Why We Love Punta Bulata

On our Island we have a nice white beach resort that we repeatedly go to named Punta Bulata. It's only 3 1/2 hours drive south along the coast line which is really a beautiful drive filled with ocean views at times, sugarcane, rice fields, mango trees, banana trees, so many beautiful shades of green (am I making you jealous yet?). So when we needed to get out of town for a beach trip and we only had the weekend Punta Bulata it was. The staff is always so friendly and great with the kids, it's not busy at all and so we usually have the pool and beach to ourselves and they have this most yummy mushroom garlic chicken with rice dish that is making my mouth water now just thinking of it. The resort is a little out of the way so once you are there you don't really have much to do but relax and enjoy the sun.

So what do you do when there is nothing to do!? WELL, lots. The kids spent almost every waking moment in their swimsuits splashing around in the swimming pool or playing in the sandy beach. We were able to run after some baby crabs and catch them which Brayden would put into his sand bucket and watch it try to crawl out of his sand castle. You take strolls at night looking for and catching fireflies while looking at how bright the stars are up in the sky. You almost scream out loud when a massive bat dives at you from a tall coconut tree and you mistake it for a coconut about to land on your head, or you just lay around and take a catnap using the sun as your blanket to stay toasty warm.

In the mornings when the tide was out we would go for walks in the shallow water and look to find treasures. Usually all we would find would be sea urchins and star fish but for some reason things like that just never get old. Ryan went out snorkelling and got attacked by tiny jelly fish that left him stinging and one HUGE jelly that got him started home. Unfortunately during this snorkelling excursion our car keys were damaged and we were stuck at Punta Bulata an extra day. Poor Ryan had to squish into a hot bus to get home and get our second set of keys and drive back on his motorbike the next day to unlock our car so we could get home. Needless to say he more then enjoyed cruising at top speeds on his bike making the 3 1/2 hour trip in 2 hours! It was a nice trip and the sunburns were totally worth every second!