It was a solid one-month break after a year of our wedding. To be honest, it was also an excellent physical and mental disconnect from work and life in general as circumstances made it almost impossible to keep up with happenings in Singapore when we were halfway across the world most of the month.
The trip took us to places I was familiar with as well as some new ones where I couldn’t have reached on my own. Kickstarting off the month-long vacation in the grandeur of the Canadian Rockies, we hiked almost a week away in the national parks albeit living life a little dangerously since we trekked without bear spray while bear season is in full swing.
That was followed by a whirlwind visit to the US with a once-in-a-lifetime helicopter flight over the Grand Canyon and Vegas Strip and a customary visit to the happiest place in the world: Disneyland and its neighbouring theme park. It was kinda nostalgic to be back again as I wouldn’t have thought that I’d return so soon after my solo trip here 5 years ago.
On the last leg of our honeymoon in Japan, we wound up launching into shopping sprees as we no longer had to worry about making do with carry-on luggages as we did on US and Canadian domestic flights. Thankfully for the discovery of airport luggage storage and coin lockers, we still managed to travel light on our trip to Kawaguchiko to indulge in the splendour of Mount Fuji.
In all, we were pretty blessed for the entirety of our honeymoon as good weather accompanied us for most of our trip lest one day of continuous drizzle, but the top-notch accommodation more than made up for it. Also in a moment of serendipity on our return, I learnt that my parents also had their honeymoon in the US and Canada with similar stops almost 4 decades ago. What a coincidence!