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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]
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] Blog: Elephant Nature Park
Date: February 7th 2007
Yet another wildlife experience, of course in Thailand it had to be elephants. Elephants are working animals here, originating with the Karen hill tribes in the North of Thailand near the border with Burma. Originally used for logging, this is now illegal so the elephants are used for hill trekking and unfortunately some are used as performing animals. We decided to visit the Elephant Nature Pa ... read more
Date: February 7th 2007
Yet another wildlife experience, of course in Thailand it had to be elephants. Elephants are working animals here, originating with the Karen hill tribes in the North of Thailand near the border with Burma. Originally used for logging, this is now illegal so the elephants are used for hill trekking and unfortunately some are used as performing animals. We decided to visit the Elephant Nature Pa ... read more
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