Bangkok:
At the Marriot
Royal Garden Riverside, even the standard rooms are the
epitome of luxury but if you can afford it, get a junior executive suite: enormous kingsize bed, gorgeous linen, turned down at night while you're out, fresh orchids laid on the pillows and your slippers & dressing gowns left out. Twin marble sinks, walk in shower & giant jacuzzi bath, with a view of the gardens, pool and river. When you wake up in the morning, your newspaper is hanging from your bedroom door handle. Your eyes will pop when they see the scale of the breakfast buffet banquet, with every cuisine catered for and chefs on-hand to cook anything you want, in any way that you want, not to mention the chocolate fountain. The swimming pools are in the centre of U-shaped building, you can swim up to the bar and have a cocktail or get into the 16 person terracotta tiled hot tub. Be careful when walking around at sun-down, with all the beautiful plants and the river, mosquitos are rife, on my first night I was even 17 times on one ankle in 10minutes!
Bed Supper Club: http://bedsupperclub.com/ reminded me of Space Odyssey 2001, it's a cylinder laid on it's side with a gang plank to the entrace, inside everything is white and illuminated with UV light; white leather beds line the sides and tables, where almost naked waiters have the menu written in neon paint across their chests writing. I think we just had cocktails and soaked up the atmosphere, as DJ played house and electro until surprisingly just 10pm!
Cabbages & Condoms restaurant: http://www.cabbagesandcondoms.com/restaurant.php?type=environmental It felt a bit weird eating delicious noodle dishes on a table mat made of different coloured condoms but then you get used to it because you're in Bangkok!
Koh Samui:
Maenam: north of island -we stayed in Homebay bungalows -€20 per night basic but perfect, beach is nice & quiet too.
Lamai: Look out for this spa resort -kinda rustic all wooden but it does half-day spa with facails, mud wraps, massages & steam baths for only €20!
Bophut: fishing village, does the best barbequed fresh red snapper and is a gateway to Koh Phangan and the infamous Full Moon Parties. *Be sure to put on your life jacket when getting onto the speed boats, they offer them but do not enforce and our boat almost capsized due to their dangerous driving on choppy waters!
*Angela’s
Bakery is where to go for brekkie, it’s a wooden restaurant on the opposite
side of the road to the beach in between Bohput and Maenam -cumberland sausies
are the best you will get in Asia-sambos, salads, milkshakes, everything is
fresh and tasty!
*Uncle Noi’s
is also on the beach side of the road in this area, only you’ll have to keep
your eyes peeled, he only has a plastic seperating his eaterie and the road! He’s
a big old Thai guy with a chef’s hat & moustache, his wife & daughter
help out, they make the best Thai currys and sweet n sour porks in the world,
c.€2 a plate!!
*Pizzaria
along here too but I forget what its called but Luca is the owner, it has a
wine coloured front.
Koh Tao:
Tanote Bay,
only accessible via 4X4, really remote & amazingly picturesque. This is
where www.blacktip.diving.com eco resort is
& the safest and soundest place to do your PADI. On the main strip there
are some really cool bars & places to eat that are ridiculously cheap so
maybe hang around for a night or two after you finish your PADI.
Koh Phi Phi:
Stay on the tSunami side of the island -waaay cheaper -we stayed in huts high
up on the hillside (just in case!) but they had a fab infinity pool there &
it was dirt cheap -(get a lad with a trailer on his moped to bring your bags up
for you, tis an awful hoof!)
Krabi &
Raleigh Beach:
You can
only get to Raleigh via wooden long tail boat because it’s a headland that juts
out to sea -but its worth it -unreal -high cliffs & jungle surrounding this
magic beach (looks like the lagoon from The Beach).
While
staying in Krabi -hire a moped & visit the Emerald Pool & the Crystal
Pools -natural fresh water swimming holes in the middle of the jungle -surreal!
http://www.krabi-beach-lover.com/krabi-emerald-pool.html
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