Holiday escapade - Part 1

I have just returned from my glorious, glorious holiday in the sun and am absolutely gutted that I'm back here, in the cold cold weather, ready to start work tomorrow... WS and I had a fantabulous time - it was a really nice rest and relaxation holiday, but still, as we managed to do quite a few touristy things we are quite tired out!

Anyway, we first jet-setted off to Palma Nova, a beautiful beach resort on the gorgeous Spanish island of Mallorca. We stayed in a 3-star hotel (which was pretty cheap!) but we were thoroughly thoroughly impressed! Our room was very clean, looked new and spacious, but most important of all, had a fantastic view of the beach! It was breathtaking.. plus the hotel's location was superb, smack in the middle of 2 gorgeous beaches- it was like we were in paradise itself!

Promoting the hotel.. it's worth the promotions though, it's a really decent hotel and it serves darn good food too!

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This is the view from our room balcony... how gorgeous is this???!!!

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OK, so here are more pictures of our trip.... this is the first part, which is in Palma Nova.. our 2nd part of the trip was in Lisbon, but will upload pics to that later.. for now, enjoy!

How gorgeous is this?

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Enjoying some Spanish paella by a beachfront restaurant... I don't normally eat seafood, but good lord, the prawns were fresh and succulent, the crab was aromatic and fragrant and the whole dish was just.. scrummilicious!
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Time to hit the beach...

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I love this shot... the ominous clouds above provide a very scenic photograph!

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WS's photography skills are certainly getting better... ;)

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Feel like a model? Hahaha..

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Our sand masterpieces... WS's is on the left - a very impressive sand castle, if I do say so myself.. As for mine... what can I say? Was born to be a sculptor!

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After a hard day's 'work' at the beach..

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Enjoying a round of mini-golf.. this place, called Golf Fantastica is truly fantastic, the landscape is amazing, with waterfalls, lush greens, tropical flowers and trees and such pretty rivers!

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WS beat me in the game though.. so that kinda sucked! He beats me at all sports!!!
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Following in the footstep of Tiger Woods?
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I scored a hole-in-one!!!
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:P

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Paradise!

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If I lived here, I'd stay lazing on the beach all day..

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Ooh, I forgot to mention an extremely important and eventful time for me whilst I was in Palma.. We went to Marineland, a marine park (d'oh) which was ever-so-famous for its dolphins and dolphin shows. Despite the horrendous weather (we were caught in a freak tornado and managed to see the first twister ever to hit the island of Mallorca - death's brink? You decide.. it was on national news and apparently there were 4 surrounding the island. Kinda lucky huh?), the trip was friggin' great because... we got to go for a Dolphin Encounter! (which, as it says on the tin, is an encounter with dolphins... d'oh... again!)

Everyone loves dolphins cos' they're so cute and so bright.. but I've always had a particular interest in marine mammals, specifically orcas and of course, dolphins - did some high school projects on it, dreamt to be a whale or dolphin trainer, tried to do marine biology as a degree instead of medicine, that kinda thing.. So you can imagine how incredibly psyched I was to do this!!!

It was awesome.. got to learn a bit about dolphin biology and anatomy, then got to touch the fantastically beautiful animals, then got to do actions with them that their trainers do!!! Got drenched with salt water in the process but it was awesome! And of course, most important of all, got a close-up photograph with the gorgeous animals as a momento! (PS: Can't get my scanner to work, so will post my up-close photo with the dolphins later on..)

Some action shots (courtesy of my new 'old' camera.. cool huh?) of the dolphin show:

Jumping dolphins!

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Walking-backwards dolphins!

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What a cool job!!

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Kissing dolphins!

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Flying dolphins!

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Ok, that's it from me for now.. next stop, Lisbon, Portugal!!