Like most international travellers, I’ve arrived at Kamalaya in a long-haul flight daze – compounded by the fact I’ve come off back-to-back deadlines and haven’t switched off my phone or computer in as long as I can remember. I believe the term for my state of being is ‘burnout’. But checking into this wellness cocoon along the coast of Koh Samui is an instant salve for the soul.
Ganesha – the jolly elephant-headed Hindu god of new beginnings – greets me on arrival by the lotus pond where dragonflies dance; a
