More from Susan in Bangkok…
I can look out our window, from the Garden Wing of The Oriental Bangkok, and see the original 125-year-old building now known as The Authors Residence. Rooms that once housed Joseph Conrad, Somerset Maugham, James Michener, and Noel Coward are a stone’s throw away. They too have stayed here, written words
More from Susan in Bangkok…
I can look out our window, from the Garden Wing of The Oriental Bangkok, and see the original 125-year-old building now known as The Authors Residence. Rooms that once housed Joseph Conrad, Somerset Maugham, James Michener, and Noel Coward are a stone’s throw away. They too have stayed here, written words
My weakness is a good beach. I define good as having clean, clear water (preferably warm), soft sand to lie on, and a relaxed, uncrowded atmosphere. Koh Phi Phi Don, off the island of Phuket, seemed just the place for me to spend my one and only free day in Thailand.
Koh Phi Phi is billed
Throughout my whole trip to Thailand, I had been treated like a queen. A car and driver, as well as a very excited friendly face awaited me at the Bangkok airport when I arrived, exhausted from the nineteen hour flight from San Francisco. I had four glorious days at the five-star Mandarin Oriental Hotel: cocktail
More from Susan in Thailand…
It’s better than warm milk or chamomile tea, works faster than counting sheep–it’s snooker, the best sleep aid around. Found totally by accident while staying on the island of Phuket, this 9-ball billiard game became a nightly ritual. At the wonderful Boathouse Hotel, we are afforded the luxury of not only
