For anyone interested in 6-star luxury getaways, Six Senses Resorts now have a webpage for their new Soneva Kiri resort on Koh Kood, which is opening next year. Lots of blurb on the eco-friendliness of the resort which guests will be able to travel around by electric golfcart or bicycle. This is in an effort to compensate for the guilt they must feel about the amount of fossil fuels burned in transporting them by private plane to a newly built airstrip, on the nearby island of Koh Mai See Lek, and then being whisked by private speedboat for the last 2 kilometres of the journey to their 'green' hideaway. One final thought . . . would Six Senses sue if you named your resort 'Soneva Bitch'?
Interesting info for anyone worried about malaria . . . . the Thai Red Cross recommends against taking anti-malarial drugs for several reasons including:
1) Ineffective prevention of an infection allowing for a sub-symptomatic infection that delays diagnosis and treatment. Treatment during the early first stages of malaria is very effective, but it gets more difficult as the infection and life cycle of the parasite progresses.
2) Contribution to the development of resistance pools to anti-malarials that are also used for treatment
3) Side effects from the anti-malarials. Rather, they recommend that you use bite prevention and if you have the slightest doubt that you might be infected, report to the nearest clinic or mosquito control office (there's one in every small town in Thailand) for a diagnostic test, followed by immediate treatment on the one in a million chance that you have actually contracted malaria.
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