KOH SAMUI: THAILAND CHAWENG BEACH FRONTED ROOMS, FRESH LOCAL FOOD AND THAT POOL. Why would you want to go anywhere when you’ve got this view and that coconut to finish? Watch the action unfold beneath you on the beach as you put your sunbed to perfect use.
OZO CHAWENG. SEE PAGE 36
TAKAYAMA: JAPAN THIS IS HOW SAMURAIS DO BED AND BREAKFAST. Like everything else in Nippon, Ryokans go back about a zillion years (to the Edo period). Get around on tatami floors, wear a yukata, bow a lot, eat Hida beef in your room and don’t dare to ask for vegetarian.
LOCAL RYOKAN. SEE PAGE 42
KOH LANTA: THAILAND
GILI TRAWANGAN: INDONESIA
HOVERING ABOVE THE ANDAMAN SEA, WATER ACTIVITIES IS CROWN LANTA’S MIDDLE NAME. Lap up the free flowing swimming pool that winds its way through the resort like a lazy river and wonder how you hit the hotel jackpot. #winning.
DOES THE NEWEST AND BIGGEST RESORT AND SPA IN THE GILIS SOUND LIKE YOUR THING? Secluded enough to not do your head in but close enough to the doof doof to put your hands up for Detroit and watch the sun set over Bali from your sunbed.
CROWN LANTA. SEE PAGE 34
ASTON SUNSET. SEE PAGE 30 4 WAYS TO CHILL IN STYLE | 07