Elephant (Town) marathon

Surin Elephant festival - 2

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November 18th 2007
Sunday November, 18th 2007 Sunday at 5:30 A.M. is the day the elephant semi-marathon. So, Martin (the guy I met at Nang Rong) and I were quite excited to see a herd elephants running at full speed. So, I try to wake up early to be on time for this terrific event. When the alarm-clock rang, I fel back to sleep. I woke up at 5:15 and I walk and run for one hour to reach the outskirt of th ... read more

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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