Re: Christmas Holidays
Envelope ,
I'm back about 5 weeks after 4 months travel round SE Asia , having been to Samui I personally wont be back in a hurry, think Santa Ponsa , you get the idea. Ko Tao would be a good bet , less developed but if you dont scuba dive you'll kinda feel left out methinks
If Thailand is where you really wanna go and dont wanna do the apartment watching avoid Phuket also unless you use it as a base for getting to Ko Phi Phi and other islands , Chaing Mai i can also reccommend as well as the famed Golden Triangle area ( Burma,Thailand ,Laos border)
Have you thought of Belize? Was there a year ago , Caye Caulker , Orange walk , Ambrigis (spelling?) caye , all tropical beaches , white sand and NO high rise apartments , very laid back & Caribbean.
As far as i know BA are starting direct flights from Heathrow to Belize as soon as they finish building the airport in Belmoplan, scheduled for shortly before Christmas this year.
Costa Rica , both coasts , flights from Madrid , Ibearian airways.
I wanna go away now too !!
Enjoy whereever you go.