Simply put: beauty. We loved the beauty of the islands. The blue caribbean water, the palm trees, the cobblestone road on Big Corn; it was all such a wonder to take in. We have said it before and can almost guarantee we will say it again, but the pictures of Little Corn that we fell in love with when researching the island absolutely did not do it justice! In fact, to this day when people see our pictures they assume they are fake. How can a place be THAT beautiful? Well we assure you, it really is that beautiful. We were greeted on Little Corn by staff members of our resort who accompanied us to the boat to shuttle us to the other side of the island where we were staying. Once we arrived, we were greeted by even more staff to take us to our bungalow. Now, I have to admit that this part of the arrival made us quite uncomfortable. Yes, we were staying at a 5-Star resort, and yes it’s their job; but we can’t tell you the amount of times that we tried to take our backpacks from the two staff members and carry them ourselves! Who are we to have the petite concierge carry our bags to our room? Eventually we relented and all of the awkwardness was immediately forgotten once we arrived at our room. Wow, just wow. Again, pictures do not do it justice one bit. We will get into the room, accommodations and amazing staff of Yemaya below, but for now we will just focus on the scenery and the view from our bungalow. You know those stock screen-savers on every computer that people use so that they can stare at it while they’re at their boring job and day-dream of being in paradise? That. That’s what our view was. Palm trees. Hammocks. The blue-green Caribbean Sea. The sailboat anchored nearby that is used to take guests snorkeling and fishing. It was all a dream. And it was our dream come true.
Another thing we loved was the seclusion and the peace of the islands. Any time you stay on an island, no matter how big or small, there is always a sense of seclusion; but this was different. These islands just have a different feel to them and it is hard not to feel like you have stumbled on something special and want to keep it to yourself so it stays somewhat undiscovered and pure. But that is not what we or this website are about, so we will share our island experiences with everyone in hopes that the islands thrive.
Beauty, seclusion, peace. When we are asked why we fell in love with The Corn Islands so much after just 2 weeks, this is the answer we give and honestly, do we need to say more?