Panorama Hotel Mae Hong Son

... really cramped for a family, there was pretty much only one room with designated areas for different tasks, ie cooking. We left the village and started treking through the jungle. It was steep, wet, slippery and very hot! After a few hours of hard walking we got to the elephants. Me and Stu got on them which was a very weird as it includes stepping on the elephants head but she didnt seem to mind. Our elephant was a bit mischevious, she picked up ...

... another richer neighbour is also buying up land round the orphanage, and Kham Chuen is worried they'll miss out on the extra land they need. He'd like to build better bathrooms, move the kitchen, put in a proper canteen space, and add a library. <br><br>After lunch I got all the kids together. It was the Queen of Thailand's birthday today, so it was a public holiday and Kham Chuen wanted to hold a little party for the kids. The night before I'd prepared pass the parcel and ...

... on the Burmese border. By 9.30 the fog had cleared as promised and we were passing bannana and orange trees and now and again we were hit by the strong smell of garlic as we passed garlic and rice fields. The last off road bit was a bit tricky but i had every confidence in Patty as the Thais balance on mopeds is famous im sure throughout the world as travelers pass on stories of 5 on one bike with mother carrying a 6 month old as she ...

... et se font photographier puis essaie de nous vendre des babioles. Grosse discussion par rapport a ce genre d'exposition avec d'autre touriste. Nous avons bavarder hier avec 2 anglais et deux polonais. Tres sympatique. Au retour nous avons bu la tasse. Nous sommes arriver a la "guest house" tout trempe. Je dois vous avouer que l'on s'est amuser comme des petits fou. La pluie nous a pas vraiment deranger puisque cela nous rafraichissaient. Nous ...

... the other side of the mountain. It is a route where visitors may travel by raft or by foot to explore the 1-kilometre-long cave full of stalactites and stalagmites. There are services provided by villagers to guide visitors in their exploration at 100 baht per group. Accommodation as well as camping site is available near the Tham Lot Nature Study Centre in front of the cave mouth. Day3 ...

... in the hills with only 2 other foreigners around. The lodge is a set of bamboo huts and cabins and one massive deck with kitchen all built on the side of the Lang River just upstream from Tham Lot (cave). After I set my bag down, washed my face and put on some clean chonies, the always hard working and friendly Thai woman running the place whipped me up a plate of noodles and I sit in bliss sipping a large Beer Chang chatting with the two other guests, excited by feeling like ...

... even bowed his head down, shuffled his feet and proceeded to walk away! FINALLY, we got it all cleared up, and he was excited to show us his cave, and we were excited to explore it. We didnt know what we were in for. Mastering hand gestures, he wanted Mathew to drive me up the top of the hill and he would follow: about 500 meters up a steep hill! When we got to the top of the hill, we were surrounded by ...

... park with an admission fee of about 5 pounds that we were too mean to pay. Never mind, we found some elephants to feed and hang out with instead. Then later we took a bare back elephant ride (after haggling the cost down to half price!) through a river, taking turns to sit on the elephant's head while the mahout (elephant trainer) picked magic mushrooms from below us! I've been on an elephant in India on a ...

... ethnic migrant projects. after a crash course introduction into the background of her work and the current projects here, i ll try to support her in establishing an office here as a communication gateway for future works. focus of the projects is on education, especially secondary and higher education, income generation and preservation programs of karenni culture. so far. update 27/02/2007: woooo... what an insight into the local ngo scene ...

... in 24 hours". very trusting are the thai people, in amsterdam we rented bikes for 12$ and i'm pretty sure we had to leave a credit card deposit and pay a late fee and they took all our info down. anyways, this is thailand, not holland. we drove around looking for hot springs and my gears kept locking up and unlinking the chain from the bike, so we spent some time fixing my bike, but it worked out ok. we didn't get to visit any hot springs, but we did geta great ...