Inspiring Travel Writing from Terry Blackburn
Terry Blackburn has lived in Bangkok for the past four years and has written extensively for a variety of regional and international tourism, business and sailing magazines. He is currently a Managing Director of Ensign Media, which produces the bimonthly trade newspaper Asia Property Report and a range of annual marine and business publications.
Articles by Terry Blackburn
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Sangat Island Resort
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Terry Blackburn
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Philippines
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Visayas
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Palawan
If getting there is half the fun, then Sangat Island Reserve must be one of the most entertaining luxury resorts in Asia and certainly in the Philippines. First, escape the smog-choked streets of Manila in a 12-seater light aircraft. Gaze over the...
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Conrad Bangkok
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Terry Blackburn
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Thailand
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Bangkok Region
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Bangkok
It may not have the most Thai feel of any hotel in Bangkok (that distinction probably goes to the Sukothai), but The Conrad does manage to capture much of the contemporary cool zeitgeist that is propelling the city to the forefront of South East...
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Poppies Samui
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Terry Blackburn
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Thailand
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Southern Thailand: The Gulf Coast
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Koh Samui
Poppies provides one of the best hiding places in downtown Chaweng. Its relatively small size belies the fact that there are 24 sizable rooms secreted amongst the greenery. Don’t fall for the sunken bath pitch though – yes the semi al fresco...
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Pansea Luang Prabang
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Terry Blackburn
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Laos
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Luang Prabang Region
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Luang Prabang
Sitting imposingly on top of the Phou Vao hill, the Pansea is the last word in understated luxury in Luang Prabang. The huge rooms are finished in a spare modern Asian style and feature four poster beds, large baths, day beds and shaded balconies....
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Long Island Resort and Spa
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Terry Blackburn
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Thailand
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Southern Thailand: The Gulf Coast
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Koh Samui
A former setting of trash TV show Temptation Island, Long Island thankfully manages to be everything the programme wasn’t: classy, good looking and occasionally full of genuine celebrities. The owners’ connections with the media world are certainly...
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The Lodge, Koh Samui
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Terry Blackburn
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Thailand
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Southern Thailand: The Gulf Coast
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Koh Samui
Boutique elegance doesn’t come at a more bargain basement price than this - even in Thailand. For less than the price of a decent meal at the Italian restaurant next door, or at the Aussie sports bar down the road for that matter, The Lodge offers...
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The Apsara
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Terry Blackburn
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Laos
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Luang Prabang Region
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Luang Prabang
Too attractive? Perhaps too charming would be more appropriate. Luang Prabang rightly claims to be the most authentic Indochine town left in South East Asia and The Apsara is perhaps its most classically French hotel. The renovation is a delightful...
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The Mayfair Hill Resort
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Terry Blackburn
Darjeeling and The Mayfair Hill Resort are at the end of the line of one of the world’s great railway journeys: the single gauge toy train, a relic from the colonial era, which winds its way up through tea plantations and tiny mountain hamlets 2500...
Reviews by Terry Blackburn
Santiburi Dusit Resort & Spa | Terry BlackburnNothing sums up a hotel like a first impression. In this case it was the vision of a fat man in raybans, wearing a white towelling dressing gown and chewing on a large cigar as he stared out to sea from his beachside table in the middle of the...-
The Peninsula Bangkok
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Terry Blackburn
Winner of various World's Best Hotel awards, including those of Travel + Leisure and Conde Nast Traveler, The Peninsula is clearly doing something right. Its location on the south side of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok gives it the distinction of...