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It's time!!!! did somebody say $50,000 for a 7day vacation for me and 5 friends?
lol, #dreemsteem just went VIP with that spending cash ๐ yeah babe it's time to spend that dreem cash celebrity style ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฅ
๐ค Okay so first things first got to find me the PERFECT travel companions on this trip. Originally was going to bring along my sist, a cousin, and three of my close friends ๐๐ but later decided to go on a bonding trip with a couple of hives who have been super awesome and deserving of a vacation 'yeah I know I'm nice ๐ '
So I decided it was gonna be me with @Sunnyag @zara09 @khaleesii who I promised to take on my next trip ๐and @nening & @humbledwriter who deserve a break from all the hard work they do on hive daily.
@sunnyag "where are we going?"
Me. "It's a surprise ๐ "
@sunnyag. "Come on tell me"
@khaleesii. " doesn't matter, it's a paid vacation ๐๐ just enjoy the journey because I plan to"
Me. "So are we in agreement? do you all trust me to make these seven days the best?'
I watched the gang gaze at each other, some still anxious, others already hyped and one still unsure.
But when I got the unanimous YES from everyone it was time to set out for the vacation of a lifetime.
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We arrived at the Entebbe International Airport where we were met by our guard and driver Godwin.
From the airport, we headed towards the Lake Mburo National Park while enjoying the scenery along the way.
Lake Mburo national park
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Godwin told us more about our planned 4-day pearl of Africa Tour and a concise breakdown of Lake Mburo National park which we found was the smallest of Uganda's Savannah national parks and home to over 350 spices of birds ๐ฆ and other animals like buffalos, hyenas, hippopotamuses, zebra, impala, oribi and loads of other nature buddies ๐คฉ
Uganda
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We arrived at the Mburo Eagles Nest where I got us 2 safari tent doubles with triples beds full option which comes with meals included lol you know how in love I am with my breakfast included in every accommodation ๐คซ , one of the tents was for the guys, and the other for the ladies.
Dinner was a party as we enjoyed the delicious dinner with wine before everyone retired for the night.
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Everyone got up early because Godwin would be picking us up by 7 am to go for a drive in the park, breakfast was delicious but rushed because we were all eager to get our tour started.
The ride was amazing, we got to see some buffalo and some antelopes ๐ฆ
We got back to the hotel at about 10 am where we checked out before we headed for the "Bwindi Impenetrable " which was the next stop in our tour of amazing Uganda.
A native at Bwindi impenetrable posing for a pic ๐
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The Bwindi Impenetrable is a habitat for mountain gorillas ๐ฆ and the wow factor?, this particular habitat is home to more than 300 Mountain gorillas which we were told is almost half the world's population of mountain gorillas ๐ฏ too cool.
Bwindi impenetrable
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We checked into the "Broadbill Forest Camp" where we had dinner before retiring early for the night to prepare for our morning of gorilla trekking ๐ฃ
Point to note: A certain someone โก @humbledwriter was getting cold feet at this point ๐คฃ and wanted to skip the morning trek but unfortunately for him, he got outvoted by the entire group ๐ "we are so doing this together even if it kills us..................... Lol hopefully not!!!.
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We had a light breakfast before Godwin picked us up for our trek.
If there was one thing to be said about Bwindi it will be the fact that it was beautiful!!!.
Trek at Bwindi is impenetrable
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During our trek, we came across a group of gorillas which we stopped to watch interact with one in a natural setting and everyone was completely blown away ๐ค๐ค๐ค wait was those tears I just saw in @nening eyes?.
We went back to the lodge where we checked out to start on our journey to Lake Bunyonyi.
We checked in for the night at Lake Bunyonyi Rock Resort and spent the night at the 5 bedroom rock bungalow, you know we are doing this one big!!! That's ๐ธ talking baby ๐
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We had our final breakfast in Uganda the next morning while enjoying the awesome view of the little islands of Bunyonyi.
We started back to the airport but made a stopover for lunch and before you knew it, it was time to bid goodbye to beautiful Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ
"๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ 2 ๐ "
Noticed no one was asking this time where we were headed next ๐ see how I inspire trust ๐
The flight was 3 hours long and we arrived at our next location by 1 pm.
_ Random person "lol how is that even possible? the flight from Uganda to Hawaii is 22hours long"
_ Me. "If I say it took 3hours to get from Uganda to Hawaii then that's what happened, I was there so I should know ๐คฅ๐คฅ๐คฅ plus don't forget in #Dreemworld ANYTHING is possible.
We arrived in Hawaii and headed straight to Oahu where I had booked us the oceanfront suite at the Prince Waikiki Hotel, Honolulu.
We all went to the spa before dinner to soothe those kinks out of the muscles " nothing is gonna stop us from enjoying the best of Oahu, not even sour muscles ๐โโ๏ธ" before we all retired for the night.
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For our first day, I had booked a private yacht tour #stillVIPing on a glass-bottom yacht where we got to see an overview of the island as well as the north shore beaches while watching sea creatures swim to and fro at our feet ๐๐๐
Image this view at your feet while you're sitting on a touring yacht sipping a glass of red wine ๐ one of the best parts of the trip for me.
