The week-long sunshine and 35 degree Celsius weather. The ocean. The Shirley Temples at the pool鈥檚 swim-up bar. The food at the resort鈥檚 five restaurants. Manicures. Petting a tortoise. Kissing a camel on the lips.
Really, there wasn鈥檛 anything Vernon鈥檚 Jayda Davis didn鈥檛 like about her stay at the all-inclusive Royal Solaris Resort in Los Cabos, Mexico, before Christmas, and she let the world know about it in a two minute 21 second video posted to YouTube.
WATCH: Davis鈥� Royal Solaris Resort review
鈥淚t was awesome,鈥� said Davis, 12, a Grade 7 student at Vernon Christian School, who won the all-expenses paid trip for her and her family through Sunwing Vacations. She was one of four winners of a Canada-wide contest for youth under the age of 16 to become a Sunwing Kidcation Tester.
Davis submitted a 20-second or less video explaining shy she wanted to be a Kidcation tester and she was chosen a finalist from among thousands of entries.
Davis was joined at Royal Solaris by her parents, Luke and Stephanie, sisters Milaya, Tianna and Nikita, and by a representative of Sunwing, who was there to shoot and direct Davis鈥� vacation.
鈥淲e filmed for about three days and the rest of the time was time we had for ourselves,鈥� said Davis, who had never been to Mexico before.
In her video, Davis raves about the pool, getting manicures and hanging with tortoises.
鈥淭he room was so comfortable,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 loved the balcony. The view we had was amazing. I could look out and see the beautiful ocean.鈥�
The resort had a large swimming pool and a water park with a ship that featured different water slides coming off of it.
The family was entertained by a mariachi band and took in a traditional Mexican show with Mayan dancers. They took a shuttle bus to the Wild Canyon, where they rode camels 鈥� and kissed them by feeding them carrots in their mouth; 鈥渢hey鈥檙e quite furry,鈥� laughed Davis 鈥� fed birds sunflower seeds that they put between their lips and walked across a long suspension bridge draped over the canyon.
Davis鈥� favourite of the five resort restaurants was Caf茅 Solaris, a buffet-style eatery; her favourite thing at the resort was the spa 鈥� 鈥渢hey filed your fingernails and massaged your hands, it was all perfect鈥� 鈥� and she had lots of fun on the beach.
鈥淚t was cool going out into the waves when they started to crash,鈥� said Davis. 鈥淭he waves were so big.鈥�
Because of the roughness of the ocean, the Davises and other guests were not allowed to swim in the ocean.
鈥淪o for that, I gave it 4.5 stars out of five,鈥� said Davis. 鈥淓verything else was just awesome. The staff was great, the rooms were nice and the resort was so big and clean.鈥�
roger@vernonmorningstar.com
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