The Eastern & Oriental Express is now checked off my ‘bucket list’. Been there, done that and what a great experience Barbara Kingstone April 2, 2016 Asia, Laos, Thailand If you have to board a plane just past midnight to arrive at your destination double digit hours later at a destination with a huge time difference,...
Chi Spa at The Shangri-La Hotel in Bangkok Barbara Kingstone June 20, 2011 Asia, Hotels, Spas, Thailand Attention spa aficionados: Right on the heels of the success of Aryuvedic spas and treatments, one can always be sure they’ll be another wellness...
Chi Spa, one of Bangkok’s newest but with ancient treatments Barbara Kingstone February 9, 2011 Asia, Spas, Thailand In Chinese philosophy, Chi is the universal life force that governs our wellness and personal vim and vigor. The Chi concept comes...
Bangkok’s Mandara Spa and The Oriental Hotel’s spa Barbara Kingstone January 20, 2011 Asia, Hotels, Thailand Both places of serenity and unique treatments SPA at the Oriental Hotel in Bangkok No matter how often you visit a spa and try their...
Trying for a tryst… sexy and very private getaways Barbara Kingstone January 20, 2011 Asia, Cambodia, Dubai, Hotels, India, Indonesia, Middle East, Thailand A short drive to the desert from Dubai 1. The villa suite was stunning, it’s design a triumph from the hand colourful Balinese...
Cooking in Bangkok II Barbara Kingstone January 19, 2011 Cuisine, Thailand A year later I was back in Bangkok and this time tempted culinary fate at the Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel and Towers, also located on the Chao Phrya...
Cooking in Bangkok Barbara Kingstone January 19, 2011 Cuisine, Thailand My rosy red radish should have had the elegance of that floral beauty, but instead my artistic endeavor was a pitiful failure. The veggie certainly...
Cooking up a storm… from roses to radishes Barbara Kingstone January 19, 2011 Cuisine Writer Gertrude Stein wrote “a rose is a rose is a rose’. I agree and I certainly have my doubts about a radish that should have ended up in a...
There’s Big Bang and Bucks in Bangkok Barbara Kingstone January 17, 2011 Asia, Thailand Rare Orange Sapphires in Bangkok Thailand is one of the world’s leading gem and jewelry exporters in the world. With its...
Keeping Up with the Hectic Pace of Bangkok… 24 Hours of Food and Fun Barbara Kingstone January 17, 2011 Asia, Thailand Bangkok's skyscape It’s an hour or so past dawn. So early, it’s hard to tell whether the sun will break through the...