Resort Wear/Resorts
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I refuse to go anywhere with a dress code. And if I can avoid wearing any kind of footwear other than fins or wading boots, it is a bonus. We are currently in a taxi on the way to Heathrow to go to one of our favourite islands in the Maldives. Sun Siam Iruveli. The staff are remarkable and I am sure when we turn up they will greet us with as much joy as we greet them. The first time we went, we were the only guests invited to the annual staff party (Paula broke her wrist dancing, but that is another story).
The diving is good but not exceptional, but the last time we were there, the most other divers on the boat were two, and often it was just me and Paula diving, so we could choose what we did. Good news too, because one day I fucked up big time (I was using a borrowed computer and missed the "you are in deco" warning) and had to do a 50-minute safety stop
Paula gave me 3 new t-shirts for Valentines Day as she could not bear the thought of sitting opposite me wearing a selection of ancient Iron Heart T-shirts and looking like a pikey. Whereas, I don't give a shit
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I’d rather do non all inclusive that is near a real town. The whitewashed Disney like enclaves aren’t for me.
On riviera maya we loved Mahekal which does all inclusive or a la carte and is right on the main strip so you can experience Playa as well as the resort.
Also in Playa the Viceroy is good if you want to get away a bit. You get your own bungalow there with a plunge pool and moon shower.
Rosewood San Miguel de Allende and Enchantment Sedona Arizona are both amazing getaway spots.
All of these are best suited to couples, no kids.
Think it, be it.
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I'm not a beach person. but I also couldn't give two flying fucks if somewhere had a dress code. mostly for me at beach places or the likes, it's top off and barefoot all the time..
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@mclaincausey I totally hear you. But me and my wife have ended up taking several vacations over the last several years, and they've either required lots of planning and research, or intense running around and being constantly busy once we're there, or both. There's something to be said for having an all-inclusive where all you have to do is show-up, and drink fruity drinks under an umbrella. I'm all for seeing the world, and soaking up as much of the culture as possible, but there's a time and a place for that, and right now, this isn't it. Even the idea of being near a town right now sounds stressful. I don't want to have to think about anything other than relaxing, and the only decision I want to make on this vacation is which on-site restaurants we feel like eating at today and which new cocktail I want to try.
I'll look into the ones you suggested though. They sound like good options for the future. I love Arizona, so that's particularly intriguing to me.
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@Mizmazzle Exactly! The three sister resorts sit side-by-side.
Yeah, the dress code isn't a big deal. It's only for a couple of the nicer restaurants, and it's just a button-up shirt (plenty of IH short-sleeved chambrays will be great for this), pants, and some shoes or nice sandals.
Thank you for the suggestions. I'll look into them!
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@seawolf you can have both at some resorts. Mahekal is great for that. We found an amazing restaurant a block away, but could also just chill at the pool and have ceviche and mezcal if we wanted.
Viceroy is definitely more like what you’re describing where you have no option but show up and enjoy what they have unless you want to hitch a ride into town. The private bungalow thing makes it feel less like a vacation mill for fat American tourists and more like a romantic getaway
The latter is a good option especially these days in Rivera Maya.
Enchantment is isolated from Sedona. Sedona is a Taffy Town and not appealing in the least. The appeal of the region is the natural beauty or the surrounding landscape. The town itself might as well be Gatlinburg. So it again is a thing where you enjoy what they have on site unless you want to ride or drive into town.
Rosewood consumes the heart of San Miguel and you can easily explore the lazy town without any stress, or stay on the grounds.
Riviera Nayarit, Oaxaca, and others I might prefer to have the option to explore the region since doing so can be a relaxing activity there.
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I have 2 types of holidays.
All-inclusive dive resort or live-aboard, where the most complex thing I have to decide is whether to start the evening off with a beer or a gin and tonic.
In the middle of fucking nowhere doing one of the things that I truly love - fishing for wild and wonderful stuff. My next trip unless things escalate up a notch or two in the Red Sea is a live aboard in Djibouti (I'm playing down the proximity of the Houthi attacks when talking to Paula). It is an (unsurprisingly) untouched fishery with loads of different species to be caught and plenty of fly fishing opportunities from the shore. The biggest potential problem for me at the moment is that my left hip is completely fucked, so unless I can get some steroid injections or a hip replacement before I go, I won't really be able to fish. Fishing big surface lures for Trevally, Tuna and the like requires me to rotate quite violently on my hip, last time I went to Morocco, I really only fished 4 days out of 7.....
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@Giles I really admire your steadfast dedication to fishing. And I knew you loved fishing, but I had no idea (and please forgive the pun) just how deep it went. It sounds like an incredible hobby/sport. Also, it sounds very physical for those big catches, so I can totally understand the frustration of having hip issues when all you want to do is get back out on the water. Is a hip replacement something that you're planning on doing at some point soon? I know lots of people who've had hip replacements, and the tech is so amazing these days, and the recovery is really fast.
“Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman
@zeebeeleather
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Fabric is great. Fades quickly in sun to vintage look.
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@Mizmazzle Picked up a couple pairs of deck shorts and a black tiger shirt to try out. Will report back. Thank you!
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@seawolf oh hell yeah man. Hope you dig em as much as I do. Those tiger linen shirts are really incredible. Did you go with the Premium deck shorts or the regular? I’ve only tried the premium. That material is super nice. Only shorts I’ve found that are worth taking off my XHS for haha
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Battenwear is great for resorts or home lounging.
https://battenwear.com/products/camp-shorts-olive-drab-ripstop-ss24
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