Don't ask me how we did it, but we poor and humble Webster students were invited to an Indian wedding!! Well... simply put it's because we know where the party's at in Hua Hin. Ergo, on day three of the epic 5-day ceremony that took over the neighboring facilities of the Sheraton, the 20-somethings of before-mentioned wedding were looking to venture out into the local scene and lo-and-behold there we were, the perfect tour guides. Add 40 or so odd Indians to a group of 36 study abroad students and the dance party never stops. It didn't matter where we went actually, because we brough the party with us. But our friend Ghassan was MC-ing at one of our favorite late-night stops so we steered that direction and combined Indian pop with Ghassan's own flavor of house music until the wee hours of the morning. Impressed by our energy and fun-loving spirits, the brother of the groom (among the group who had joined us) requested that we join them for the wedding reception (the ceremony itself being very private).
The next day, the already beautiful Sheraton had been transformed into paradise with flowers perfuming the air and bringing color to every lamppost, fence, pagoda, table and walk-way.
**For those that haven't been put through listening to my rave... the Sheraton hotel in Cha-Am is an incredible piece of architecture and landscaping featuring elegant villas inter-connected by a 1.2 kilometer long pool (the longest in all of Asia) that resembles a more classy version of SixFlags's Lazy River complete with cascades, fountains and impromtu jet which create jacuzzis. All of this looks out over the beach westward into the setting sun. Magnificent. and oh so expensive!**
The family of the groom, as we later found out, had flown 400 friends and relatives from Delhi, Goa, Mumbai, Dubai, Australia, Canada, etc, so on and so forth and put them all up in the Sheraton.
Shaidep - the rock star in residence
Thai performers
Thai performers
Awesome wedding party
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