Since my last post I have moved from Koh Chang and crossed the border to Cambodia. Before leaving the island I managed to drag myself up off the beach and went for a trek on an elephant with one of the lovely Dutch girls I've been hanging out with. The sanctuary where they lived was deep in the jungle in the middle of the island and the animals seemed to really love their mahouts - keepers - and had none of the signs of abuse that I am told you should look for - namely scarring on the skin from where the mahout may have got a little too carried away with his stick. In fact as you can see I loved my particular elephant so much and I am certain that she was very happy with me that I am considering bringing one home to live in the garden.

Just to give you a flavour of where I've been and to probably make you just a little jealous .. here is one of the rather lovely beaches at an island off the coast of Koh Chang that I took a boat to the other day ..... nice ... and a just one of the stunning sunsets that the Thais kindly laid on for me!! Sadly my publishing skills leave are rubbish so I have no idea where the photos are going to end up when I upload them so as you can see they are just ending up where they feel like at the moment.....