What better way to exorcise the demons of yesterday than with a two-day walk in the woods? I head to Luang Nam Tha’s “high street” first thing to sign up for a trek into the Nam Ha NPA.

Years ago, I read a trade piece heralding Luang Nam Tha as the “next Chiang Mai” and going by the number of travel agents along the strip, they must have read it too. Sad…