Mueang Chiang Mai, Thailand
One of the first rules about traveling ought to be, 'always have a back-up plan.'
I did all the research the night before as to how we were going to get 60 miles out of town to the elephant conservation center on the way to Lampang. We were to go across the river on the iron bridge and see the Tourism Authority Office. There we could buy a ticket for the local bus headed south. When we got across the bridge there were about four businesses that said Tourist O...