We had one more day to spend in Hua Hin, so Evan, Hannah and I went to the Sam Roi Yot National Park to go to the Phraya Nakhon Cave where a Thai king had built a pavilion. After arriving at the national park, we took a short boat ride to the beach where the hike to the cave began. It was a short hike, but it included a lot of stairs and the weather that day was very hot and humid. However, the cave that we arrived at was incredible and it was completely worth the hike. This was possibly one of the most beautiful places I have ever been (right up there with Cinque Terre in Italy) and pictures do not do it justice.

After walking around in the cave we hiked back down to the beach, had lunch at a little restaurant they had there for people who camp in the national park, and rode the boat back to where our taxi was waiting to take us back to the hotel.

Here are some pictures from that day:

The boat we rode in!

Looking down into the cave.  See the tiny people?

Looking up out the top of the cave

Over three days, there were several events leading up to Shivani and Pranav’s wedding ceremony.  The entire experience was amazing and I am so thankful I was invited to attend the wedding.  Here are some pictures of the decorations (which were incredibly beautiful and well designed):

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Here are some pictures of my friends and I at some of the events:

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To see the wedding video, click this link: https://vimeo.com/200535776/6183fcebe8

We took off from JFK at 12:45 am. Here we are before going through security: 

We took a 14 hour long flight to Shanghai, China and then would have a 4 hour layover before our flight to Bangkok.

I took a time lapse of us landing in Bangkok. The view from the airplane was so beautiful!

After getting off our second flight to Bangkok and going through customs we were welcomed by a team of people from the wedding.  They gave us drinks and snacks and showed us to a van that would take us to the Anantara Resort in Hua Hin, which is about 3 hours away from Bangkok. Our driver was very friendly and was glad to have us play music for most of the ride- he even put in a few requests!

Upon arriving at the resort we were greeted with a welcome gong and floral necklaces. 

We were checked in and shown to our room, which is actually the closest room to where breakfast is served and where some of the wedding events will be held. Our room is relatively normal but the bathroom is beautiful and we have a patio that goes out in the back. Anantara itself is very pretty and the wedding decorations made it even more festive and bright.

On our bed we got a leaf with this message- we think they got Hannah’s name mixed up but it made us laugh!

Hannah in front of our room:

Our patio in back of our room. Through the bushes you can see a bit of the pool: