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...KHAO LAK, THAILAND...
...Lanta Yai and Khao Lak?three Thai destinations better known for backpackers and hammock-strewn huts?have unveiled deluxe accommodation in a bid for upmarket business. Their swish new resorts are helping Thailand generate much-needed buzz in the first peak season after the tsunami. Who knows? One of these up-and-coming towns might someday eclipse the jet set's favorite Thai isle, Phuket...
...brighter future is also taking shape at Khao Lak?the area worst affected by the tsunami. Le Meridien Khao Lak (lemeridien.com) had been open less than two months on Boxing Day 2004, but it reopened ahead of schedule 10 months later with a totally new design. It now offers many of the opulent amenities of more intimate, boutique resorts. But it also has what none of the others have: a kid's club, providing kite-making and pizza-cooking classes for young ones. It's a subtle but telling indication that Khao Lak, like other secondary Thai destinations, aspires...
...Lanta Yai and Khao Lak - three Thai destinations better known for backpackers and hammock-strewn huts - have unveiled deluxe accommodation in a bid for upmarket business. Their swish new resorts are helping Thailand generate much-needed buzz in the first peak season after the tsunami. Who knows? One of these up-and-coming towns might someday eclipse the jet set's favorite Thai isle, Phuket. On Koh Lanta Yai, Rawi Warin (rawiwarin.com) joins the burgeoning roster of five-star resorts like Pimalai and Costa Lanta. Standard rooms feature polished woods and Thai silks, while the suites will awe you with...
...able to find new homes for all of them, which could make thousands of orphans permanent wards of their respective states. Perhaps then their adoption by foreigners will not seem such a bad idea. --By Unmesh Kher. Reported by Aravind Adiga/Colombo, Maryann Bird/London, Zamira Loebis/Jakarta, Andrew Marshall/Khao Lak, Adam Pitluk/Dallas and Jonathan Shenfield/Paris