Barbecued Chicken

My chum Somchai organised a wonderful river trip in Mae Hong Son. We were tootling contentedly around a wide sweeping bend, filming as we went, when we encountered a spectacular sight. A boy of about twelve was wading across the river, bareback on an elephant.

It was a most impressive sight, rather spoiled by two boats of Japanese tourists who were so busy filming us that they practically drove into the elephant and caused it to stampede. Luckily the boy knew what to do, and got the