The Elephant Nature Sanctuary is a leader in the field of elephant rescue and conservation. Started 10 years ago by Lek Chaillert, a Thai hill tribe woman from the Khamu indigenous tribe. She initially rescued injured and mistreated elephants…
Beautiful Pai, Thailand ~ waterfall hopping.
Pai has been on our loose “agenda” of a place we want to visit and experience. We generally approach most places we go to as a potential home base. “Could we live here?” is a question we always ask ourselves…
Life in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Day to day life in Chiang Mai starts to emerge for us. Many international travelers make Chiang Mai their home, so we seek to get a feel of what keeps them here. We have heard about the food, the culture, the…
What Wat today? Temple hopping in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Chiang Mai was the center of the Lanna Empire eons ago. Naturally isolated from the distant Capital of Bangkok, due to a forbidding mountainous terrain all around, Chiang Mai has a provincial feel. More laid back, less hurried and easily…
Reflection on our journey ~ metaphorically and mechanically. Chiang Mai, Thailand
Locals ask the question “Where are you from?”, which is fairly easy to answer…. (South Africa, France, Chicago, Nicaragua) compared with the question travelers ask us, which is “Where do you live?” The answer is not so easy. We no…
Life is always interesting….! Thailand
After about a week of exploration on the island of Koh Lanta and neighboring islands, we are ready to start our journey back North towards Bangkok, from where we all have different plans. (Ben is heading to London for a…
Island hopping in the Koh Lanta region, Thailand.
ONE of the reasons we select Koh Lanta island as our base for exploration in the region is that we have connected with a potential “workaway” host of appeal to us. Workaway, is an incredible global network for travel on…
Southern Thailand ~ Beaches, a new culture and martial law.
Once again, being in a country where something “happens” is very instructive. When we leave Bangkok after 10 days, the crisis that is playing out in the streets of Bangkok remains opaque. It doesn’t seem clear how the…