TRAVELS

Polo: Sport of Kings Includes Horses & Elephants

Dateline: Bangkok, March 9, 2009 Hi-So ladies in their finery, royalty, sports enthusiasts, celebrities, and media including yours truly were honored with the opportunity to attend the Mercedes-Benz – B. Grimm Thai Polo Open 2009 at the Thai Polo Club near Pattaya in mid-January. Sure, the event is over, but there’s more ahead. Read on! [ MORE .. ]

Happy Holidays from Bangkok!

Bangkok, December 20, 2008. ...Downstairs the ballrooms were bursting with wedding receptions, and at that very moment as I stood to look across the long garden pool, the new Prime Minister arrived—self-driving his old BMW. Now that’s a change! He moved up the stairs and into each party in turn—no entourage, no body guards, just open-faced honesty! [ MORE .. ]

Bangkok Marriott Resort and Spa

Dateline: Bangkok, November 23, 2008. By Andréa R. Vaucher - Not so long ago, Bangkok was considered a one-hotel town by upscale leisure or business travelers. That hotel was The Oriental, majestically located on the Chao Phraya River with its river view suites named after the famous authors who had stayed there. Sure the service at The Oriental was–and still is–impeccable, but since one never stayed anywhere else, no one imagined the service could be comparable elsewhere. Surprise. It is. Now critics are raving about Bangkok’s only resort hotel, the Bangkok Marriott Resort and Spa, about a mile down river from The Oriental. [ MORE .. ]