I'll start with the good...
This was our 4th trip during LoveVooDooFest. Past years were lively and had lots of activities. Oil wrestling, goat races, blow up slide, hamster balls, etc. We didn't see any of these this year.
The Air Conditioning worked fine, we had hot and cold water (others in our group had only scalding hot), the Italian and Japanese restaurants were very good. The ice water stands located everywhere were a nice touch. The music in the disco was not blaring like previous visits. The foam party was fun,... for about 5 minutes.
The bad...
We didn't see any attempt as in previous years to remove the urchins from the swimming area. 3 people in our group stepped on them. Dinner at Pastafaris took 2 hours. The free wifI was hit or miss.
The Ugly...
We met 2 of the nicest, funniest people from London on this trip. One was a Transgender (male with breasts and a unit) and the other a cross dresser. They were not a couple, just 2 friends on holiday. My wife noticed the one alone on the beach and introduced herself since everyone else was ignoring him, err...her. I will admit that if it weren't for her I would have ignored them as well. Thankfully she introduced me to them. They turned out to be very funny and nice. Now where it gets ugly is how everybody else at the resort treated them inhumanely. They were kicked out of the Jamaican men review at the disco and all they were doing is watching, period. They were doing no harm to anyone. I watched many of the wait staff give rude stares while sitting with them at breakfast. I saw the Transgender male get verbally accosted by a husband for being friendly to his wife. Somebody in the middle of the night thought it would be clever or funny to take a crap in front of their door. Now I know how people in the LGBT community are looked upon in Jamaica, but I was embarrassed to be a part of the human race to see how these 2 were treated. And this is just the stuff that I saw. For some reason I was under the impression that this group was accepting of everyone 's sexual fetish/orientation. Did I miss something?
The more these assholes made them try to feel unwelcome, the more I included them in our small groups activities. We had a blast playing pool volleyball with them. I walked away from this experience with a new respect for what these people go through on a daily basis. That, and that ignorant people can be really cruel. Had they spent 5 minutes getting to know these 2 they would have seen that they were no threat, and actually pretty decent individuals.
Greg and Jen
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Originally Posted by HedoJoe
Hedonism is a great amazing place and everyone should get to experience that.
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It was great meeting you both!
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