Just Bangkok Things
After our trip through Northern Luzon , Nikki and I returned home to Sorsogon for the rest of December, where I did almost no birding at all. This was partly because of a bit of burnout after a long birding trip and the need to focus on other hobbies (and uh, work also), but mostly it was because of weather. The amihan (northeastern monsoon) gets into full swing in mid-December, and it kept us inside most of every day thanks to rain and blowing winds. I actually have very little to report from the rest of December in the Philippines, which is maybe a good thing considering how chronologically delayed this blog is already. That did not mean, however, that birding in 2022 was finished; instead, Nikki and I had a trip to Thailand planned for the end of December and early January. It wasn't entirely a honeymoon (since we hope that if we do an actual honeymoon it'll be a little longer...), but it was a nice excuse to spend some time together in a new country without too many work