back off, yo

Wild Welwephant Wedding

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January 16th 2008
Excuse me, sir, but I am going to have to ask you to cease and desist, because it is currently Hammertime. And now I will proceed to break it down. The villagers of Ban Na, as recently as 4 years ago, might have known elephants only from zoos and photographs. In many of their cases, they might not have ever seen elephants at all. They are, after all, kind of isolated, and I don’t think many ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

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Laos was under the control of Siam (Thailand) from the late 18th century until the late 19th century when it became part of French Indochina. The Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1907 defined the current Lao border with Thailand. In 1975, the Communist Pathe... ... read more