An elephant kiss!

Elephants in Chiang Mai

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July 31st 2008
We're now up North in Chiang Mai which has lots of pretty temples and monks wandering around! Spent two days and a night at the Elephant Nature Park - a sanctuary for abused elephants. It is amazing!! The elephants roam freely and it is a natural environment for them, the mahouts reward good behaviour instead of traditional ways of training elephants which is punishing and abusing them. In hill ... read more

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more