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The Sunday Six: Theme Parks and Waterparks

1: Disneyland, Paris, France A dream choice for younger children’s birthdays, Disneyland is one destination where holiday packages offer value. Expect all the magic and...

African penguins exploring their rocky home, behind glass at Siam Ocean World Aquarium, Bangkok Aquarium.

Penguins in Bangkok

We didn’t come to Thailand for the penguins. But there’s something surreally magical about stepping out of 35 degrees of sweaty, humid heat and coming...

city skyline of bangkok at night, seen from Vertigo, Bangkok.

Vertigo, Bangkok

This is the view from Vertigo, the aptly named, open-air bar which sits on the sixtieth floor above the Banyan Tree hotel, Bangkok. And I...

curving white spiral walkway inside Bangkok Centre for Art & Culture

Imagine Peace

Junior remarked the other day, “I do hope the shirt war doesn’t start again while we’re in Bangkok.” And my mother asked me over the...

Pink and yellow leopard's head with tuk-tuk, Bangkok

If Bangkok was a Colour…

If Bangkok had a colour, it would most definitely be pink. Hot pink. Like a bar girl’s brassiere, or those gorgeous metallic fuchsia and violet...