Thailand

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Bangkok’s Softer Side: Oriental Residence Bangkok

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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…

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The Sarojin

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The sheer size of Thailand (and the vast amount of coastline and islands) mean that one could probably spend a lifetime exploring and not cover it all. I hazard to guess that would mostly be due to falling in love with somewhere, something or someone across the myriad landscapes that the country offers.

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Eastern Jewels

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The trip in question was to the far-flung shores of Thailand, a place I had once visited in what was seemingly a whole other lifetime. I say that as it was a trip taken with a former fiancée, in a pre-social media world.