From riding an elephant to hitchhiking in rural Laos
December 20th 2007 Getting up early on Monday morning wasnt that difficult at all, since we went to bed at about 10 PM. Our destination was Bang Tang Beng, a village close to Kiet Ngong (pronounced Kiet Nyan), where the elephants awaited us. The first challenge for us and the trip organizer was how to squeeze 13 people and 11 big rucksacks/suitcases into a 12-seater mini bus. We experienced it takes about 20 minutes
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