I'm planning my honeymoon in Thailand for this November and would appreciate some advice. We booked our plane tickets to arrive in BKK around 7:30 AM on Fri, Nov 20th and are leaving from BKK at 2 AM on Sunday Nov 29. My fiance and I have traveled in Europe (and across North/Central America) quite a few times and this will be our first trip to SE Asia. I know we won't have a lot of time there, but it's the best we can do with the amount of vacation days we have (which is not much!).

So my questions, we are not beach people and we would like to experience at least two places in Thailand in our short time there. We are thinking Bangkok and Chiang Mai, but are there other places we should consider? Should we consider the beaches? Could we fit in more than two places? And how many days should we spend in each place? We love walking around, getting a feel for cities, people watching, seeing historical sites, and lots of eating, if that helps. We are thinking about flying from Bangkok to Chiang Mai partway through our trip and then flying back to BKK just before our flight leaves for the US. Is that feasible? how much time should we leave ourselves as a buffer? We'll be there over Loy Krathong (Nov 25), would Chiang Mai be a better place to experience that?

Lastly, any recommendations for hotels that are very nice, but feel Thai? A lot of the hotels that we're seeing are gorgeous, but the decor often feels like they could be anywhere in the world.

Thanks to all the flyertalk community, there is a ton of valuable information here!