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Despite my sincerest efforts not to overindulge when I travel – I go easy on the breakfast buffets and avoid desserts with a vengeance – I always seem to put on weight when I am away from home. And as anyone with weight management issues will tell, it goes on a whole lot easier when …
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 Michael Taylor is flying to Phuket in Southern Thailand, where he will spend eight nights at (mostly) five star hotels and resorts.There will be one exception. Just to keep his feet on the ground, he will stay at one hotel that is targeted at the mass market for two nights during that stay. Is it …
Michael Taylor is flying to Phuket in Southern Thailand, where he will spend eight nights at (mostly) five star hotels and resorts. There will be one exception. Just to keep his feet on the ground, he will stay at one hotel that is targeted at the mass market for two nights during that stay. Is …
Located near Petchburi Road, Amari Residences Bangkok is convenient to both the MRT and the newly launched Airport Link, putting Bangkok's impossible to pronounce Suvarnabhumi International Airport within easy reach. Sixty per cent of guests are long term, staying an average of 9.5 nights. Â One of several Amari properties in the Thai capital, Amari Residences …
Nearly half of the travelers staying at Amari Residences Bangkok are either accompanying family or friends seeking treatments at nearby Bangkok Hospital - or former patients at the hospital needing a place to recuperate.
A Bon Voyage Rock Concert for Morgan Parker will be held on Friday 25 February 2011 at Grappa's Cellar in Jardine House in Central in downtown Hong Kong. Confirmed performers for the evening are the funk crunching metal band Gong Wu, indie folk pop band Noughts & Exes, and expat rock bands Absolut Crap, Donner …
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Within minutes of completing his battery of tests at Bangkok Hospital, Michael Taylor goes for a private consultation with a physician, who discusses his results with him. The doctor pulls up a computer screen and gives him a printed report, which has been neatly bound in a binder. The doctor then goes through the report, …
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Medical Tourism Entrance to Bangkok Hospital, which offers medical checkups at reasonable prices. Thailand has a thriving medical tourism industry. Patients are attracted to country's hospitals, which are known for their high standards and low prices. No breakfast today. I'm off to Bangkok Hospital for a medical checkup, and no food or beverage …
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Jim Thompson (1906 – 1967) disappeared in the jungles of Malaysia during a visit to the High Country in 1967.  No trace of him has ever been found. Books and have written and documentaries have been made, but no valid clues as to what happened to him have ever been discovered. The fascinating story of …
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Jim Thompson (1906 – 1967) is credited with reviving Thailand's silk weaving industry. An American who was sent to Asia during World War II, he fell in love with Thailand, settling in Bangkok after the war ended.  He is spoken of with almost as much reverence in the Thai capital as Abraham Lincoln is …
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