Instead of some long-awaited post-wedding recaps, I’m going to talk about our honeymoon as I’m trying hard to relish it still. Ok ok.. wedding posts will come after we’ve gotten back photos from our photographer, so for now, bear with my amateur photography skill for our honeymoon photos.
We started our honeymoon in Bangkok. It was a week before The Suvarnabhumi International Airport was besieged by anti-government protestors, causing its closure. We planned to spend a few days to see the city as hubby has not been to Bangkok before prior to this. Unfortunately, he was under the weather part of the time, and we ended up not really exploring the city.
The book I started and finished reading in an admittedly slow-pace by the end of our 9-day trip. Verdict? Great no-brainer read, most suitable for chick book junkie like me (Yes cellie, remind me to pass to you next we meet. I’m charging book rental fee for others who may want to borrow. I still haven’t found the first book to my Shopaholic series that I loan out)
Bangkok airport – baggage collection, where activities went on as usual before chaos happened
The Baiyoke Boutique Hotel where we stayed is a basic hotel (= cheap) in quite a strategic location (Michiyo, the décor reminds me of that backpackers’ hostel we stayed in Madrid)
The biggest turn-off is it is located next to a railway track. The passing trains are noisy if you’re a light sleeper
Nope, we didn’t pick up any street food
As we were in shopping malls most of the time, we ate at food halls, and franchise outlets.. erm, e.g. Auntie Anne’s pretzel, McDonald’s.. haha..
We also didn’t make it to the Grand Palace, the one tourist attraction I thought of bringing hubby to. If not for the grandeur of the palace, then for seeing Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha), to make it at least to one of the many infamous Thai temples in our whole Thailand trip.
The closest we have seen of temples, were shrines like this in one of the markets near Baiyoke/Pratunam. There is also a very popular shrine in front of Central World Plaza
The other major attraction we missed is the floating market. No, I wasn’t looking forward to bargaining for fresh produce nor waking up real early for the trip (The Damnoen Saduak Floating Market in Ratchaburi province, one of the biggest and most tourist-visited, is about one and a half to 2 hours drive from Bangkok, and is most active from 6 to 11am), but its colourful sights would have been a great photo opportunity with my (second-hand, pass-on) ‘new’ camera.
Oh well, he’s never one who explores new destinations like I do, complete with histories, people and all, so I think he’s quite happy to skip all those and concentrated in being amazed with the mega shopping malls in Bangkok.
One of the many beer festival – impressive how all the beer boys were line-up in a row, like competing for shelf space in supermarket!
Our rather ambitious honeymoon itinerary to include Bangkok in the last minute, wore us out. We were completely, utterly exhausted after that ‘party’ we threw before we left! I have to say if we were to do it again, we’d just hide in that secluded island and chill – exactly what we did after Bangkok.
Happily leaving behind busy Bangkok
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