Having a long time fascination with elephants and a love of Thai food my wife and I decided to ditch our traditional holiday pattern of visiting relatives overseas, travelling or cruising with friends and took advantage of the discover Thailand fares offered by Thai Airways to explore three separate parts of what Thailand had to offer. Used to packing all clothes needed for a two week trip we headed to the airport early one Sunday morning with our full compliment of luggage, only to realise very quickly on arrival in Thailand this was a terrible mistake by a couple of first time visitors. Next time, and hopefully there will be another time, we will start light and come back laden with an expansion to our wardrobes and other goodies. First stop was Chiang Mai. This northern
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