Sunday, 26 Apr 2009 | Views [944]
Luke and I left KL this morning and flew to Langkawi, a one hour flight, and caught a taxi to Telaga Harbour where we had a speed boat booked to travel to Koh Lipe, a tiny Thailand island about 1.5hours from Langkawi. We had to leave our passports at ... Read more >
Monday, 20 Apr 2009 | Views [402]
My week at the Elephant camp wrapped up on Sunday. Abi, Lucy and I headed back to chiang Mai where Lucy caught a train to Bangkok while Abi and I checked into Thana Guesthouse where I had stayed last week (basically just cos it had a pool we could lounge ... Read more >
Monday, 13 Apr 2009 | Views [530]
Elephant nature Park is a sanctuary for abused, injured, orphaned and sick elephants that have been rescued from all over Thailand and into Burma and Laos as well, where elephants are still used for logging. The park was started back in 1995 by Lek who ... Read more >
Friday, 10 Apr 2009 | Views [709]
After what has seemed like an interminable wait at Huay Xai I crossed the Mekong one last time after officially exiting Laos and heading up to immigration on the other side. As I stood there in the pouring rain filling in my entry card who should I bump ... Read more >