We have booked our Hua Hin trip for our honeymoon! The last 3 nights will be spent in Bangkok for shopping. Hua Hin is a popular resort town about 200 km south of Bangkok and can be reached by car, train and flight (about 2-3 hours by car). It offers a wide range of beachfront accommodation, good golfing, and seafood galore. Hua Hin is becoming increasingly popular, although it has all but escaped the gaudy excesses of Pattaya and Patong.

Why Hua Hin? We were initially thinking of going to Pattaya and stay at The Rabbit Resort — there are so many good reviews about this private resort — but people said that Hua Hin is a better place than Pattaya for honeymoon because the latter is a busy place and is best for those who are still single. I also thought of Koh Samui and Phuket but they aren’t near to Bangkok — need to take plane — I definitely wanted to spend our last few days in Bangkok before flying back to Singapore because I’ve never been to Bangkok. We’ve also been to Phuket before.

We have booked our flights and hotels separately. It wasn’t easy choosing the accomodation in Hua Hin. I spent hours reading Hua Hin hotel reviews from Tripadvisor and Asiarooms. In the end I chose Let’s Sea Al Fresco Resort. I booked it via Agoda. What attracted me was its 120m long swimming pool which we have direct access to from the room’s pier. So we can just dip into the pool anytime. And because of safety reasons, no kids below 12 are advised to stay.

The other few short listed resorts were Wora Bura and Veranda Resort & Spa. Another great place for a honeymoon would have been at Dhevan Dara Resort & Spa but dang! I only discovered this place after having made online reservations at Let’s Sea Al Fresco Resort. Awwww …

Our honeymoon will be pretty short — a week only — because of my studies and his work but a change of scenery is what we are looking for. Our last 3 nights will be spent in Bangkok. We’ve received 3 complimentary nights stay at The Elegance Suites.

Can’t wait! Can’t wait!