Long neck Karen – Karen cuello de jirafa

(Still catching up with our Xmas Thai adventures)
A songthaew (a covered pick up truck with two benches at the back) takes us to a guest house quite far away from Mae Hong Sorn, thinking this one might have some rooms available, but it doesn’t.
They offer us a tiny tent in the garden, for 350 bahts, [...]

60 km down the river – 60 km rio abajo (Part 2)

There are only three stops in the whole day, one for lunch, one for leaving the people doing only one-day rafting adventure and the third one when we get to the camp, feeling a bit tired but still pumped up with adrenaline. The camp is a very basic one, no electric light or running water, [...]

60 km down the river – 60 km rio abajo (Part 1)

(The story below happened during Christmas 2007)
“We’re going to town” – we tell Sandot and the other guests sitting around the fire sipping cinnamon tea. “Are you having diner there?”- someone asks, as it has been our routine every night to cook together in Tacome’s beautiful rustic kitchen and sit and sing and dance around [...]

Breakfast in the valley – Desayuno en el valle

Pai is a sleepy village that sits in a beautiful valley surrounded by high mountains. The valley’s plains burst with banana and papaya trees and rice plantations. Together with the stunning views, the lifestyle, the many waterfalls and hot springs in the surroundings are the main attractions of this little town.
Tacome Organic Farm is [...]

Elisa and Hector’s skydiving videos

As some of you might know, we received a very special wedding gift by our friends in Australia, a skydive.
Although quite a long time after, here’s the proof for all of you that WE DID JUMP! from a perfectly fine plane (as they say).
It was amazing, no words to describe it, just try it for [...]