishing at the Willow..... that is where my Dad lives, he was staying in a cabin right near him.  This is a small world folks.

More dancing, this party boat was worth the trip all by it's self.

This is getting close to the island, notice the blue waters.

And the closer you got the more turquoise the water was.  This is the place where they filmed The Blue Lagoon.  

We had to get off the party boat further out and get into a smaller boat.  We were almost the last to load the smaller boat and someone said their girlfriend was down in the bathroom on the party boat.  The workers didn't quite understand so I hung onto the party boat and kept telling him we couldn't leave yet.  Finally she came up and we told her it was us that waited for her, her boyfriend didn't really put much effort into it.  She became my best friend, she was a hoot.

Yep more drinks.

You hang out on this island for some lunch and drinks, both were very good.

We put our chairs right in the river up north so we did the same thing here..... after a awhile everyone else followed our lead.  This water was amazingly warm and calm.  

Palm trees, blue skies, white sand and clear waters for miles.

The girl in the chair to the right is the one we saved from the bathroom.  We hung out with them the whole day and had some more fun. 

Then we got tangled up with 4 younger kids that were on their honeymoon.  This girl (I can't remember her name) she was so loaded, she made up laugh and she took a liking to us.  He husband would end up taking care of her drunkin butt for the rest of the trip.  He was amazing and she was hilarious.  

She thought John needed a head wrap to protect him from the sun.  (too late honey)

I love this picture of Kathy, it sums up our whole vacation.  

Two of the best vacation travelers ever!!

Drunkin girl wanted to try my camera..... well drunkin me let her and she was standing in the water.

At least I have pictures of both of us.  They might be a bit goofy

We match :)

Those insulated cups are a must wherever you go.  It's hot and the drinks get warm really quick.  

We found this thing in the water so I had to have my picture taken with it.

We aren't sure what it was but it was very picky and they told us to leave it in the water.

When it was time to go back we got to take the speedboat.  The hardest place to sit is the front.... yep that was me.  We stopped at another location to find starfish.

It was alive and they coach you to only take it out of the water for a quick picture and then put it back.  This is the famous starfish pose. 

Touching a starfish was pretty cool.

It was another party going on in the starfish area.  Drunkin girl was still going strong along with everyone else.  No slowing down for any of us.

I took this from the speedboat in-between heads.  It really does look like this.

We were finally heading back tot he bus area when the sun was going down.  The water was sparkling, not sure how I got this since I was up in the air as that speedboat flew us back.

We got back to the bus and it was the most wonderful day, we had so much fun.  Drunkin girl was out cold by now.  Her new husband held her in his lap giving her his shirt for a blanket as he read his book.  True love for sure, they were such a fun couple to meet.  

They take your photo when you get there, this is why.  Of course you can buy the bottle of wine but since we're not much of a wine drinker I just took a picture of it.  

It was late when we got back but of course we still had time for more drinking and when the bar closed down we grabbed our drinks from the fridge and went to the beach.  

Vacation life is the best!!