Water Buffalo or “Iron Buffalo”?
Before tractors became Thailand’s “iron buffaloes,” water buffaloes supplied the muscle behind rice farming. At San Patong Buffalo Market near Chiang Mai, farmers still...
Mekong crossing on slowboat: from Thailand to Laos
Chiang Mai to Luang Prabang by slow boat on Mekong river, new and very efficient way of border crossing....
Laos without elephants?
Laos, once called “Kingdom of a Million of Elephants”, counts today no more than a small thousand. The fate of elephants in Laos, similar...
Co-working spaces and cafes for digital nomads in Chiang Mai
Co-working space phenomenon is developing fast in many countries but Chiang Mai has become the number one hotspot in Asia, if not in the...