Hi Everyone, It appears that people liked yesterdays entry. Fantastic, Thank you for the compliment STA. I have to tell you that it was only about 28 degrees on Christmas Day and briliant sunshine, I just 'had' to have a swim before 3 of us headed off to Wat Phrathet on Doi Suthep just outside Chiang Mai. Pom and Ng wanted me to see one of the most sacred sights in the area as they recognised that this was an important day for Christians, which I thought was ve...

Hi Everyone, Following on from the last entry, you will recall that I was on a 2 day trek in Northern Thailand and had finished the first days walking, we had had a lovley evening, if a bit boozey, but today we started with a lazy breakfast and then wandered down to meet the village Elephants watching them moving logs from the river before taking us 2 at a time for an hours walk around a clearing in the valley. These magnificently graceful animals lumbered along...