La vie est belle

We’ve been back since last week and I’ve been very busy ever since.

Overall, our honeymoon was great (but too short)!! We spent 3 nights in Hua Hin and another 3 nights in Bangkok. Hua Hin was much better than Bangkok. Bangkok was just not my type of place for a relaxing honeymoon — too crowded, dirty, busy, noisy or maybe I’m just a beach person and prefer a laid back life!! We took a private car from Bangkok airport to Hua Hin and the journey was almost 3 hrs — cost about 2400 Thai Baht for a single tip (about $100 SGD).

Hua Hin is a quiet and peaceful beach place. The people are really nice and the resort (Let’s Sea Al Fresco Resort) is one of the best we’ve ever stayed during a holiday. It has a total of 40 rooms, it’s romantic and quiet, the bed is comfortable (this is very important to me), the interior design is modern and the reception people are very friendly. Breakfast isn’t buffet though (I would have preferred buffet for my breakfast). You can choose from a few sets (american, thai, healthy, low cholesterol sets etc). The beach isn’t crowded but definitely not as beautiful as Mauritius beaches. We didn’t do any sea sports, so it didn’t really matter.

We rented a motorbike during those 3 days — we paid about $40 SGD total. The husband rode us around despite having no license! I think there were many other illegal tourist riders! The motorbike was really useful as it allowed us to explore Hua Hin on our own. We went to mountains, to an elephant park and simply rode from places to places etc. He enjoyed riding.

After our 3rd night it was time to head to Bangkok. Bangkok was totally the opposite of Hua Hin. It was my first time visiting Bangkok. We visited those famous markets (MBK, Chatuchak, Siam City etc). I didn’t do much shopping though. For sure I am not a shopping person. I’m still amazed how we ended paying $90 because of our excess luggage (10 kg in excess). We also had to get 2 backpacks. One for tidbits and the other for a mua thai boxing set which we bought. We also visited Patpong night market. I’ve heard much about the boy girl show and of course I wanted to watch the show out of curiosity. Well, we ended up in the wrong place with lots of sleazy girls instead. We were like fools (we were the only ones at such an early hour – 7pm) sitting there for 20mins. They kept asking for tips, which we gave, but then we left after they kept asking for more.

Here are some random pictures out of the 800++ photos taken … loading time is loooong …

In Hua Hin: Let’s Sea Al Fresco Resort reception area

In Hua Hin: The entrance

In Hua Hin: The hotel’s architecture

In Hua Hin: The beach in front of our hotel

In Hua Hin: Our Room

In Hua Hin: One part of the bathroom

In Hua Hin: Just relaxing

In Hua Hin: The hotel doesn’t accommodate kids. It’s more for couples.

In Hua Hin: The hotel’s pool

In Hua Hin: Breakfast in Bed is like that

In Hua Hin: My first and last time riding an elephant. The 1hr elephant ride was fun but it was a pity to see them beat the elephant’s head when he disobeyed.

In Hua Hin: A view from the top of a mountain

In Hua Hin: Common food stuffs at the night markets. I dunno what that colourful thing is.

In Hua Hin: We rented this motorbike for 3 days. My first time riding a motorbike but it wasn’t along the road.

In Hua Hin: Shopping for house decoration

In Hua Hin: The only shopping mall in Hua Hin

In Hua Hin: View of Hua Hin sea

In Hua Hin: I was totally drunk that night after drinking 6 tequila shots, 1 vodka shot, 1 sex on the beach and 1 glass of wine all within 1 hour. Back at the hotel I puked 3 times and I don’t remember anything after my 3rd puking. My first and last time getting drunk.

In Hua Hin: Breakfast by the sea. I tried their healthy, low cholesterol and American breakfast set. I like the healthy breakfast the most.

In Hua Hin: At a mountain. Lots of monkeys surrounding you

In Hua Hin: Cute and colourful cottage house

In Hua Hin: Horse riding along the beach

In Hua Hin: The Beach

In Hua Hin: The husband having his thai massage along the beach – 1hr oil massage for just 300 Baht ($13). We had thai massage everyday.

In Hua Hin: While the husband was having his massage, I had a cheap manucure

In Hua Hin: Relaxing

In Hua Hin: Hua Hin Center

In Hua Hin: Night Market

In Hua Hin: Street food

In Hua Hin: Our last day in Hua Hin

In Hua Hin: Dinner Time

BANGKOK PHOTOS

In Bangkok: Heading to Bangkok

In Bangkok: Darling tried their chicken rice – selling on the roadside

In Bangkok: Night markets

In Bangkok: Traffic jam everywhere

In Bangkok: At Chatuchak park after visiting the famous Chatuchak market

In Bangkok: Common foodstuffs along the roadside. I didn’t try them – didn’t look too appealing haha.

In Bangkok: Breakfast at Elegance Suite

In Bangkok: Checked into The Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel

In Bangkok: Fresh roses at the Hotel

In Bangkok: View from our room on the 23rd floor

In Bangkok: Loved their gym!

In Bangkok: Sheraton hotel has 2 swimming pools. This is one of them.

In Bangkok

In Bangkok

In Bangkok: In the boat

Tags: thailand

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