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23 April 2009

Night Markets of Phuket

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I‘ve saved the best for the last.  For you city-dwellers, apart from picking the right hotel/resort and hitting the beaches and islands hard during the day, you’d definitely want to avoid doing yourself a grave injustice and pay a visit to the night markets of Phuket before leaving on a jet plane.  Depending on your [...]

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22 April 2009

Islands of Phi Phi

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It would be blasphemous of us to give the Islands of Phi Phi a miss on our recent trip to Phuket. Being god-fearing people, and not wanting to miss out on idyllic sights, we signed up for a tour package to jet off to the blue seas and white beaches of Ko Phi Phi.
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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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