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...ground?a new impetus. Pavilions, moats and reconditioned rice barns sit alongside 66 lavish private villas and nearly 80 suites, while the nearby Dheva Spa?over which dozens of wood-carvers sweated for three years?is an astonishing reproduction of Mandalay's Royal Palace. Extensive use of golden teak throughout the hotel will delight traditionalists, if not the environmentally correct. But everyone will be happy with the tab: introductory rates apply until September, with villas priced from $390 a night...
...upscale Canyon Ranch chain. Cabins are comparatively roomy, and three-quarters of them have balconies. Some observers on the preliminary tour complained that the furniture in some of the lounges looked cheap and that deck chairs for the lowest-priced cabins were white plastic instead of the traditional teak. Victoria Mather, travel editor of the British magazine the Tatler, dismissed the pervasive Art Deco look as "Las Vegas"--kitschy instead of tasteful. Note to travel snobs: those kitschy Las Vegas casinos make serious money...
...Constantly evolving and mutating, Chatuchak?probably the largest market on the planet?is split into 26 sectors sprawling over 112,000 square meters. There are more than 10,000 retailers, stocking everything from mass-produced teak furniture to great bolts of raw Thai silk, to bushels of imitation fruit and vegetables. The sartorial detritus of yesteryear, shipped to Thailand by U.S. and Japanese wholesalers, can be found in the 400 or so ramshackle stalls crammed into Sector...
...Besides, superlatives are Umphang's stock in trade. By day's end, we would be camped at Southeast Asia's biggest waterfall (Thi Lor Su, an aquatic Goliath some 400 m tall and 500 m wide), getting ready to trek through Thailand's most virginal teak forests before clambering onto Asia's largest animal (the elephant) to tour some of the country's most remote hill tribes...
After ascending the stairs, restaurant-goers enter an intimate dining area tastefully decorated with white Christmas lights and Thai artwork. Figures of two women carved from teak appear to dance on large black spoons that dangle from the wall. Fresh flowers decorate each table and larger displays of bright flora emerge out of flowerpots crafted from bamboo and twine. Animated images of Asian children wearing clothes straight from The Flintstone era adorn the walls, and piped in pop music plays softly in the background. Of course, the relaxed atmosphere isn’t the main draw of Smile?...