At the turn of last century thousands of elephants roamed Laos, thriving in the heat of this insanely beautiful country. In fact, Laos used to be known as The Land of a Million Elephants. However, humanity hasn't been kind to these gentle giants. Deforestation has stripped away their natural habitats and they've been put to work, living bulldozers heaving the very logs they once fed from and sheltered under, straining instead to meet the needs of man. A demi-god to many,a rev

It’s been ten action packed days since we landed in Thailand, ten days of temples, tuk tuks, cocktails and scooters – but not in that order! We’ve sweated it out in the markets, haggled over anklets, gorged on street food and cooled off in beautiful old colonial hotel pools. There have been jungle walks, dips below waterfalls, local fairs and tendon soup.   But now we’ve crossed the border into Laos and we’re on the slow boat to Luang Prabang, two blissful days of forced rela

It's a bit ridiculous, to be perfectly honest. It's barely sparrow's fart and I've been awake for hours, making up lists of things to do when it's all done already! This time tomorrow I'll be on a plane, winging my way somewhere fun for the first time in five long years. I must be excited, but it'd be nice to have slept a little longer. Wrangling the family into some kind of obedience and submission has been wrought with challenge, none more so than the daughter. She only had