Category Archives: Thailand

Days in Pai are slow. Days at Circus are even slower. It’s a place that seeps into the crevices between your bones, relaxing you from the inside out. Keeping you in place in the best way possible. Most mornings are a process of slowly –sloooowly– eating breakfast and easing into the day. The farthest youContinue reading “Havaya”

After two relatively slow days in Pai, we decided to book a tour on our third day. Sort of a get-all-the-sights-in-as-fast-as-possible tour. We would start with a lookout point, then go to caves, a hot spring, a waterfall and finally the Pai Canyon. This story is about the Tham Lod Caves (also spelled Tham Lot,Continue reading “Lod Caves”

When I was a little girl I spent four years living in the British Virgin Islands. I loved every minute of it; I wanted it to never end. One of the things we used to do – one of the things I miss – was hiking in the rainforest. We would drive up, up, up,Continue reading “Part of Something”

It’s taken a few days to process my elephant experience – due in part, I will admit, to a killer hangover yesterday. But that’s a separate story. On Tuesday I visited Into the Wild Elephant Camp. It was, in short, extraordinary. I’m beginning to wonder if this is what my travels will be like. WhetherContinue reading “Big Body, Small Heart”