Lampang

Our last large trip, we were leaving big city life in bustling Calgary, Alberta, Canada in search for something simpler. Having worked 60+ hour work weeks we were exhaused and ready to drop out of the 'rat race'. Going from the New World, we traveled ...

Ellie & Kristian's big trip around the world! We are setting off to South America first - a very busy start doing a whole continent in 10 weeks - visiting the Galapagos and climbing Machu Picchu. Then we hit the more relaxing pace of New Zealand at ...

... today. Mon 21st Dec We check out of our Lampang hotel this morning ready to begin the long journey to Chiang Rai via Lampang Elephant Conservation Centre. We arrive at the elephant centre around 9:00 am. This centre is the only one of its kind in the ...

... than caring for the elephants. Still the elephants did seem well cared for and quite happy so maybe its just a situation where both parties are benefiting. In Lampang Becci is mostly missing getting from the bus station to the hostel in a vehicle. ...

The bus was easy to Lampang only about 1.5 hours, there were a load of songthaews waiting at the bus station so we went to ask one of them to take us to our hotel. They had no idea what we were saying and could not understand the name of the hotel. I ...