Destination: Wat Rong Meng – ever seen an elephant drivers license?

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Renting a scooter or motorcycle and just seeing what’s out there might not always sound like a great use of a Sunday. That was the plan, though – to fill it up with gas and see where the wheels took us. After perusing the map, we set upon an area northeast of Chiang Mai where we hadn’t been before.

As my wife kept an eye on the map to see what poppe...