Originally Posted by
azepine00
just got back from JW Khao Lak which is a reasonable alternative to LM i also remember fondly (definitely covers your 1 and 2 but no villas or in house elephants of LM)...
Thanks very much for this suggestion. My wife might want to go to a new destination for us (though I realize the JW and the dearly departed Le Meridien are on different beaches), but we'll look into it.
Any other suggestions are very welcome.