A morning in the Chiang Rai jungle, a call for adventure, and an AI travel companion that made it all effortless. 🌿🐘 Thailand is famous for its elephant sanctuaries — but did you know that not all “sanctuaries” or “orphanages” are truly ethical? Sadly, in the world of wildlife tourism, misleading claims are everywhere… which makes it all the more important that we do our own research. This time, I took microsoftcopilot along for the journey to see just how easy it was to:
✔️ Get ideas for what to do & plan my trip
✔️ Verify the ethics of specific places & activities
✔️ Fact-check & ask follow-up questions (because even well-intentioned sources can be biased or misinformed!)
✔️ Research travel logistics—directions, entry fees, opening hours
✔️ And, of course, satisfy my curiosity with random questions like: How much do elephants eat? What’s happening to Asia’s elephant population? How do you tell males, females, and calves apart? I’ve made plenty of mistakes on my travels in the pa...