The speedboat cuts through the hot dark night and in the dreamy languor of fatigue I feel an overwhelming sense of serenity. In the distance, fishing boats lie low on the water, blurs of neon green, while looming above, majestic and imposing, great karsts jut from the black sea, staking their claim on this watery stage.
It’s only a short passage to my destination, Rayavadee, a luxury hotel on Krabi in southern Thailand, but even this brief transit caused a shift in my disposition.
After months of intense deadlines, my complexion is dull, I have frown lines like ravines and feel frazzled, tired and grumpy. Rayavadee, I hope, will recharge both my body and my mind. Alighting at the shore, I’m led to my villa down a moonlit path heady…
