Thailand

Thailand was our favorite of all our adventures! After going to church in Dullas, we flew to Tokyo, and from Tokyo to Bangkok. Once in Bangkok, we took a shuttle to yet another international airport in Bangkok and stayed in the airport from about 1 am-5 am. Here is Keith sleeping on the airport floor. Isn't he cuuuute?! He is such a good travel partner. The best!

Then we flew further south to Phuket. I slept almost the entire ride (as I do on pretty much every flight) but when we were landing in Phuket, Keith woke me up saying, "Chelsea, I think youll want to see this!.." Aaaah!! So pretty!

From there we took a taxi, then a 2+ hour boat ride to the PhiPhi Islands. Talk about beautiful.

There we stayed at a little bungalow (only $15)

On the island we enjoyed tons of fruit shakes and Thai pancakes.

And of course, tons of  Pad Thai, my favorite

We went on a few hikes...

Got a thai massages (an hour oil massage for about $8, best 8 dollars ever spent!)

Played in the water...

 One of our days there we went on a sea excursion. Such a fun boat!

Our first stop was monkey beach. I remember hearing about this from several people, and seeing it on the bachelor, and it looked and sounded so fun...and it was, but the monkeys were evil! Keith wasn't even messing with them and one hissed at him, and then bit him! It sacred everyone a little bit, but it was mostly funny. Everyone was taking pictures of Keith and the monkey haha!

                                                        Then we saw Viking Cave

                                                                And then Maya Bay!

 Our last stop was snorkeling. I have never been a big fan of snorkeling and we had 45 minutes to do it. I told Keith to go with the guide and I would join him after 15 minutes (bc I knew I wouldn't need the whole time to snorkel.) About 10 minutes later Keith and the guide come back and tell me they have seen a shark!!! About 5 feet long! I couldn't believe it. I got in the water (brave huh?!) and although I didn't see the shark, it was the coolest snorkeling I have ever done. By faaaar. I went from not really enjoying snorkeling to loving it!!! It was cooler than an aquarium. I have never seen so many unique and bright fish!

Almost the entire time the water was extremely calm, but at one point on the boat ride we caught these huge 8 or 9 feet waves. There was about 15 of us getting thrown around on this little boat. It was 95% fun 5% terrifying. It felt like we were so close to capsizing!

After a few days on the Phi Phi islands we took a boat to Krabi. There we ate some really hot thai food and rode an elephant! It was a great ride too. We even got to go in the water with Urdu (the elephants name) and she was so happy!

They also gave us this crazy yummy fruit, I cant remember what its called. As you can see by the plate, we ate a lot of it!

We flew from Krabi to Bangkok. We spent a few nights in Bangkok. I was not prepared for how huge that city is.  Ive never seen anything like it. It was fun to be in such a gigantic city. One night we stayed at a little hotel outside of Bangkok and also really enjoyed walking around the streets in a not-so-tourist-place. This huge serving of Pad Thai was like a dollar. Yum!

                                 Ah, Thailand was such a dream. We need to go back again.

Puerto Rico

The night (really just a few hours) before we were going to leave for Thailand, we looked at the flights and they looked fine going to Bangkok...horrible coming back. So we came up with plan B...Puerto Rico! We landed in San Juan after midnight, then rented our car...1:30am. Got something to eat..2:30 am, and drove towards our hotel. We were not about to pay for a hotel room at 3:00 in the morning. So instead we parked at a walmart and slept in our teeny tiny car! We took a two hour nap and then drove to the jungle!

The El Yunque Jungle is BEAUTIFUL, although I have no pictures that do it justice :( . Keith found "El Yunques best kept secret" waterfall and we had it all to ourselves at 6 in the morning! We explored the jungle for a few hours and then checked into our fancy schmancy El Conquistador Waldorf Astoria resort at 9 am. (Isn't that awesome they let us check in so early?!) 

And isn't this a beautiful view? Keith was drooling over the golf course.

After our nap we took the funicular to the ferry. 

Then the ferry to the resorts private island of Palomino!

We loved this little island paradise with white sand beaches and crystal clear water. During the next few days we played a lot in the water, laid on lounge chairs, played horseshoes and corn hole and soccer, went on a hike and discovered our own private beach! About 45 minutes after we got there, a tropical storm rolled it! Good thing we had this shelter! It was quite the adventure!

 We also enjoyed all the beautiful pools and the water park!  Puerto Rico, you lovely island...!

Utah Reception and the Zarmatt

Continuing our honeymoon... the day before our reception we flew to SLC and came home to a busy family preparing for a wonderful reception. I am so blessed and grateful to marry into such a great family. They all worked long and hard for us to have this dream reception. The yard and decorations were flawless and the food consisted of my favorite things...coconut rice with mangos, shave ice and carrot cake, along with many other delicious things. It was such a wonderful night and I felt so loved. We ended the night with fireworks. Another of my very favorite things.

During our time in Utah, we also went to the lake several times. (Keiths favorite place to be is behind a boat) If you have never seen Keith wakeboard, you should. He's probably the best you've ever seen.

We also went to the Zermatt. Even though we only stayed one night, I count it as one of our five honeymoons because it was that good. It's this Swiss resort in midway Utah. We loved it. We're definitely going back.