The driver and our guide, Nop, drove us about an hour north of Chiang Mai to visit Elephant Eco Valley. https://elephantecovalley.com/ Nop was our guide when we took the Girl’s brothers here in 2023. We rode EcoValley’s transport up a very bumpy dirt road…
Waiting for our guide “Nop” to take us on our tour of temples on Doi Suthep and a visit to see the elephants. He was our guide with the grandsons in 2023. Our guide, “Nop”, explains about Lanna culture and Buddhism. Vibrant, Lanna flags, known as…
Chiang Mai has always had a special place in our travel hearts. We’ve traveled here with our daughters, and 2019 & 2023 trips with our grandchildren,…and this year with our granddaughters. We’ve hosted trips to Chiang Mai with our clients on 3 occasions. The…
The gardens next to the Hotel Chinzanso in Tokyo are just magnificent! Marla, and I, with our granddaughters, explored the gardens every day during our stay in Tokyo. In 1878, Yamagata Aritomo came into possession of this area, built a large mansion with gardens and named it “Chinzanso.”…
My Mom was an avid fan of the Tour de France! Her favorite part of it was seeing the wonderful scenery and historical buildings when the Tour was shown on TV! The actual competition was secondary to her. I used to call her on the phone and we would talk…