Well, after a very non eventful and quick flight I am now here in Vietnam, in Saigon actually. I have landed 2 days before Tet (Vietnamese New Year) and what can I say, this city is CRAZY! Theres soooo many motorbikes, i have never seen so many in my life. The roads are wide and sweeping and the architecture is beautiful, I think lots of French influences. There are many coloured lanterns and lights strung up every where and lots and lots of flowers. The energy...

Random thoughts about elephants. You wouldnt think that a beast that weighs over 1 ton could sneak up on you, but believe me, they like nothing better! Their feet can distribute their weight so well that you won't even know one is behind you, until you hear it trumpet (LOUDLY!) behind you! The 5 I worked with loved to do that, it was quite surreal. Also, you wouldnt think it would be easy to hide if you are an elephant, but because they spray themselves with so...

Well, I have almost come to the end of my time at the elephant sanctuary, and its been a weird couple of days. There have been forest fires, a motorbike accident, , a machete-wielding man, serious rifts within the volunteer groups, killer snakes, and 2 of my group freaked out about how the elephants are being treated. Jesus! I dont know why I thought travelling would be chilled out! There are 5 elephants within the sanctuary, and they have 3 mahouts with them. ...