With the Christmas rush approaching, close your eyes for a moment. Think of yourself in a clear, calm sea, so warm you’ll want to stay in it for hours. Imagine the sound of lapping water as you lie back on a bamboo raft, watching monkeys playing as the sun rises over the mangroves. If it sounds dreamy, it’s because it pretty much is.
Paradise calling
It always takes a while to get to paradise. After an 11-hour (plus a bit) flight from London to Phuket, you emerge blinking into the humidity, thankful for the refreshing damp towels that seem to be handed to you at just the right moment.
Some 90km from hustly, bustly Phuket, on
