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Cruising the River of Kings aboard the Chao Phraya Princess. Bangkok Nightlife Cruising up and down the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Thailand, is one of the most enjoyable ways to spend an evening in the Thai capital. A dinner cruise combines a sumptuous buffet meal with live entertainment, dancing, and some spectacular shoreline scenery. …
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As a travel writer I tend to return from trips a few pounds heavier than when I left. When staying at five star resorts, I try to do laps for an hour in the pool, but I have found that swimming does not have much of an impact on my weight.
Taiwanese Travelogue Mistakenly thinking that I was in the vicinity of the Grand Formosa Regent Taipei, I decided to continue on my way on foot. I still had not had lunch, and – as always seems to happen – there are restaurants everywhere you look, except when you are hungry. I walked and I walked …
Over lunch, we continued our conversation from the night before about Pet Peeves when staying at five star hotels. Having to pay extra to gain access to the Internet seemed to be the undistributed winner among the gathered journalists and travel writers.
After indulging myself at breakfast, I asked for a ride by shuttle bus to Kamala Beach, where the Andara Resort & Villas had a beach club. A couple of participants staying in other villas were already sprawled on double sun loungers.
Had it really only been 24 hours since I picked up the telephone, dialed the number that after all these years I have still not managed to memorize, and hailed a taxi to Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok – asking, of course, for a discount in my broken Cantonese?
The stars above were twinkling and the lights were starting to come on in the bungalows nestled amid the gentle hillsides that surround Kamala Bay as we settled around a table on the terrace of Residential Luxury Pool Villa No. 26 at Andara Resort & Villas in Phuket, Thailand.
We pulled up to the Andara Resort & Villas at twilight. The sun had already set. The sea was an iridescent blue, the skies a similar hue.
From the 45 minute taxi ride from my country abode in the northernmost Hong Kong to the three hour flight on board Dragonair to Phuket chatting with some newly met friends to spending the enitre afternoon in 42 degree heat on board a luxurious yacht.
Following a sumptuous lunch that ran from Western salads to Thai curries to yummy desserts, boat boys conveyed us in small groups by launch to a nearby karst.