THE ORIENTAL JOURNEY
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If you have 18 minutes watch our movie about the history of The Oriental in Bangkok. You can also watch it there (recommended). Visit the permanent exhibition THE ORIENTAL JOURNEY.
Somerset Maugham arrives at the Oriental
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"The hotel faced the river. My room was dark, one of a long line, with a verandah on each side of it, the breeze blew through, but it w...
Feuiletton 358 — Anchored
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The M.S. Serendipity has anchored at Colombo. For weeks we were accompanied by playful pods of dolphins, watched over a cup of tea a...
Feuilleton 346 — Path of History
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This week's newsletter, if you wish, could occupy exactly 2 Minutes and 16 seconds of your valuable time. As many of you know, upon co...
Grand Oriental Palace Hotel
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Savoy, Grand Hotel oder Bristol — das hat schon was. Da steigt man doch gleich lieber ab als im Gasthaus zur Blauen Blunze. Hotelname...
Lucien Fournereau: “Bangkok: Distractions? None!”
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The display of monumental architecture was a powerful Western means of visualising the East as a land of lost civilizations. ‘Ruines...
Scent of a Woman
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Author Andreas Augustin visits a good old friend. Once called one of the “Maidens of the East”, today one of the Grand Old Ladies o...
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