Bangkok’s Softer Side: Oriental Residence Bangkok
I fear that my recent trip to Thailand is going to set a precedent for all years that follow. By that I mean, I’m going back. Now, many of you may know the backstory re Thailand travels, but, as a brief synopsis. I had originally been whilst in my twenties, way back when in 2006. At that time, Bangkok was still a heady, busy, hedonistic metropolis, but by the standards of 2025, much, MUCH smaller and shorter. The coastal regions and islands had barely seen a hotel brand, let alone a chain, and of course, before the horrendous tsunami of 2011 that laid waste to much of a coastline still…