Breaking its rhythmic ebbing, the wind abruptly hurled a stronger current against my stride – it nearly knocked me off my feet. It hadn’t broken my balance, or bones; but I couldn’t resist the romantic notion that it’d have torn into my atomic constitution, scattering fragments of me like molecular confetti. Another whoosh. I slouched, caressing […]

Before being rescued from captivity, the elephants endured a lifetime of brutality. We visit the sanctuary in Chiang Mai that not only provides close encounters with these gentle beasts, but also seeks to educate visitors on the horrors of animal abuse – and a more benevolent way of elephant tourism