05.17.06
Another
Here’s another one I uploaded to YouTube.com. Enjoy!
and yes.. they are men. –>
Archive for Honeymoon
Calypso
I’ve posted a video clip taken from the Calypso Cabaret show in Bangkok, Thailand. I’ll post more videos over time but enjoy this one! Note that this video is actually stored on YouTube.com.
05.16.06
Honeymoon
We’ve uploaded our honeymoon pictures into the gallery section. You can find the photo album here. Enjoy!!!! –>
05.13.06
Honeymoon
It’s travel day one last time as we head out of Bangkok and back to the US. But before we headed out of this city, we managed to squeeze in one last two hour massage and boy.. it was well worth it. This was the best massage yet although I have one phrase to say – MAN HANDS!
Thanks for checking in with us. The honeymoon was a blast and we will treasure this trip with all of our hearts. Thanks again for sharing the last few weeks with us.
Thai massage number:
4
05.12.06
Honeymoon
Our final full day in Bangkok was spent shopping. Yes.. shopping. We also took the time out to check out some more local restaurants in the area (no we did not have mcdonalds again)
05.11.06
Honeymoon
The final tour on our trip – this time we headed out to a national park where we got a chance to feed MORE elephants! Before dropping by the park, our tour guide (named Pong) showed us a small local market.. here are some pics.
We saw a waterfall, rode even more elephants, went ox cart riding, and of course, ate food. Here are pics…
yes.. that’s Yvonne at the helm of the elephant. Pretty much autopilot though.
We capped off the night with one more Thai massage.
Thai massage number:
3
05.10.06
Honeymoon
Relaxation day for us. We checked out the Jim Thompson museum and started shopping at the MBK center. If you’re visiting Bangkok and want a nice AC’d shopping center full of small shops – you should definitely check out the MBK center.
05.09.06
Honeymoon
OMG – we had a 6:30 am tour this morning which would bring us to the ancient capital city of Ayuthaya. Ayuthaya was the capital of Thailand up until the mid 1700’s when the Burmese essentially sacked the city. If you get the chance to visit Thailand, you should definitely checked out Ayuthaya. We took a 2 hour bus ride there followed by a 3.5 hour boat cruise back to Bangkok.
At night, we dropped by the Calypso Cabaret Show at the Asia Hotel which wasn’t too far away from our own hotel. Yes – we couldn’t get enough of these shows! If you like cabaret shows, then you’ll definitely like this one. The performances at Calypso were definitely better than those at the Tiffany show in Pattaya. Here are some pictures from the show that night. I even managed to record some video which I’ll post online soon.
We capped off the night by eating at the Hard Rock Café and man.. we couldn’t hear a thing because there was a live band playing old school music all night long.
05.08.06
Honeymoon
We said goodbye to Pattaya today as well as our Signet Tour guide, Cindy, and headed back to Bangkok for our final five days in Thailand. For the final leg of our honeymoon, we decided to stay at the Davis Hotel located on the eastern side of Bangkok. For those who are into hotels, the Davis Hotel is advertised as Bangkok’s first boutique hotel – whatever that means!
Here’s a picture of the hotel room – nice huh?
The Davis is located within what appears to be a business district. There are a ton of office buildings and condominiums in the area. As you can imagine, there are a large number of shopping centers in the vicinity – many of them housing high end stores as opposed to the more traditional night markets.
After checking in, we decided to take a walk to the Phrom Phrong station which is a part of the impressive Bangkok SkyTrain subway system. I gotta admit, the subway system in Bangkok is pretty cool – the trains are clean and air conditioned with some of the cars sporting LCD screens displaying advertisements. It’s pretty easy going from point A to point B using the SkyTrain although the network isn’t comprehensive as of yet.
The late afternoon/early evening hours were spent at the Siam Center shopping mall where we checked out the working middle class going about their daily activities. Some of these centers have some pretty high end stuff you know. How do they afford it?
After dinner, Yvonne and I decided to check out Mission Impossible III which was playing over at the Siam Center. Yes – it was in English with Thai subtitles. Did you know that you’re supposed to stand up and pay respects to the king and queen before the movie? It’s akin to everyone standing up for the stars and stripes before sporting events here in the US.
05.07.06
Honeymoon
Sunday certainly was a busy day for us as we got up fairly early in the morning to head out to an island off the coast of Pattaya. We teamed up with another group of 5 tourists (who were also from California) and jumped onto a speed boat to the Coral Island.
Along the way, we stopped by a parasailing site to do some well – parasailing. Yvonne and I both parasailed for about 2 minutes and it was definitely an awesome experience. The only downside to the experience was the harness that they made us wear which was unbearably tight on us. UGH!
Next stop – the Coral Island. What did we do there? Absolutely nothing but relax. We sat on lounge chairs, got some sun, walked around, and of course.. ate some food. NICE….
At around 2pm, we headed back to Pattaya and relaxed for the next three hours or so. At night, we headed out to the famous Tiffany show. Now if you’ve never been to Pattaya, you’re in for a treat! Thailand is well known for a high occurrence of transvestites. Yep.. tons of skinny men who decided to become the opposite sex. The Tiffany show is basically a cabaret show featuring some of the most beautiful transvestites there and let me tell you.. it’s nearly impossible to tell.
After the Tiffany show, we had a quick bite to eat and then headed back to the hotel to rest up.
Hotel for the night:
Royal Cliff Beach Resort