Doi Inthanon National Park

This guide to Doi Inthanon National Park, home to the highest peak in Thailand, opens with a dying man's request to be buried not in a temple or palace, but on the mountain itself. It follows Inthawichayanon, one of the last princes of the old Chiang Mai kingdom, who spent his final years fighting to keep these forests standing against loggers stripping the hills below. Listen for the moss-draped cloud forest clinging to the slopes, cool enough to feel like another country.