I hadn’t been to Mae Hong Son before so the chance of a trip there, in the company of John Dunkley who explored the region in the 1980s and 1990s and authored the Caves of Thailand, was not to be missed.

From the Bangkok Post Outlook section Thursday 4 September 2008 (thanks to Liz Price for spotting the article):

Digging Up The Past

A four person French expedition from the Societe Speleologique Ariege - Pays d'Olmes, led by Philippe Jarlan, was in Nan and Chiang Mai province from 12 July to 5 August 2008.