The Anapoima Natura resort seemed like a good fit for an easy trip, since we could have our own house, but there was a restaurant with breakfast included, plus some other fun outdoor activities. The houses and apartments were all along one little road. The houses themselves were very open with lots of windows, but the greenery was all strategically planted to ensure privacy. For example, this was the walkway up to our house.
The pool was on the left and the bedrooms were on the right.
A bunch of the trees were mango trees, and we had fun spotting the fruit. We grabbed a quick lunch at the restaurant and then hopped in the pool.
To make the afternoon even more fun, there was rum for the adults and spray jets for the kids.
After a few hours of general silliness we pulled the girls out and cleaned them up.
I made pasta for dinner, but managed to catch some pictures of the sunset in the process.
Once it got dark, the girls decided to have a dance party.
Elena had a really hard time falling asleep. She didn't settle until almost midnight, so that was rough. Luckily, the sun rose on a new day. The breakfast spread was simple but good, and Elena was thrilled to discover that they had Minion plasticware for the kiddos. She and Viv had orange juice, croissants, and "hot dogs" as we call breakfast sausages here. The real fun though came after breakfast. There were a series of games set up near the open air restaurant. Jeff and Viv went to try out the foosball table, while Elena and I played a round of minigolf.
By the time we got down the hill, Jeff and Vivian had switched to ping pong.
It didn't go very well, so they decided to try badminton, which is a bit slower moving.
Not much better . . . The general consensus was that it was time to try out the common area kids' pool. It was a cute set up with shallow water, a couple waterslides and other spray and splash features.
Viv loved it, but Elena never quite worked up the courage to go down the slide. She wanted to go back to our pool and float around with her circle, so that's what we did. Eventually, we ventured out again, but we let the girls stay in their bathing suits. Elena went on a lizard hunt,
and Jeff and Vivian discovered that tennis was their sport. They actually succeeded in sustaining a volley or two!
We were in and out of the pool for the rest of the afternoon.
Elena fell asleep on one of the lounge chairs, and the rest of us played Exploding Kittens, which took some getting used to. Elena woke up a bit for dinner and a shower, but then she went right back to sleep. We let Viv stay up and watch some basketball, but it was an early night all around.
It rained both nights, which made for nice background "music". It also meant that the pool was quite chilly the next morning, but Jeff and Vivian were determined to get one more swim in. Well, Jeff may have been more determined than Vivian.
Elena got a bit sunburned, and she's been sleepy/sluggish all day today. Hopefully she didn't have too much fun in the sun, but we shall see. Overall we agreed that it was a fun and easy outing, and it was lovely to spend the day outside in the nice warm weather. We may have to plan another Anapoima excursion soon.
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