Chiang Mai, in northern Thailand, is both spiritual and cultural and it opens the door to a whole new set of experiences. When we planned our visit to Chiang Mai, we had wanted to visit a camp for elephants, where we could interact with them, but in a humane way. You can find many tours offerings rides, where elephants are …
Monthly Archives: February 2018
Some years ago, during a visit to close friends in Caracas, Venezuela, we took the opportunity to spend a few days in the Amazon region of the Venezuelan interior. The Orinoco river, some 2,000km (1,300 miles) long, starts in Columbia to discharge into the Atlantic. The river basin is huge, estimated between 880,000 and 1,200,000 square km (340,000-460,000 square miles). …
We are very lucky to have good friends in London who are willing to put us up when we are there. They live on the Hammersmith / Chiswick border close to the Thames. The neighbourhoods have a village flavour to them. We love the walks along the river, even as far as central London. There are many pubs along the …
