Honeymoon in the City

No wedding is complete without a honeymoon, and in my case, I had TWO of them! Of course, I didn’t know this as I was sooooo engrossed in my first honeymoon – which girl wouldn’t be right after marrying the man of her dreams?

After surfing through the internet and discarding 2 or 3 honeymoon ideas, we decided to stay in Sunway Resort Hotel. What I did not know was that Xav had booked us into Sunway Villas, which was one of the ideas I thought we had discarded since it was pricey. It was as wonderful as a city honeymoon could be – our villa was secluded in the midst of greenery (aka jungle), and yet we had all the modern facilities that we would have liked, IF we had wanted them.

Our check-in was superb. We were escorted to the lounge area, served lovely tropical fruit juices with a variety of bites on the side. While we sipped our drinks, we were informed on the services that the Villa offered. What caught our attention was the cocktail hour at 5.30pm. For two hours, we could have one cocktail and as much liquor as we wanted – and there was a LONG list of them! [If you do think of going here, please do not eat anything beforehand, as they will also provide a plate of complimentary little sandwiches, etc, to go with your drinks].

Villa No 108 was ours. Our butler told us that, according to feng shui, 1=everyday and 8=fortunate, so we would be lucky everyday. 1+0+8=9, which means longevity. Gee, we felt truly blessed with the stamp of approval of both astrology (our horoscopes match!) AND feng shui!

Door No 108 opened into a kitchenette with a view of a pool terrace on its right. A little plunge pool (I thought it was a Jacuzzi, alas, it wasn’t) and two lounge chairs with bright yellow towels draped over them, made an ideal setting for a pool barbecue party. Straight on, the bedroom: Xav was very excited to see a flat screen TV facing our wonderful king-sized, unimagineably soft bed. Seriously, you’d just sink right in and be buried under these magnificent pillows and luxuriously delicious comforter covers. The bathroom had a huge tub (finally we could both fit into one tub at the same time!) with little packets of bath salts on the side. The shower was the type called ‘rain shower’, where droplets of water just fell smoothly and evenly on all parts of your body.

We felt completely isolated from the world, away on our own private little cabin surrounded by the sounds of crickets and night insects. That first night, someone came by to leave a small plate of tiny chocolate balls – two dark and two white. The following night, we received another small plate of four strawberries dipped into white and dark chocolate sauces. Yummy!

Another great thing about Sunway (if this is not enough already) is the fact that the whole town is connected. Staying in Sunway Villas enabled us to get discounts for Sunway Lagoon, Sunway Petting Zoo, Sunway Extreme Park and shopping in selected stores in Sunway Pyramid.

Neither of us has been to the Petting Zoo, so there we went to bond with nature and its animals. The first animals that we touched were of the two-legged variety.
All we had to do was hold out a palm filled with sunflower seeds, and little birds flew to it immediately. I held out a piece of apple with my fingers and four red-chested, green-winged birds just perched themselves on my whole hand, each trying to pry the piece away for itself. There were some pretty naughty monkeys hanging loose,


and they tried to grab anything – my pouch, my hair, Xav’s t-shirt!You have to watch out for these little thieves. Xav and I attempted some longkang-fishing – there was a long, circular-shaped longkang filled with fish. Trust me, it isn’t as easy as it looks. Xav took one side and I took the opposite one, and between us, we managed to catch……absolutely nothing!

We gave up when it started raining and went indoors. Here is where I wore a nice snake around my neck. It was trying to coil its tail around my wrist, and it had some serious muscles, believe you me! Xav thought every animal was open to petting, so he held out an innocent finger through a little cage where a monkey sat quietly. Now, when there is a monkey and it’s caged, it’s usually for a good reason. True enough, Xav got bitten quite deeply by this fella! We then decided we had had enough of nature-and-animal-bonding and made our return to No 108. Of course, on the way there, Xav had to nurse his bleeding finger at the lounge bar during the cocktail hour, and as his loyal wife, I had to accompany him ;D

It was a magical honeymoon. It’d be the last few days we’d spend together before Xav returned to Tahiti. I had to remain in Malaysia until my papers were ready – we were looking at one month of separation time before we saw each other again. In short, we made the best out of that first honeymoon, if you know what I mean! ;D