[ This story is a slight update to one I previously posted to Usenet a couple of years ago under a different penname ]
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Natalie and I went to Aruba for a week in a last ditch effort to resurrect a relationship that was in its dying stages. It might have worked, had it not been for a white string bikini. Or, perhaps more likely, the relationship was doomed months earlier.
We arrived at the Hyatt Regency late into the evening, collapsing into bed in an exhaustion that comes from three airplane flights spanning 15 hours. The next morning Natalie was still in the grips of the Pacific Time Zone and showed no interest in exploring the resort property, and I was more interested in getting acquainted with the environs than in trying to snuggle with a woman whose elbows and grunts signaled her desire for more sleep. I dug through my suitcase to find my swimsuit, tshirt, and sandals, grabbed a hat and sunglasses, and made my way downstairs.
The Hyatt was indeed a resort. The open-air lobby led to walkways that meandered through lush landscaping and sloped down to swimming pools -- two for adults, one for children -- and descended further to the beach, where the white sand was blistering hot, even at 9am. I retreated back to the adult pool area, found a towel and a lounge chair, and began to soak in the atmosphere. There were only three other people on the pool deck when I got there. Over the next hour another six showed up. All in all, there were seven women, including two couples, and me.
Several things became apparent to me. First, it seemed that a third of the hotel guests were South Americans -- probably mostly Venezuelans, which was only a short plane flight away. English-speaking North Americans made up another third, and the remainder seemed to be mostly a mix of Europeans, especially Dutch, since Aruba was a Dutch possession.
Another thing that I discovered was that the South American women had thoroughly embraced the concept of skimpy thong bikinis. My preconception had been that these Latina Catholic women would be relatively modestly attired. I was happy to learn I was wrong. Hiding behind my sunglasses and pretending to read a hotel brochure, I enjoyed the sight of thirtysomething women, whose bodies ranged from desirably sexy to spectacular erotic, wearing thin fabric that just barely covered their areolas and labia.
I was in heaven!