Susan had my point-n-shoot rolling in video mode when I dismounted Bo at Elephant Camp: More importantly, the organization the provides such unforgettable opportunities does so to benefit both Asian elephants and the mahouts who are responsible for them. Please learn more at www.helpingelephants.org.
You normally wouldn’t find me so ultra gaga over a hotel room (much less making a shakycam vid of the space), but our 1,600-square foot suite (not including 430-square-foot balcony) at the Mandarin Oriental Resort in Chiang Mai, Thailand, isn’t just any hotel room. Check this amazing place out:
Of all the things I was looking forward to on this trip, the one at the top of the list was the visit to Anantara Resort’s Elephant Camp. In a most definitive case of bad timing, the day I was scheduled to participate — yesterday — was also the day I was laid way low …
A horrible day spent laid-up feverish and weak from a fast-acting stomach bug ended with a big exclamation point in the form of a 6.8 earthquake experts are saying was epicentered coincidentally in the exact vicinity of where we’re staying: about 55 miles north of Chiang Rai, Thailand. When it first hit I thought the …
After a sunrise spent at Angkor Wat Temple, followed by a visit to Ta Prohm Temple, Susan and I opted to split off from the tour group with like-minded adventurers Miles and Maryanne Cooper from San Francisco. And after negotiating rates for a pair of tuk tuks, the four of us set out from Ta …
After a sunrise spent at Angkor Wat Temple, followed by a visit to Ta Prohm Temple, we opted to split off from the tour group with like-minded adventurers Miles and Maryanne from San Francisco. And after negotiating rates for a pair of tuk tuks, the four of us set out from Ta Prohm on about …
Not long after arrival here, the group was shuttled off to Tonle Sap Lake, and on the way there visions of picturesque beauty and serenity danced in my head. Boy was I wrong. Instead what I found was some of the worst poverty imaginable, both afloat and along the banks of what’s an absolutely massive …