Now it is Monday, March 20, 2006 and I have been chilling on Rai Lay Beach. It is an incredible destination filled with European travelers and a few Americans. (So far I have met only three Americans and a endless number of gorgeous Swedes!) Yesterday I took a speedboat tour out to “The Beach” location….
Just when I thought nothing could get any better than my naked night of thunder and lighting, my next night at Banyan Tree was just as exceptional. I experienced the Spa Ryokan treatment, which goes from 7:00 pm to 1:00 pm the next day. I was given my own therapist who served as my private…
When you travel alone, it’s bound to happen, that moment when you realize that you are all alone and everything is right in your world. You are where you need to be. That happened to me when I was at Banyan Tree Resort in Phuket. I was staying in a villa with my own private…
A piece of travel wisdom I learned early on was, “Don’t set your expectations too high,” because if you do, you open yourself up to failure and disappointment. Then, I showed up in Bangkok and since my arrival everything has been more than I could ask for. From $5 massages to $6 silk purses –…
Oh, some of my favorite things in life include: fitting into a pair a jeans that I haven’t wore since college, finding those to-die-for stilettos half price, and my all time favorite…. UNEXPECTED UPGRADES!! Yes, dear readers, you have one happy jet setter sitting in Bangkok right now. Mere minutes before my flight on Thai…
by Susan Mary McReynolds I confess. Up until just a few years ago, I was still a virgin tippler. But I took a deep breath and plunged right into the fragrant well of Scottish single malt whisky. Serendipity made me do it. My good friend Sheila, a Glasgow native, had two tickets to Whiskies of…
by Audrey Mei I did hear some peeps and squeaks from some of you since I didn’t send out a travelogue for two weeks, so here it is! After Rome, I stayed briefly in Florence, where the eyes nearly go blind from the wealth of artwork collected by the Medici family. Michelangelo’s David (completed when…