Last Friday afternoon, The Engineer and I decided to go for a weekend getaway at Ras Kutani at South Beach. We'd heard wonderful things about it but our previous attempts at going were thwarted for one reason or another. So, this time, when the opportunity arose to spend a night, we decided to go for it.
This trip was possibly the most unplanned, last minute thing I have ever done in my life! I'm one of those boring people who have to have 5 contingency plans and a list of things to take on the trip even before I know the exact date of departure.
So, deciding on a Friday afternoon to go somewhere on Saturday morning is definitely a craaaazzzzzy thing for me to do. I felt so proud of myself for 'hanging loose' and being all laid-back but this feeling lasted all of two hours - between 2pm (when we made the decision) and 4pm (when I realized I hadn't packed yet). My momentary pride of being 'cool' went out the window as I reverted to my old anal-retentive self again.
Even though it was an overnight trip, a girl's got to have her essentials:
1. Moisturizer, toner, cleanser and other toiletries
2. A good stack of undies (you can never pack too many of those)
3.Makeup kit i.e perfume, base, liner, lipsticks (in about 5 shades. One never knows when one will be in the mood to go Purple Passion or Raspberry Pink)
4. Medicine kit i.e panadol, plasters, pills for going to the loo, pills to prevent you going to the loo etc
5. Swimsuit and related paraphernalia such as large, floppy hat, sarongs, flip-flops and the beach bag to carry it all in style
6. Sunscreen, mosquito repellent
7. Books to read
8. Clothes ( a couple of evening dresses just in case you get invited to a party - hey you never know!)
9. Earrings, bracelets and other accessories (to match said evening dresses)
I was running up and down getting all this stuff together when The Engineer sauntered in at 5:30pm. He took one look at his empty bag, randomly grabbed some shorts, t-shirts and underwear, threw them into the bag and was done packing. Grrrrr....sometimes men are so infuriating even when they don't mean to be!
Anyway, it was all worth it because Ras Kutani is every bit as beautiful as everyone says it is.
I'll let the pictures do the talking:
We'd been lucky enough to get one of only four suites and it had a little private swimming pool:
We sat around and lazed all day, had food served to us and just read and read and read. I actually finished Khaled Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Suns and almost finished reading Anita Desai's Fasting, Feasting in just 2 days!
If only we could live at Ras Kutani for 5 days a week and come to Dar to work on Saturday and Sunday.....
Where's your Fairy Godmother when you need her? I'll even make do with this evil one!
fairy godmother image from virginmedia.com
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