CATEGORY AUSTRALASIAN DENTIST 119 REALITY BITES extra about this place: something difficult to describe, something rich, and mellow, something deep and rooted – it’s in every inch of the luscious gardens, in the warmth of the staff, the fragrant pathways, the library, the lobby, the whole place feels saturated with a luxurious grace that says, simply, in a thousand ways; “You’ve made it, at last. Now, rest. Let go. You are in the right place.” There’s the rich frangipani-air of tropical Koh Samui, in the Gulf of Thailand, spiced with the scents of exquisite gardens and soft sea breezes weaving up from the resort’s private beach, but there’s something else about Kamalaya, something I’d been missing, but didn’t have a word for. Here, in one of Thailand’s most established, deeply loved wellness holiday sanctuaries, there’s an approach to health and healing that is both intelligent and dignified, slow and deep. 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