It's been 80 incredible days thus far!

Last nite, Dominic & I went out to celebrate 80 days of matrimony!!! Why 80 days??? We couldn't wait for 100 days to celebrate... but I'm sure we'll honor that also! We tried this really nice Chinese eatery in KLCC called Spring Garden. I ordered fried rice with seafood gravy and Dominic ordered fried rice with shrimp. It was pretty good and I certainly enjoyed the seafood gravy on the fried rice. Something pretty unusual!

We were at the restaurant chatting for a while until 8:30pm then headed outside to see the water fountain. It was a very pleasant windy night and not really that many people around - perhaps since it's the middle of the week.

Our movie started at 9:30pm. Dominic managed to get tickets for 10,000 B.C. A lot of reviews were negative, but I personally found it to be pretty enjoyable! Not the kindda movie mum & dad would watch.... but still pretty kewl movie for us both. Overall, a simple but fantastic date!

Our Honeymoon Story (Part 3: Royal Island Resort)

Early 22nd January morning, both of us left Male capital for the last time and headed back to the Airport Island. We had to take a sea plane from there to Royal Island Resort. Our first experience on the sea plane and we highly recommend this for anyone who takes Malaysian Airlines to Maldives! Why? Malaysian airlines to and from Male are night flights, so you'll miss the STUNNING view of the different islands and the clear Indian Ocean.

We checked our bags in and a bus took us to the waiting area. Royal Island had their own waiting room that remarkable. They even had a computer with high speed Internet access which we used to quickly send a brief message to all the Ferns with updates on what we've experienced thus far. We had to wait a little while for our flight out, but they made it worth while by serving us with pineapple juices and bananas! The toilet facilities are dazzling! They even have perfume!

The sea plane journey took about 40minutes. The view was beyond description. I simply can't find the right words to use. We landed on what seemed like the middle of the ocean! There was a small sandbank where we saw a few sea gulls flocking and probably looking for lunch :-) A speedboat was quick to pick us up. Another 20minutes ride to Royal Island Resort!

When we arrived, the staff there gave us Coconuts as welcome drinks. This island is pretty big! It took us about 45minutes to walk around the island. As we were walking by the beach, we saw a 'baby' shark and on the other side of the island, we saw a manta ray. These sea creatures come really close to shoreline. We didn't have to go far to see such magnificent sights.

Our room was massive! The back door opens to the beach. Can you believe it? We didn't have to walk far at all! It was almost like our own private beach area with our own 2 deck chairs. Walks around the island at night were completely breathtaking.

On our first night there, they served us a wonderful honeymoon candlelight dinner by the beach, complete with decorations on the table and excellent service. I found the food to be pretty good. The steak was nice and juicy! Back in our room, we found a nice turn down service with a bottle of champagne and 2 glasses. We enjoyed the drinks outside our room by the beach. What more could be more romantic!

Activities we tried during our stay apart from the best snorkeling, watching the picturesque sunset, swimming around baby sharks and looking out for jelly fishes included canoeing. You can canoe around the island in just over an hour (if you're like me and make the man do most of the work! hahahhaaa... )

On the whole, a great place to stay and the best honeymoon I could ever imagine. Never in our lives did we dream of having such a PERFECT honeymoon. ~ The End ~

Our Honeymoon Story (Part 2: Taj Coral Reef)

On the 19th January, our private boat was ready to pick us up from Jetty 1 at 9:00am. We were really excited to visit our first resort ie. Taj Coral Reef. We sat on the top deck with our captain. They gave us a wet towel to wipe our face & hands followed by a range of soft drinks to have on our 1hr boat ride to the resort.

When we arrived, we were greeted by (oh my... I can't remember his name! Nice guy!) who brought us to the lobby and served us our welcome drink "Is lime juice ok maam?". "Of course!" I said :-) After checking in, he brought us to our room, took us on a little tour around the place and told us about a complimentary tea at the bar where some of their staffs will brief us on what we can do here during our stay and what to expect.

In our room, on the study table, was a personal note to us inviting us to enjoy our stay. It started with "Dear Mr & Mrs Dominic...". I loved the place already. Our outdoor shower was pretty cool! and overall, the room is pretty spacious! Outside, it looked as if each room had it's own big hammock! I couldn't help but think of Doreen when I saw the hammock (Only a few people know why)!

At 4:30pm, we went to the beach closer to the jetty where we met the sting rays!!! HUGE is the 1 word I can use to describe them! SO HUGE!!! We also met Kester & Marina who had already spent a few days there.

On our last day, we had to check out at the usual time (or pay extra for the room) which was 12noon. The staffs there were really nice. Knowing we were reluctant to leave, they got us a 9pm private boat out to the capital and allowed us to use ALL their facilities. We enjoyed happy hour drinks at the bar, played with the sting rays, watched the sunset, used the swimming pool, slept on the hammock, went for a private half hour herbal steam bath followed by a really nice shower and just watched the full moon above us from the beach.

A whole bunch of the staff waved goodbye to us as we set off into the moonlight. Another 1hr back to the capital. It was bitter sweet goodbye (sweet cos we had another Resort to visit the next morning).