Where we visited the Dole Plantation where we went on the pineapple express tour, plantation garden tour, and the pineapple garden maze.
Got to see the workings of the plantation and over 20 varieties of pineapples from all over the world ๐ "๐ด๐ฐ man๐บ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ".
๐ค๐ค๐ค that reminds me, whatever happened to the complimentary pineapples we got before leaving the plantation?????
From the plantation, we headed off to Hanauma Bay where we had lunch and relaxed by the beach before doing a bit of snorkeling.
Later that evening, we went to the Polynesian cultural center where we each got the luan package that included dinner, music, and watched the live fire and knife performances.
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After breakfast, we visited the Diamond Head State Monument where we joined the guided tour of the crater.
Diamond head Oahu
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The diamond head monument is a volcanic tuff cone which is located in Oahu and the tour was an hour hike- walk to the top.
Foodie bike tour of Honolulu which was a 3hour guarded bike tour to some of the best foodie locations around Oahu ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ now this is more my speed, let's get to testing.
For our final evening in Hawaii, we went on a dinner cruise which everyone loved.
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The next morning we headed to the airport to catch the connecting flight to our final destination on this SUPER trip.
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We arrived in Las Vegas by 2 pm so first, we went shopping
"Needed to equip the team with the right uniforms before our take over of Las Vegas"
We went to the Kamu karaoke and got the VIP suite ๐ฅ
Fine so I will admit singing isn't for everyone ๐ฅด besides @zara09 and @nening who killed it on the mick with some concert-worthy singing #groupiealart
the rest of us???? Well imagine the sound a drowning frog would make?, multiple that by 4 ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ but it was so much fun and by the time we left the Kamu karaoke everyone had some huge smiles on their face.
For our final stop, we headed to the casino ๐ฐ "who comes to Las Vegas without trying their luck at the table?"
And because I am such a sweetheart, everyone got $1000 spending cash ๐ง
@sunnyag headed straight for the baccarat table
while @zara09 choose blackjack
and @humbledwriter decided to try his luck at Roulette.
The girls and I decided to give the slot ๐ฐ a try but after a few games we realized it was best to just give up as we kept losing game after game, I'm telling you those machines are doctored ๐คซ
@khaleesii @nening and I decided to go downstairs and check out the night club leaving the guys to their games.
Hitting the dance floor is one thing having killer moves is a different story and @khaleesii owned that floor, that girl can dance ๐๐๐
The guys joined us a few hours later and we found that @sunnyag had won big at the baccarat table + $2700 ๐ฅณ๐ฅณ๐ฅณ
@Zara09 had found love with the bottle girl who was waiting at the table he played ๐ซ
and @humbledwriter admitted gambling wasn't his thing lol that's $1000 burnt out ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
Since It was almost time to leave I ordered a bottle of crystal rose champagne ๐พ
and we toasted to an amazing 7-day long vacation, to beautiful memories made and friendships formed ๐ค
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Foodie bike tour. ($169 per person $1,014)
Rock bungalow. ($635 pre-night)
Flight from Hawaii to Los Vegas ($210 per person ($1260)
The car ride to diamond head ($20)
Entrance fee to diamond head ($5)
4day pearl of Africa tour. ($1237 per person total $7422)
Flight from Uganda to Honolulu ($1485 per person total $8910)
Two safari tents double with extra beds ($370)
Drinks at Mburo ($35) food came included with the
accommodation.
Broadbill forest camp ($78 for every single room per night total $480)
Dinner at broadbill for 6 ($800)
Breakfast at broadbill for 6 ($320)
2 nights at Prince Waikiki ($2084)
Private yacht charter. ($1800)
Ambassador luau package for 6 ($1458)
Spa ($180)
Hanauma bay fee at $25 pp($150)
Renting of snorkeling gears at $12 pp ($72)
Lunch at Hanauma bay for 6 ($180)
Fees at Dole plantation pp $25 ($150)
Days 5 & 6 breakfast at prince Waikiki $380 per day ($760)
Dinner cruise at $160 pp ($960)
Spending cash at the casino ($6000)
Kamu karaoke VIP suite ($200)
Drinks and snacks at Kamu ($450)
Clothing shopping. ($8500)
Crustal champagne. ($2200)
Dinner at prince Waikiki ($600)
Extra drinks, snacks, and expenses through Oauh ($450)
Drinks at the casino and club ($350)
๐ง๐ข๐ง๐๐ $47,815.00
Girl this is beautiful! I enjoyed every activity you guys did at Uganda and you sure enjoyed writing this.
It was so funny when you said singing is not for everyone, I hope they won't laugh too hard when they read it ๐คฃ
Uganda is a lovely place, wish I could visit as well but I'll just have to hope someone goes there with me... Those animals are scary ๐๐
Well written dear, got here through @dreemport
Thanks to the research for this #dreemsteem challenge that I realized just how beautiful Africa is ๐คฉ๐คฉ๐คฉ
Come on girl!!! On a safari all safety measures are taken so I doubt you would be in any kind of dangers lol who can resist those handsome gorilla posing for the camera.
