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Yes, I’m back. It’s been three weeks! Just where did that time go?
Two glorious weeks of honeymoon away in East Asia and a week to recover from the jet lag. A week where I have not even been able to pick up a crochet hook in the evening, I’ve been so tired and fast asleep in bed by 9pm each night.
Was it worth it?
Just take a look!
We squeezed in 3 nights on Singapore, 3 nights in Bangkok and 6 nights in Phuket.
We travelled by plane, long tail boat, Tuk Tuk, bus, speed boat, canoe and were pulled across a lake on a barge.

Ao Phang Nga National Park, Thailand
Canoe safari Ao Phang Nga National Park, Thailand
Tuk Tuk travel in Phuket
The old buses of Phuket
Longtail boat up the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok
Barge across to the Black Ginger Restaurant on our last night

We stayed in some amazing hotels, so far removed from our usual choice of hostelry.

The Raffles Hotel, Singapore
Banyan Tree Hotel, Bangkok
Indigo Pearl Hotel, Phuket

We swam

One of the pools at the Indigo Pearl Hotel, Phuket
The roof top pool of the Banyan Tree, Bangkok
Nai Yang Beach, outside our hotel in Phuket
One of the beautiful beaches of the Ao Phang Nga National Park

We walked and walked and walked

Botanical Gardens, Singapore
Botanical Gardens, Singapore
Singapore, Gardens by the Bay
Within one of the temperate domes of the Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
Helix Bridge, Singapore
China Town, Singapore
The pretty painted houses of Old Phuket Town, formerly houses of disrepute!
Old Phuket Town
The notorious strip in Patong – google for more information!
Nai Yang Beach, outside our hotel in Phuket
The patterns of the Sand bubbler crab on the beach

We immersed ourselves in the old

Wat Pho, Bangkok
The reclining Buddha of Wat Pho, Bangkok
The reclining Buddha of Wat Pho, Bangkok
The Grand Palace, Bangkok
The Grand Palace, Bangkok
The Grand Palace, Bangkok
The Grand Palace, Bangkok
The Grand Palace, Bangkok
The amazing gold against the hot blue skies at The Grand Palace, Bangkok

And marvelled at the new

The giant skyscrapers of Singapore
The giant skyscrapers of Singapore
The highest pool in the world at the top of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel, Singapore
The Marina Bay Sands Hotel, Singapore
Singapore at night
Singapore skyline

Recognise this island?

Ao Phang Nga National Park, Thailand
Ao Phang Nga National Park, Thailand

You might recognise it from the James Bonds film, The Man with the Golden Gun. It was part of our canoe safari around the Ao Phang Nga National Park off Phuket. A day of jaw dropping scenery.

Colurful boats at Koh Panyee
Koh Panyee, the ‘floating village’

We ate breakfast like lords

Private breakfast at the Raffles
Private breakfast at the Raffles

We ate breakfast 57 floors up

Breakfast overlooking Bangkok
Breakfast overlooking Bangkok

We drank cocktails at what must be one of the coolest bars in the world!

Moon Bar at the top of the Banyan Tree Hotel
Moon Bar at the top of the Banyan Tree Hotel

In all quite a honeymoon to remember.
It has quite opened our eyes and we now want to see so much more.
Perhaps, though, not on such a grand scale.

Love, Lucie xx

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