Laugh of the Day with Kalula Airlines

I get the impression that not too many of the airline mechanics are aware of the exact location of various parts of the plane!
Kulula is a low-cost South-African airline that doesn't take itself too seriously. Check out their new livery!
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Destination Wedding Planning

our brides in the Caribbean, click on image for arger views

Here comes the Bride... there goes the bride in her flip flops, with the Groom in bare feet... on the white sand.

Where are they? Well in the Caribbean celebrating with a destination Wedding. Many couples are opting to tie the knot on white sand, with beautiful turquoise water, rather than go through all the hassles of planning of the traditional at home wedding. This style of wedding is so much kinder on the mid, the nerves, the family not to mention the bank accounts.

Imagine - you step off the plane, into warm climates, check into a 5 star resort, and meet with your wedding planner. Months ago, you have already established with her your menu, the flowers, the chair covers, and piked that perfect beach location.

After a few days of unwinding, swimming, cocktails at the pool bar, a visit to the sap, the wedding day arrives. You have a swim, breakfast, secure our hair with a gardenia, apply a lip gloss, a simple gown and white flip flops, walk down to the beach and into your wedding and marriage.

How positively romantic and carefree.

It's our job as a destination wedding planner in Vancouver Canada to make these dreams a reality. You have the wedding and the honeymoon all in one, and a great time shared with your new partner as well as close family and friends. And all for a fraction of the cost of a weeding in your home town, at a hotel with a hundred closest friends of your parents.

It's not traditional, but so enjoyable. The bride pays for the receptions and understand the week at the resort is their cost.

It's a poplar choice - it worked well for Ben Afleck and Jennifer Garner in Turks and Caicos, Penelope Cruz and Harvey Bardem in the Bahamas, the former batchlorette Melissa Rycroft in Mexico.

It can be just the right choice for you!

All Destination Brides - Welcome to the newest addtions to the Riviera Maya

If you are a Bride searching for that perfect resort for your wedding, call me!

These 2 new resorts are both 5 star, and are now offering introductory prices. That means you can have your wedding in one of the most beautiful settings in the world, surrounded by luxury for a fraction on the cost!

The Now Jade is a short stroll from Puerto Morelos, Mexico — a quaint fishing town — your baptism into the world of Now begins with Unlimited-Luxury®; sublime lifestyle comforts that satisfy your appetite for pleasure. A sampling: daily refreshed premium mini bars, in-suite Jacuzzi, plush robes and slippers, flat-screen surround sound TVs, private terraces, 24-hour room and concierge service, and jaw-dropping views of the Caribbean Sea.
Located along a sun-drenched private beach, steps from the sparkle of clear blue sea and just 1/3rd of a mile swim from the world’s second largest coral reef, your island hideaway beckons. Don’t keep it waiting!

Go ahead, pinch yourself. Welcome to Now Sapphire Riviera Cancun, a sumptuous resort of Mayan-inspired architecture, with amenities that will have the word “wow” (or something similar) falling from your lips. Don’t be shy. Explore. The oversized junior suites, gourmet restaurants, oh so cool activities and entertainment, and one heavenly spa are yours. Question: Are you ready for all of this pleasure? That was easy. Good thing, because there’s more where that came from.

El Dorado Royale in Riviera Maya

Jennifer Fairbairns- her thankyou to Susan Gill
I'm sorry for not getting back to you earlier, but you know how the season carries you away..
HUGE thanks for all of your hard work and making sure that our trip was of TOP QUALITY!!!
We really had a blast and will surely return to Mexico. What a great place, and what great people. We didn't (honestly) have a lot of expectations on the service in Mexico.. But man did they prove us wrong!
I guess being European and traveling in our area we're used to poor service and being treated rudely. If you've never been to Egypt, you just wait!

The diving on Cozumel was just phenomenal. Although the dive shop was a bit of a journey away for us, it turned out to be just the right choice. A boutique service and close personal attention!
El Dorado Royal was just exceptional. The "adults only" policy really pays off. What a great place. On the first night of arrival, meeting up with the rest of the wedding party things got pretty wild. This all inclusive thing gets pretty dangerous when you're in "Tequila & Corona Country" On our way back to our casita that night, we thought a bit of hide n seek would be fun...
In all the running and hiding I managed to slip and slice my left index finger - on a palm tree (!)
Blood gushing everywhere and me in hysterics (I can't stand the sight of blood) my husband raced me towards a poor Mexican guard who almost fainted at the sight of my finger. "Adelante Adelante" he called over the radio and not before long we got picked up by a golf cart.

After waking up the resort doctor (what amazing service!) he decided I needed to be taken to a hospital for stitches. Terrified my the idea of a Mexican hospital (I know, prejudice) we jumped in a car and raced towards Cancun. Meanwhile my husband is on the phone to my bank (travel insurance) so on arrival at the doctors recommended hospital, the paperwork was already in order and ready for us.
The nurse and doctor was very kind and calming, however after examination the doctor declared he couldn't do the stitches -I needed to be stitched up by a plastic surgeon.....(!) The tendon was exposed and nerves were in jeopardy.
Again, as you can imagine, I sobbed hysterically thinking my finger was gonna fall off!
After an hours wait or so, and a couple of games of "shihead" (cardgame) the plastic surgeon showed up and did a phenomenal job. At 5:45am and 9 stitches later, we returned to the hotel and passed out in bed for a couple of hours sleep.. At 2pm, we were all kitted up and ready for the wedding.. As you can see on the photos, we still managed to look decent and still managed to

cause mayhem at the wedding party (oh yeah, that was all us!)
I'd say Mexico missed us when we left. But we promised we'd be back!
I thought you deserved a good description of our journey and a gold star for your efforts.
Thank you very much Susan for making our stay in Mexico so pleasant.

El Dorado Resort in Rivier Maya