I am not particularly an elephant fan, but I have a couple of elephant figures decorating my bookshelves back home. I enjoyed the thrill of being close to these giants during the African safari and makes me really sad to see them in chains here …

I remember writing about Bali, that there are temples or temple-like buildings at every corner. Same is true for Chiang Mai, with the exception, that here actually everything is a temple that looks like a temple. And there’s a lot of them. My trip from …