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Travel and design journalist / photographer in Bangkok and Taiwan.

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One Person's Trash Is Another Person's Coffee Table

One Person's Trash Is Another Person's Coffee Table

Think about the amount of trash you discard every week, then multiply that by 128 million U.S. households, ti…

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In The Loop: Northern Thailand

In The Loop: Northern Thailand

(text + photography) Respect for the land is an inherent part of the tribal traditions of northern thailand. …

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Designers Are Turning Plastic Waste Into Swoon-Worthy Terrazzo

Designers Are Turning Plastic Waste Into Swoon-Worthy Terrazzo

Every year, about 11 million metric tons of plastic end up in our oceans. That's more than 30 Empire State Bu…

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Post-Lockdown Bangkok: Empty Temples, Nightclubs, and Hotels

Post-Lockdown Bangkok: Empty Temples, Nightclubs, and Hotels

I've been living in Bangkok for almost seven years, and have visited many times before settling down here. Bu…

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A Road Trip Through Taiwan's Hot Springs and Tea Plantations

A Road Trip Through Taiwan's Hot Springs and Tea Plantations

With a toot of its horn and a metallic screech, the Alishan Forest Railway rumbles out of Chiayi, a midsize c…

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Inside the luxury hotels of the Maldives, where the rich are riding out the pandemic in paradise

Inside the luxury hotels of the Maldives, where the rich are riding out the pandemic in paradise

For most of us cooped up at home, the bone-white beaches and gin-clear waters of the Maldives are the stuff o…

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The best hotels in Phuket

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By Chris Schalkx Verified, Hannah Summers Verified
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Sun-kissed sand, crystalline water – when it comes to sublime stays by the beach, you’ll find some of the buzziest and best hotels in Thailand on Phuket. This Andaman island is surprisingly big, so there’s a hotel to suit every wishlist. If it’s simple fly and flop you’re longing for, the Anantara Mai Khao Phuket Villas is just 20 minutes from the airport and was the filming location of a huge amount of season three of the HBO hit, The White Lotus.
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This Kyoto Hotel Is Taking Guests Deep Into the Art of Japanese Pickling

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By Chris Schalkx Verified
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Ankle-deep in mud in Kameoka, some 40 minutes by car west of Kyoto, I was trying not to slip face-first into the row of Kamo-nasu heirloom eggplant saplings we’d just planted. A few feet away, Satoshi Mori, the third-generation owner of Kyoto’s Kyo-tsukemono Mori picklery, demonstrated the correct way to plant the young greens.
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These Luxury Hotels Want to Plan Your Entire Trip. Here’s Why You Should Let Them

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By Chris Schalkx Verified
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Luxury hotels have long expanded their offerings beyond the stay itself, offering guided excursions to immersive destination experiences. Now, some are taking that evolution a step further by linking multiple properties for a single trip. From the Peruvian Andes to the fjords of Norway, a growing number of hotel companies are designing end-to-end itineraries that cover entire regions, with their own hotels as stops along the way.
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