Recipe for success in Batam
Frank Schoenherr is an old-school hotel manager. His counterparts in some hotels are ivory-tower bureaucrats who are seldom seen. Not so Frank, a German speaker born in Prague.
What’s this all about?
No matter where you’ve been or how often you’ve done it, there’s something about waking up on the morning you’re set to depart on a trip somewhere else, preferably exotic, that quickens the pulse and brightens the outlook. That’s the way it is for me.
Exotic delights on the Chao Phraya
Dusk falls over the Chao Phraya river, the broad waterway that snakes through Bangkok city and surrounding countryside. Against the darkening horizon, barges and small craft churn the surface of the river into glittering points of light…
Is Fiji good value?
It’s not as cheap as it used to be. Back in 1987, after Lieutenant Colonel Sitiveni (“Rambo”) Rabuka’s coup, when the flow of tourists dried up, desperate resort operators offered extraordinary deals.