If you're thinking about getting married next month -- or you're considering renewing your vows -- but you want to do something a little...I don't know...different, then maybe a trip to Thailand is in order. On Valentine's Day, 30 couples from around the world will participate in a special wedding ceremony, held 40 feet underwater off Thailand's Trang Province. Never heard of this event before? Dunno why. It's the 10th Anniversary of the annual Underwater Wedding, and in 2000, participants entered the Guinness Book.The Underwater Wedding is way more than just an underwater wedding, though: it's also a cultural immersion. Participants will get to enjoy traditional Thai wedding culture, which includes Buddhism rituals and the Thai tradition of pouring ceremonial water. Moreover, couples will experience the symbolic hand-woven, silk Thai wedding costume.
Unfortunately, the Wedding Certificate that participants receive is merely a Certificate of Participation in the Trang Underwater Wedding and is not legally binding. However, for $625 per person, you can afford to get the wedding officiated elsewhere for real. Hurry! The deadline for registration is January 31st. Not surprisingly, only certified divers are allowed to participate.
1. Either Willy or the organisers are suffering the year change problem.
According to the website the 10th anniversary is/was in 2006. There's no mention of 2007.
Don't ya just hate it when people don't keep their websites up to date? Especially when they want to make a lot of money out of you.
Posted at 5:14AM on Jan 10th 2007 by liberta