Chiang Mai, Thailand
Next stop- CHIANG MAI
We left Bangkok by plane here, a place that's a favourite of mine. Warned of the cold temperatures, everyone's dressed in fleeces and jackets, despite it still being 26 degrees.
Known to be the place to elephant trek, we booked onto Rantong, where they pick you up from your hotel and drive you to what feels like the jungle. Rantong saves elephants from the kind that beat them up in order to teach and train them. Here, a mahout lives with ...