Children scrambling for candies

Easter morning began with children running all over the resort hunting for Easter eggs hidden by our Activity Coordinators the night before. What made it fun was that these eggs all had treats like candies, chocolate balls and money with the best eggs were two coconut eggs made from coco lumber - the highest cash prize. At 8am, the children were busy painting eggs in various colors with the help of in-house artist George.

Guests had breakfast by the beach, made enjoyable by the colored balloons and ribbons on the buffet table. Curiously, there were also 15 yellow chicks close to the table happily chirping away!

The human tower...all for one and one for all!

By ten, the Easter Day Celebration was in full swing as the beach was crowded with guests and spectators for the Palo Sebo, a traditional Filipino game usually played during town fiestas. A greased bamboo pole is erected at the beach with a cash prize at the very top. Guests chose not to climb and let the Coco staff try their luck instead. Several groups tried but failed and fell on the sand. After several tries, the men from the Services Department made a human tower with help from the very brilliant guest Mr. Jan Juul from Denmark, the men made it to the top and got the prize!

Winning Team 4 during the Beach Relay. Why is it only Annica is paddling?

The next game was the beach relay with 4 teams competing. Team 1 – father & son Jan and Casper, team 2 – cousins Morten and Simone, team 3 – Carina and Warlito from Services and team 4 – Annica and Arnold from Services. The beach relay included an obstacle course and kayak race. With their best techniques and skills, team 4 Arnold and Annica won the game and they got a free dinner at the Trattoria Restaurant for the entire family!

Oliver finally hits the pot!

In the afternoon, children and even their parents joined in the parlor games at the Children’s Playground which included hit-the-pot. Our in-house doctor, Dr. Ariel and even our Executive Chef Noel Gaffud and Dining Supervisor Rodel Lopez tried their luck in hitting the pot but they were all bested by a small boy named Oliver Juul Petersen who successfully hit and broke the pot into pieces.

Margarita serves during the Easter Vollyball Match

Easter Day was capped by the Beach Volleyball Tournament between the Danish Dynamite versus the Coco Mangyan Team. The Danish Dynamite is made up of the Jull family, Jan Anders, Erick, Morten, Simone, Annica, Karina and Kate. The Coco Mangyan players was headed by Dining personnel Welbert, Medy of Front Office, Grace from Accounting, HR Lyzzelle and the children of the Service Family children Margarita and Elvin. The Coco Mangyan team won two times in best of 3 games and they got a case of beer and soft drinks which everybody shared after the games.

Happy Hour's Pirate Bar

Not to be outdone, the Barmen made a Pirate’s Floating Bar in the pool especially for Happy Hour. The floating bar was made up of kayaks, bamboo and decorated with colorful buntings decorations. The barmen headed by Bar Supervisor Ferdie prepared special drinks like mai-tai, pinacolada, rhum coke, whisky coke, gin tonic, tequila sunrise, screw driver and the pirate’s favorite- sex on the pool (beach)…Happy Hour was really happy with drink all you can cocktails and finger foods and guests in the pool with drink in hand….HAPPY EASTER TO ALL!!