Originally Posted by Pausanias

I know, see, understand etc where you are coming from Vuittons, but my memories of Phuket from the 1980s and 1990s are so strong that I can't ever return. Even sitting in the luxo-bubble of somewhere like Amanpuri or Trisara I couldn't help but shudder at the thought of what was going on outside the compound. Yes I know that might apply to almost anywhere in the world but I think that resorts are rather different. Take Siem Reap, yes it's become a ravaged, over-touristed place but there is still Angkor to wonder at and I'd go back. I'm not sure about Bora Bora, though, or Bali, and Phuket falls into the same category.

BTW, did you see the story that the Indonesian government is to close Komodo to tourists from 2020?