OutThere - Issue 20 - May 2022

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one-and-only ‘The Lighthouse’ speciality suite
Take a wine safari with ALEENTA HUA HIN
to nearby Monsoon Valley, where you might
spot the vineyard’s resident elephants
Recalibrate the body and mind at the Nitra
Serenity Centre of the Chiang Mai hideaway
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W EL C O ME
Time flies when you’re having fun. Ten years ago, Martin Nakhon (Bangkok), we catch up with drag superstar
and I came up with the idea to create a luxury travel Pangina Heals, to find out how their art is restorative.
publication that told stories about our world in an We review the newest concepts put forth by luxury
inclusive way, one that is all about diversity, discovery hoteliers across the land. We venture to the countryside
and discernment. We knew that our own community of and are enthralled by bullish regeneration. Heading to
LGBTQ+ travellers was looking for more, and so was a its storied north, we explore imaginative ideas rooted in
wider audience, who never saw themselves represented sustainability and experientialism. We also take time out
in the mainstream press and didn’t always feel celebrated in its island enclaves, but not without our cameras, so we
or that they ‘belonged’ as they travelled the globe. can remind you of just how exceptional they are.
Having recently launched its ‘Go Thai. Be Free.’ Inspired by Pangina, we explore the concept of
diversity programme, the Tourism Authority of Thailand healing in our Topography section, where our
recognised that it shared our values. So, we partnered up Experientialists report back from Mexico and The
to make the first-ever issue of the Islands of Tahiti. We visit a hotelier
then OutThere/Travel, ‘The couple, who – in a way that only
“There has been positive
Amazing Thailand Issue’. To OutThere folk can – straddle properties
celebrate a decade in print, we’ve change… I like to think in Provence and Bali. And, on the theme
come full circle, again with its that’s down to travel.” of coming full circle, we revisit the first
support, to showcase what amazing hotel we ever reviewed in NYC.
new chapters lie in store there. The past 10 years have taught me
A lot happens in 10 years. Most notably, we a lot. I’ve been so lucky to have seen so much of the
experienced a powerful change in the way our world, and perhaps that’s why I understand why we are
community is viewed: a greater support for inclusivity at such a loss when we can’t. There has been positive
in everyday life, as well as for marriage equality. In change: more understanding and empathy, more
Thailand, a civil partnership bill is making its way collectivism, love and hope, and I like to think that’s
through parliament, something we never saw on the down to travel. But I’ve also learnt that we mustn’t rest
Thai horizon 10 years ago. If passed – despite slow on our laurels, because the freedoms we enjoy can easily
progress – it will make the country the first in South East be taken away, a sentiment poignant as I write this at
Asia to do so. A decade in Thailand isn’t without a time of war and the risk from a growing tide of right-
tribulations, either. But the country remains resilient, wing politics and nationalism on our doorsteps. Plus, so
charming, beautiful, future-forward and ever-welcoming. much of the world is in desperate need to recover
Many visionary people continue to make Thailand socially and economically from the pandemic. So, get
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