It might be too late to start talking about honeymoon. After all , the Spoon and her Favorite Fork a.k.a FF, has been married for almost 8 years now. Yay! 12 years together and praise Batman, we manage to overcome that 7 year itch and stay smitten and remain in love. When you wake up next to each other after a night of snoring and drooling, breath smelling nothing like roses and still gaze at each other like you just slept next to Brangelina , then you my friend , finally found your one true love. Somebody who stays with you, accepts you, your morning breath, unshaven and unwaxed extremities , long-gone va-va-voom figure and all other extra baggages that goes with it. Now, if that ain't that love, then I don't know what is!
Our wedding was a relatively quiet event and to make sure that we do remember the day, we try to make each anniversary, special. This year, we decided to spend it in Asia! I have been dreaming of this holiday for months.I might as well thank those travel brochures for that. You know those picturesque beaches graced by couple in crisp-white drabs frozen in honeymoon-ey, euphoric moment? Travel advertisement couldn't get any better than that!
''I am NOT wearing that! It looks uncomfortable and hot!'' says my practical and fashionable hunk-not guy. Puff! There goes my mental holiday picture.No Kodak moment for the Babbling Spoon, thank you very much! Yet, as the plane landed in the Langkawi, an archipelago made up of 99 islands in Malaysia, the heat and the humidity welcomed me like punch in the face . My pores opened and started poring like leaky pipes. This is one of those rare moments that I'm glad, I listened to my husband.
We did not have that commercial- like, couple in love picture. On the contrary, on most photos we looked deep fried , sweaty and dehydrated! But we did have a blast!. Pristine beaches offering endless dose of sea, sun and sand, lush flora and fauna ,boasting an untouched jungle beneath with creatures big and small, winged, clawed, fanged and all, paddy fields and grass grazing, mooo-ing, poo-ing Buffalos, abundant mangroves , rivers and cascading waterfalls, towering limestone cliffs and mountains. Then, there's the foods! Ooh so delicious foods. Harvest of the sea, so fresh you say practically shake hands or tentacles with your lunch/ dinner before they take their last plunge into the sizzling woks. Lastly, the romantic sunsets and equally beautiful sunshine, that could make any one who witness it, gloriously happy.
The best part is, although Langkawi is one of the favourite vacation destinations in Malaysia, it is less crowded than Boracay, Bali or Phuket and other major tourist hubs in Asia. Less tourist, less traffic and less garbage, making this place a cleaner, quieter holiday alternative. No, I am not paid to say that.
We did not have that commercial- like, couple in love picture. On the contrary, on most photos we looked deep fried , sweaty and dehydrated! But we did have a blast!. Pristine beaches offering endless dose of sea, sun and sand, lush flora and fauna ,boasting an untouched jungle beneath with creatures big and small, winged, clawed, fanged and all, paddy fields and grass grazing, mooo-ing, poo-ing Buffalos, abundant mangroves , rivers and cascading waterfalls, towering limestone cliffs and mountains. Then, there's the foods! Ooh so delicious foods. Harvest of the sea, so fresh you say practically shake hands or tentacles with your lunch/ dinner before they take their last plunge into the sizzling woks. Lastly, the romantic sunsets and equally beautiful sunshine, that could make any one who witness it, gloriously happy.
The best part is, although Langkawi is one of the favourite vacation destinations in Malaysia, it is less crowded than Boracay, Bali or Phuket and other major tourist hubs in Asia. Less tourist, less traffic and less garbage, making this place a cleaner, quieter holiday alternative. No, I am not paid to say that.
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