At the end of the day I had mad fun and I have no doubt the rest of the gang did too ๐ thanks for reading
๐ Handsome gorrilas? I don off o
You're so funny, nice place in Africa though. Thanks for making us see that
Reading these challenges made me realize that I haven't had enough of what I want and it kinda inspired me to work harder to grant the wish I had in me....
But to be honest this is a long tour woah, I must imagine the relaxation and peace of mind knowing all expenses are fully covered....came across this trip article from @dreemport
Lol super long tour indeed,I almost didn't finish writing it before the deadline.
I understand how this challenge can make one dream to experience some of these adventures for real because i have had those moments too,personally haven't travelled much so doing all this research for #dreemport made me realize how much I have been missing and like you I hope to one day make this dream a reality.
Thank you so much for reading through and for the support.
It's my pleasure ๐
hahahahahahahah let me tell you - this is my kind of vacation... you can plan it anytime! LOLOLOL
you are the first to take us all to 2 separate countries in one trip too hahahaha nicely done! why not?? someone else is paying the bill (Dreemland, thank you! hehe) so let's have a fabulous time
and yachts too??? loving it!!! hahahahaha
You put a smile on my face while I was reading with your lovely sense of humor.
You definitely used your cash and your imagination judiciously.
I bet y'all came back from the vacation smiling from ear to ear.
Good luck with the contest dear.
Glad you like our vacation because we definitely had lots of fun ๐ค๐คhaving the right travel buddies would make any trip memorable and the smiles we returned with?, everyone is still wearing theirs.
Thank you for reading and for the support.
You're very right. Spending time with the right set of people is the best feeling one could have.
What a delightful 7-day trip. I loved the Hawaii and Las Vegas legs of the adventure. I've been to Las Vegas a few time in my life. I love the slot machines. That the one-armed bandit that confiscates my money.
Your planned trip looked beautiful and seemed everyone enjoyed themselves.
Thanks for sharing.
Read through @dreemport
Yeah those slot machines really need a overhaul, pretty looking money crabbing bunch of metal ๐
But yeah we did have an awesome time and for me visiting Las Vegas would be a dream come true and who knows maybe one day I would be able to make this dream a reality
Thanks to #dreemport for directing you to my blog and thank you for engaging.
Such a nice tour, I have visited a number of countries so far and have had lots of lots of fun but this trip was outstanding ๐ I never enjoyed it as much as during this trip, probably the company made all the difference ๐
Yeah we definitely had a lot of fun ๐ nothing like going on a trip with the right companions ๐คฉ๐คฉ going with you guys made the journey #epic really glad you could join us.
I had so much fun reading this and imagining it.
You are amazing, I enjoyed this, made me want to actually go there.
Imagination is fun until we are able to do it for fu๐
Super glad you could come along and thanks for bringing those killer dance moves ๐๐
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I especially like trips that's adventurous. I love to see new things, take some risks, and probably survive it. It was a nice time in Uganda and no doubt you had enjoyed every minute spent from the nice tour to the food.
@dreemport directed me here
Good to know I like you considered a different venue for the betterment of you all
Just caught the reblog ๐ค๐ค thank you so much.
I hope it fetch you some vote later in the day
Thank you for reading and glad you enjoyed the trip we took, usually I did islands on my vacation entry but this time decided to take the gang on a real adventure which was why i decided on a safari.
Not just me but every one had a great time ๐ thanks to #dreemport for bringing you.
This sounds awesome!! I would really enjoy an adventure with you guys, this looks like so much fun! And truth be told, gambling isn't truly my forte hahahaha, I would most likely lose more than the $1000 dollars you've mentioned. Love your creativity!!
I'm glad you enjoyed going on this virtual trip with me because I had a great time myself, you guys where amazing company ๐
Lol don't gamble myself either but coming to Las Vegas everyone needs to try it at least once ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ curious where would the extra $$$$ you would have lost come from??,don't tell me you would have played with your fee home lol
Yes, I mean gambling is fun, it's so exciting hahahhaa.
This is wonderful, and you did it great for the crystal rose champagne, at least that will make
@humbledwriter keep calm for loosing the $1000.
Lols....
yep, will continue to lose more next time ahhahahaa
Noooo, that wouldn't make sense at all, I want you to win instead
Thanks! Would like that to happen to me too
You are welcome
After such an awesome week you know I had to round it up in style ๐ vip style lol and your right the champagne did make @humbledwriter feel a lot better ๐
Wow! That was awesome ๐ค
ohh yess it did
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A wonderful entry such fun to read and two amazing places to visit
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Three amazing places actually, uganda,Hawaii and Las Vegas ๐ค๐ค๐ค although yeah both Hawaii and Las Vegas are in same place but still had an amazing time.
Lol, @dreemsteem with $50,000 for a 7day trip we had to glob trot a bit ๐ plus when I read about Oahu while researching this trip I just HAD to visit with the gang ๐ and a bit of adventure was in order too so what was better than Uganda ๐ฆ๐๐ฆdreaming with Dreamland is so much FUN!!!
You already know I had to do the yacht ๐ perfect way to burn cash on the sea ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ whenever you need me to plan a fun vacation for you just let me know lol just as long as you take me along on the trip