I thought the "new" orient beach buildings were generic. I understand the reasoning behind the new construction. It is cleaner and neater...it is safer in that the buildings are further back from the eroding beach.

Orient has continually changed since we started going in 1999. Some changes are better...some not so much....

Orient is so much more crowded now....so much more to do...yet the charm of the old Orient beach seems to have disappeared with the "progress".

Even the new Club Orient sign has changed...gone are the backsides of the nude couple....the sign has doubled in size....and while there is a tiny little hint of nudity in the woman...now alone....her lovely backside is now hidden by a flowing pareao.

Yep....lots of changes....but there is still something about orient beach that speaks to me like no other place in the world.