Asia à la carte: July 2013

I always hoped Alo and I would do a honeymoon after the wedding and that was the one wedding thing I tasked him with but unfortunately he just never got around to it - busy man! He's been working so hard and knew June would be a hard month due to a big conference here in Bangkok and lots of his colleagues coming to the region. So we settled for a mini-moon! We hope to do a honeymoon (the longer trip!) in September if all goes as planned. Alo made a good point - since we had a tiny wedding(it was a secret at the time ops!) and a big wedding we needed a mini-moon and a honeymoon to balance it out. Smart man! That's why I married him :)

So naturally, we booked the hotel(Nakamanda) and flight all around midnight on Thursday and we left at 6:30am on Friday - he likes to keep me on my toes! Geeez. Mind you I was the one booking in bed and he was snoozing! Nothing like a little last minute planning.

This trip was simple and easy. Quick domestic flight to Krabi, Thailand and a short taxi ride from the airport to our hotel and voila! a little slice of paradise and relaxation together for 4 days. Krabi is located in the South West of Thailand and is just beautiful with all of the limestone rocks jutting out from the Andaman Sea. And don't forget the clear blue water and white sand beaches - Aaaamazing. Not all the beaches are like that in the Krabi Provence, however they are always just a short boat ride away.

Since the point of the mini-moon was to just enjoy our time together and totally veg-out we weren't oh too adventurous for once - which was fine by me! Sometimes you have to stop and smell the roses - or in our case sip your pina coladas and swim all day! We did however of course rent a scooter on Day 1, Alo's favorite thing to do, and take a longtail boat to Hong Island for a day.

Hong Island was great - not too packed with tourists and fanny packs and just stunning! No real snorkeling spots but there were a ton of one fish and they sure loved our snacks I packed.

We did have one small hiccup in the trip. Missed a flight?.... Nope! But did Alo hit his head, crack it open, and have to get 5 stitches? Yes he did. Poor guy!! Oh I felt so bad for him. I also physically felt so bad when it happened because we learned apparently I almost faint/get super queezy at the sight of blood. It was a total freak accident. It started to pour outside so we took cover under a spot near the pool. Alo being the gentleman he is rushed to put down the plastic covers so the rain wouldn't drench our stuff and in the process hit his poor head! At first I thought he was just being a "weenie" and cussing up a storm over a little bump on the head until he asked me to see if it was bleeding and I just about fainted. I pulled myself together to the best of my ability and called SOS (international insurance provider) and asked them what to do. They directed me to the local clinic and off we went. By clinic I mean one little room with 4 hospital beds that were all filled up with other patients. Alo got right in, they took a quick look at his head, said he needed stitches and out of the room I went. It was the quickest Emergicare experience complete with a bow like bandage he got to sport around the rest of the day! I rewarded him for being such a trooper with a quick trip to McD's on the way to the airport so that helped :)

All in all a great mini-moon as husband and wife! whoop whoop!