Thailand is Trisara

Trisara – name that rolls off the tongue. After the increasing cold and grey of Shanghai, Trisara is magic… after a journey via Bangkok I arrive at Phuket in the middle of the night and am whisked away to a bed of great comfort. Cool sheets, room to stretch, peace, quiet, luxury..
I awake to the beauty of a tropical morning – warmth, colour, light. I pull myself out of my cocoon to breathe in the beauty on my private poolside patio overlooking the sea. Palm trees, white umbrellas, aquamarine water, a stretch of beach. And no people!
I hurry down the steps – or saunter, through the foliage to the breakfast terrace and am met by smiling locals preparing the resort for the day. I linger over a perfect breakfast of tropical fruit, toast and top notch coffee facing the sea outside, but my breakfast partner fails to appear. Eventually, I realise – after she has been called, that there is a time difference between Shanghai and Thailand.
I am an hour early for my appointment.
So… more time to enjoy this day in the paradise that is Trisara –“the third garden in Heaven” in Sanskrit, this sanctuary with its private beach, away from the world of rush.
I try my private pool, I fall back on sun lounge, my book drops from my hand.
Later I come close to Heaven with a Four Handed massage – two sets of hands working in tandem, one set of which I feel but never set eyes on its owner!
Normally this signature massage is performed with three sets of hands, befitting its tri – identity.
Waved off by a smiling team, I drag myself away on schedule after less than day at Trisara, rejuvenated already, but Trisara I’ll be back. I’ve found the perfect resort, lucky me…