Thai Couple Encounter Heavy Floods During Wedding Ceremony, Carry On With Their Plans Anyway

Southern Thai couple get married despite flood



Images adapted from: MeenPhotographer

It could take you several years to plan for the important days of your life, such as a wedding. When it comes to the time, there might be some difficulties you’ll face, but no one could have predicted what happened to this couple. 

However, they showed us that nothing could dampen their spirits – even a heavy flood.


Heavy rains and floods in Narathiwat


Sanook announced on 2nd December 2019 that Narathiwat, a province in southern Thailand’s, was a flood-prone area, with over 20 sub-districts and 99 villages damaged from water. 

Even though they were faced with a flood, it didn’t stop the happy couple from celebrating their precious day with their friends and family.


Image credit: Meen Photographer

Despite the bad news, Meen Photographer shared a wedding photo set of Mr. Syed Busri and Ms. Heedayah, and it caught netizens’ attention because of the unique setting.


Image credit: Meen Photographer

Both the bride and groom, along with their guests, could be seen to be sharing laughs and seemed to be in high spirits even though they had to walk in water that went up to their knees.


Thanks to the flood, guests needed to get to the ceremony on a boat
Image credit: Meen Photographer


Image credit: Meen Photographer


Netizens joined the celebrations


After the photos were shared on Facebook, a number of netizens shared their positive and heartwarming comments.


Translation: The bride, groom, and bridesmaids look lovely. P.S. The photographer is very good at doing his job too!

Image credit: MeenPhotographer

Translation: The groom and the bride look so cute, I wish you a happy life.

Image credit: MeenPhotographer

Some even shared photos of their own weddings that were affected by the flood.

 

Translation: It flooded at my wedding as well! 

Image credit: MeenPhotographer


The flood never bothered them anyway


We’re happy to see that they still decided to enjoy the moment, even though it disrupted their wedding plans. We also hope that the flood situation gets better soon. 


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