The Mandarin Oriental Bangkok travel articles, Bangkok, Thailand (34)

Between now and April, Bangkok enjoys its most pleasant weather. The oppressive humidity and monsoon rains have passed, giving way to clear skies ... more

Four Asian countries in under eight days sounds more like an endurance test than a luxury holiday. But in the case of the week-long whistle-stop ... more

Married at 16 to a schizophrenic Venezuelan revolutionary who picked her up in south London as she was on her way home from school, Lisa St Aubin ... more

You'll want a few hours when you first arrive to appreciate the preeminence of the Buddha in the city, and the place to start is Wat Pho. The famous ... more

Thud! The banana flies across the room and lands with Cruise-like precision on my companion's shoulder. I vaguely remember what the novelist Spalding ... more

The minimalist Metropolitan (00 662 625 3333, www.metropolitan.como.bz) might be the hottest (trial-stay rate double rooms from £77, room-only ... more

The original Thai boutique hotel, Mom Tri's Boathouse on Phuket, opened for business 12 years ago, pitched somewhere between the $2-a-night backpacker ... more

A few hours after we left our Florida port the shoreline vanished and there was only an endless, ever-changing sea. Some days not even a freighter ... more

The minimalist Metropolitan (00 662 625 3333, www.metropolitan.como.bz) might be the hottest (trial-stay rate double rooms from !77, room-only) ... more

At the night market on Patpong 1, T-shirts and bogus Rolexes are selling like hot satay, while on Patpong 2 topless girls are gyrating in the sticky ... more