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26 April 2009

Telunas Beach Resort: Review and Reflections

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If you haven’t figured out by now, I’m big on holiday getaways.  Last year, I wanted to surprise my significant other by celebrating the end of 2008 and the arrival of 2009 out of Singapore, while keeping a lid on travel expenses.  We’d tried out Angsana Bintan earlier in the year, so the more up-market [...]

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21 April 2009

Banyan Tree Phuket: Review and Reflections

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Perhaps it was because of the primacy effect – we had spent 2 splendid nights at Indigo Pearl prior to checking in to Banyan Tree Phuket;  – the famed Banyan Tree experience failed to impress us the same way Indigo Pearl did.  Or perhaps we were simply suffering the ailments of  having too much of [...]

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19 April 2009

Indigo Pearl: Review and Reflections

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Nothing could have prepared me for the luxury that awaited us at our Pearl Bed Suite at the Indigo Pearl on Phuket Island.  I had booked the flight almost a year in advance, and only decided on our choice of accomodations at the very last minute – 2 nights at one of the top resorts [...]

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5 January 2009

The Untold Tales of Batam

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My girlfriend and I snucked out of Singapore to spend our New Year weekend at Telunas, which was another hour and a half away from nearby Batam.  Apart from lazing around a lot catching up on sleep and trying to fish with diced cuttlefish on a string (and failing miserably), the highlight of the trip [...]

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