I was desperate to go elephant trekking so we arranged a day trip from Bangkok to The River Kwai. It was a great and fully packed excursion. After an early start and 3 hrs in the minibus we arrived at a little base which seemed to be in the middle of nowhere inbetween the mountains. Here we got to do our elephant trekking. It was quite a scary experience especially as mine and Nurlan's experience of riding animals hasn't been all that successful and still...