We took one picture of this view, but there was a tree in the middle next thing we know, our guide decides to cut it down as he said the view wasn't good enough!
Elephants in the clouds May 13th 2006 Days 182-185
Arrived in Chiang Mai about 5 am and found our way to a nice little guesthouse via Tuk tuk. We had a little snooze then checked out the city. It was a gorgeous hot day (if we'd known it would be our last we would have made the most of it) and a really cool city. Much more chilled than Bangkok. We had some breakfast and booked an unplanned 2 day trekking trip for the ne ... read more
Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more
Due to the fact that we've lived too far apart for the past 2 years. We've decided to jack it all in and spend some quality time together. And what better way to do it? 6 months round the world... Some people have asked us where we'll be at certain times. For Xmas we'll be in Lima, Peru. We'll give you the address if anyone wants to send us a xmas card!! New year, Auckland New Zealand. Australia from Feb 1st - April 1st and Thailand from about mid April - May 25th.... full info