Aman stays used to be simple / simpler .

Like email the GM & say we are on way .. it was done .
And all we needed to do was just appear on whatever day at the airport at whatever “ remote “ spot .
These days not only numerous emails ( sometimes calls ) with various departments involved , cc information requested , think prepayment required at some - fortunately waived I think for us , onerous .

Back then meals were straight forward , especially when it was only Puri - just show up at the Thai , Italian or Beach .
Meals were like eating at home , at least for us it was , & Amans ‘ ethos then meant for it to be precisely that , comforting . No fancy menu or high flaluting dishes .
Recently , skipping a few years in between , we have Italian becoming ARVA & Japanese - NAMA .

And just , what do we get at AmanTokyo ? Well , well , Musashi by Aman !

Then earlier this month , quite a few chefs from various Amans converged at Puri for Italian cooking and pastry sessions . Am looking forward to enjoy the results of this soon ..

How times have changed . Ethos too , even from cost cutting .

Aman began with no spa .. Trend now to have best Wellness Retreats .. ‘ Adventure & Learning Centres ‘ for the young ones , am hoping for the “young at heart “ too

Let ‘ s not get into the “ influencers “ .. which I think is all foreign to AMANjunkies of the ‘ 80s

Do see some positives though .

Busy taking Osaka marathon photos some of which you will see on another thread , let you know soon .

Think I may have mentioned in my Nusa villas June ? TR ..The villas have a varying number of pavillons which the owners decide how many to let out

AmanTokyo ‘ s is not updated either

Amanusa villas 1 , 2 , 3 , 6 & 7 are available , assume an average of 4 rooms / suites available for each villa . Although a villa may have 6 suites , 1 or 2 are only for owners ‘ s use .

are you asking me? I have a driver that I can definitely recommend to you. Very professional driver that my family has used for years.

oh sorry! I misunderstood the question: at jiwo I did the menorah hills hike, the bicycle around the villages excursion, and pak bilal dinner and the sunrise at Borobudur intellectual tour and sunset tour. I also did the jomblang cave excursion and Dagi hill picnic not through Aman.
I definitely recommend all the excursions I did esp. sunset at Borobudur, biking trek and pak bilal dinner
I had a pretty negative experience at Amankila (don’t wish to discuss) so I checked out early and went to Bulgari so the only thing I did there was beach dinner the first night.

Veterans are rather few these days , some are on this list . HMs too
There is more hope for newer GMs / HMs imbibing Aman ’ s ethos from ‘ 88

Sara - Astrid K
Venice - Claudia S

Galla ( SL ) - Sean F
Jena - Nicolas I
Jiwo ( Indon ) - Ian W
Kila - Ernst L
Kora - John R
Ruya - Igor B
SS - Sven vd B

Gani - Stuart L ( was another Stuart previously )

Monty B covers Americas & stands in as GM whenever wherever needed

HMs :

Nemu - Yoshi K
N’oi - Joy A