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Spa tales from the river bank
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 17/12/2013
» Though ultra-contemporary, like the hotel that houses it, eforea Spa at the Millennium Hilton Hotel channels nature so effectively it actually enhances it, which is probably why treatments there leave you feeling so on top of the world.
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Looking down on Pattaya
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 02/12/2013
» Love it or leave it, there's no denying that Pattaya is popular. And not just among a certain genus of male tourist. Almost equally shocking is the preponderance of innocents at large, ranging young nuclear families, retiree couples, assorted executives/experts and, yes, hormone-charged honeymooners.
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Bangkok borderland ECO escape
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 02/12/2013
» Wouldn't it be great to get the heck out of Dodge and fill those lungs with sweet fresh air without having to prepare like Dessert Storm and survive an ordeal more jarring than the Paris-Dakar to get there?
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Out of the ivory tower into the indigenous fire
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 03/12/2013
» While there is an automatic close association between any Peninsula hotel and cosseted luxury, they also understand that too much buffering against life as it is lived by the masses in each of its exotic locations can be stifling.
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Way to go
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 04/12/2013
» Starting today, you can fly Bangkok to Chiang Mai for as little as B400 and be there in a shade over 70 mins. You'd be pressed to buy a rickety bus ticket for that and you'll be bumping along for a solid nine hours at least.
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Hot-to-trot spa offer
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 06/12/2013
» As a kind of Christmas present to everyone in need of a little respite and a fresh perspective during the festive season, the Centara Grand at CentralWorld flagship branch of the burgeoning SPA Cenvaree brand, has created a new "Spa Pick & Mix Package" that's almost too good to be true.
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A Square deal celebration
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 10/12/2013
» One of the most popular and affordable upscale buffets in town has long been The SQUARE, up on the 2nd floor of Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square.
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Euforia at eforea
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 11/12/2013
» What a blessing it is for the inherently lazy, like myself, that lying down doing nothing is one of the best ways you can serve your "mind, body and soul", as the stock spa saying goes. And one of the ultimate places to do that currently is at eforea Spa, ensconced at the Hilton Pattaya and packaged with ocean views.
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In the zone away from home
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 12/12/2013
» Nowhere is Bangkok's confidence in its future more evident these days than down by the river, especially in the neighbourhoods of the skytrain stations and bridge that now also put the Thonburi side, the city's original temple precinct, on the mass transit map. Some of the most euphoric condo concepts in the city are taking shape there on both banks, along with upscale mall projects, including a new Paragon, surging ahead with the ambition of chaneling the surging affluence.
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Sitting at the top of the bay
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 07/12/2012
» From 14-34 floors above Beach Road, no further explanation than the half-moon, palm fringed bay is needed for Pattaya's perennial popularity among travellers from near and far. In golden afternoon sunshine, the sparkling salty turquoise expanse bears testimony to the efficacy of the seaside city's expensively procured water treatment infrastructure, as do not a few stick figures bobbing around colourful buoy-bordered swim areas cordoned off against darting jet ski bounders and bouncing speedboats trailing high-holstered paragliders or fast-ferrying day-trippers to pristine isles on the near horizon.
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