Thailand

The elephant took us on a seven hour trek up to one of the hill tribe villages in the days before Christmas in 1987. The elephant knew the way, so we were not troubled by the guide who vanished after about twenty minutes. The experience of being alone with an elephant in the jungle was one that I can recommend to anyone.The elephant took us on a seven hour trek up to one of the hill tribe villages. The elephant knew the way, so we were not troubled by the guide who vanished after about twenty minutes. The experience of being alone with an elephant in the jungle was one that I can recommend to anyone.

After Tibet and Nepal, the bright lights of Bangkok were a bit of a shock to the system, which was cured by a trip up into the hills north of Chang Rai.