Our wedding night dinner

After we said goodbye to our photographer, Mirko, and gathered my veil and what was left of my bouquet, we headed back to our room at HAC to shower off as much of the sand and salt water as we could and change into our dinner clothes. That was no small feat, but, we managed to get most of the sand off the dress. We also rinsed what we could out of my gown, but, it had so many little pieces of seaweed, twigs, and pieces of shells, there was no way it was all coming out right then. I was just glad no little sea critters came dashing out as we rinsed it.

I put on the sari I had gotten for our wedding night. It really wasn't a traditional color, as Indian wedding saris are usually bright colors, like red. I chose an ivory color sari with gold, and red trim with sparkling details.

As we walked back to the beach, the sun was setting, and the moon was beginning to peek out. The Lol Ha restaurant crew had set up a cabana for us, raised up off the beach and draped with white fabric. It opened at the front. As we approached, there was a waiter standing by to escort us. He gave his name but said in English it means Seven Eleven.


When he led us around to the front, we were so impressed. There were tiki torches lit, and torches in the sand, on either side of a bamboo runner leading to the steps into the cabana. The table was laid with white linen, flowers, candles, and gorgeous table settings.




We kind of felt like royalty having our own private cabana and a private waiter. the manager, Victor, came out to greet us, which just added to that feeling of being VIP's. We're very much not used to special treatment, but, it was so fun, we could really get used to this.


Our cake was displayed on the table next to us, with the flowers from the arch hanging on the wall, and arranged on both tables. Everything was perfect.


The view from inside the cabana was beautiful. The boats on the water, the moon coming up, shining so brightly it sparkled on the water even before it was very dark out. Now and then people would walk past, notice us up there, stop, and take a picture. At first I thought the flashes were lightning, but, no, we were just a spectacle again.


As the sun went down, and it was really dark, the moon was dazzling. For a night that was predicted to be stormy or at least cloudy, it was full of stars, and the moon not even full, lit up the water and the beach as if it were. The torches and candles just added that magical touch.

The menu has completely changed at Lol Ha, due to a new Chef who revamped everything. Apparently the menu hadn't changed for ten years. We ordered the Shrimp Diablo, oooo so good. Want to go back for that next trip. Tim had fish, I had scallops, also very good. For dessert we opted for coconut ice cream to go with our red velvet wedding cake. While we waited for the ice cream to arrive, Rocio stopped in to check on us, drop off a couple things she was hanging onto for us, and say congratulations. She's so sweet. Just love her.

Then it was time to cut the cake.