Parque das Dunas
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Thu 25 Dec 2008 23:24
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Parque das Dunas
Hotel.
 It is New Year back at Beez Neez so
I have asked skipper - by way of a change, to write this blog about the few
days we spent on Boa Vista at this charming hotel. We were full board, this
turned out to be a bit too much in the way of food, no
sooner we finished breakfast than it was time for lunch. Similar come
dinner time.
    Bear sitting on our
balcony, the pool, Carlitos - one of the waiters (I thought looked like a young
Marvin Gaye and fantasised about him wearing baby oil). The hotel from the
beach.
  Us on our Christmas
morning stroll along the beach.
We celebrated our first ever
Christmas away from home - and in the tropics !!! at The Parque das Dunas Hotel
complex. We had a quarter of a terraced bungalow, about thirty yards from
the beach and fifty yards from the pool, bar and dining area. Full cooked
breakfast outside on Christmas morning, a walk along the beach, slack by the
pool and swim in the sea, total decadence in twenty five degree heat. When the bungalows were originally built ten years ago they cost
£50,000 - now selling in the new build at the back of the hotel for £330,000.
Twenty new bungalows and another pool are in-build now. They can be divided
into four units of a bedroom and bathroom, a unit of two with connecting door or
the whole thing. Those buying the new units have to rent half back for the hotel
to use. If we were looking to invest, it would be on Boa Vista not Sal. Direct
flights from the UK are becoming more popular.
   Bear revving up for his
dip on Christmas afternoon, I was on life-guard duty,
us and the sea angry on Boxing
Day.
    Emma and Emmy from
Wales, Maureen and Malcolm from (as Jethro puts it -
Gods waiting room) Bexhill on Sea, Sue and Tony from
where my fathers side of the family come from - Stubbington in Hampshire, Dee from Clapham (her chap sadly had a broken leg and
couldn't make the journey) and Paul holidaying and
looking to invest.
The main celebration, as in
Europe was on Christmas Eve, with a "feast"- buffet style, entertainment and
cocktails.
    Flowers, wash
day, a sparrow singing (we gave it bread every meal) and Bear deciding to feel slack over a pint.
The only real snag was the poor
mobile/phone service, though email was reliable, but a queue for the only
machine set up in the foyer. The only other snag was First Mate Millard, along
with most of the other women drooling over Carlitos. That is jealousy for you. My real problem was the hundreds of
Mosquitoes that pestered as soon as you sat down - inside or out. They didn't
bite much, just annoyed. I had been warned by blogs I had read and took the old
fashioned coils you burn, Jungle Spray repellent and Deet spray given to me by a
couple who left before us. I only got a few bites, so not too
bad.
All in all a first
for us in a lovely setting, with easy going people - and truly
gorgeous beaches.
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