We’ve been home a week and I still don’t have the words to describe how incredible Ngaio & Wilson’s Jamaican wedding was. It was capital “A” Amazing.
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We’d only been back from NYC for three days before we flew off to Montego Bay.
It was a bit of a shock, experiencing the extreme temperature differences in such a short span of time but, if I had to, I’m pretty sure I could get used to the jetsetter lifestyle.
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The wedding was held at Coral Cove, an intimate and lovely resort in a little fishing village near Little Bay. It’s about 10 miles south of Negril and, apart from us, was completely void of tourists. It was peaceful, quiet, and beautiful.
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I haven’t written anything down recently but I do have a bit of a mental bucket list going.
Before this trip, I was so excited for the wedding that I didn’t think about much else, nevermind checking things off my list. Things like snorkeling through caves (check) or jumping off a cliff into the ocean (check). Both of which were awesome — though the latter had me pacing in fear for about 10 minutes before making the leap (which I mostly had to do because a 9 year-old went ahead and did it just before me).
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Really, the whole trip was just awesome and full with fun times.
Like the time we flew kites on the beach.
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Or went sailing on a 40 foot catamaran.
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Or went fishing and caught a 25 lb King fish (which Raina heroically reeled in herself and had the bloody knuckles to prove it).
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But when it comes down to it, we were there for our dear friends, Wilson and Ngaio, and to see them get married.
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Wilson is a photographer (he’s the other half of the awesome Raina + Wilson duo) and Ngaio works in advertising. Together, they make an amazing team — as evidenced by all the thought, care, and effort they put into planning their wedding.
Case in point: a significant portion of their luggage was dedicated to lighting. They brought down string lights for the reception, coloured bulbs for the main building, gels to tone down other lights that would’ve otherwise been overpowering / ugly, to name a few.
Of course, given that Wilson is a photographer and producing is something that they both do as part of their day jobs, I wouldn’t expect anything less. But still. It was impressive.
And like the rest of the trip, their wedding was simply beautiful.
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It was an incredible trip, in a beautiful place, and full with beautiful people. My only wish is that we could go back and do it all over again.
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