Outside my hut

LEK'S ELEPHANT HEAVEN and MARVELOUS MAHOUTS

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December 24th 2007
I was looking forward to visiting the Elephant Nature Park (ENP) today for an overnight stay. In Chiang Mai the days are hot and the nights perfect - cool not cold. At 810 am I was picked up at the CM Blue House and we then travelled to the market to get some supplies to feed the elephants - bananas, melons and pineapples. Our guide was Buim and by 930 am we were out of the city and on the road to ... 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