Waterfall Fun in Laos and Swimming with ElephantsTrying not to fall off coming out of the water...Ho Tantor - Bundolo!! as Tarzan would have said. Had one of the most incredible experiences ever today with one of the most magnificent creatures we share this planet with - Elephants!! When the day started, I had no idea how amazing this experience [...]

2 Days on the Mekong River Going Into LaosNearing the end close to Luang Prabang in LaosThe trip from Chiang Rai in Northern Thailand took almost 3 days including 2 on a boat and overnights  on the Lao side of the border and Pakbeng halfway. The Mekong is a big powerful river that flows faster than I would have thought. [...]

Most Deadly - Fish or Feet??Pirhana Feed at OK CorralOkay well eaten yes, but not in the way Piraña would. You pay a small amount to stick your feet into a fish tank filled with about a billion little tiny fish and they just swarm the ol' tootsies, devouring any dead skin and cleaning up. Not that my feet need [...]

Daytona on the Streets of Thailand3-Wheel Craziness and Cheap (mostly) Transport What do you get when you cross an Ice-Cream Wagon with a Crazed Weasel on Nitrous Oxide and put Dale Earnhart's insane brother behind the wheel?? Well you get the ubiquitous Tuk-Tuk found just about everywhere cheap short haul passenger transport is in demand in Thai cities.  Did I say [...]

More from Yoga Teacher Training in Northern Thailand A lot has happened the past few days and I will get into more detail about that later. I am still processing much of it so premature to make any kind of editorial or personal comment at this point. First I want to show a few more pictures I took around the Ashram [...]

Day Off in Chiang-RaiWe finished the first week of training and since Fridays are the day off here, a bunch of us jumped on a shuttle and toddled off to Chiang-Rai for the day. When I say day off, I really mean part of a day. We still have 2 hours in the morning and 2 hours training so we're [...]