We reached our door and Markus used our keys to open the door.



There was a loft-like narrow staircase leading us up to our private room.

When I saw the room, I nearly fell over. There MUST be a mistake here...



I looked over at the man that was putting our bags down and expected him to say
"Ooops.. sorry, wrong room. My bad" but he didn't. Instead he pointed out the fridge and the coffee machine to us..

The room was stunning.. large wooden ceilings.. big windows.. massive poster bed..So amazing!!



"The doors lead out to the balcony with a view of the ocean, there is a walk in closet in the bathroom and a Jacuzzi" he continued

A JACUZZI??


We just gazed at him speechless in shock. He laughed at our expressions. "Well, if you need anything you can just call the front desk... enjoy your stay at the Coco La Palm", He said with a smile.


we tipped him and he head back down the stairs.

We stood there frozen in place for a second.

"Oh my god...", I whispered. "Am I dreaming right now?"

Markus started laughing "I... can't- I can't BELIEVE this!!!..."

Then we started running around like little kids checking everything out...

Markus swung open the balcony doors and took in the view. "Honey.. this is... look at this!!!"



We stood there taking it all in.. the sound of the surf, the view of the beach through the almond trees.. the soft breeze..the sound of reggae music from the downstairs bar... It all felt very surreal. I had tears in my eyes that I kept brushing away with the back of my hand so Markus wouldn't see. They were happy tears, but I will still embarrassed.


It's just that we couldn't afford a honeymoon when we first got married. Our entire wedding cost 500$ - which was a lot for two kids right after their college graduation. We had to go back to work a few days later. We always said "Someday we'll have that honeymoon.". So naturally we had never experienced staying in a room like this before. This was all new to us.

Now 9 years later we finally made it to Jamaica..in a honeymoon suite with a view of the most beautiful beach we'd ever seen in our life...