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bringing the elephants home  
   

bringing the elephants home

There's a difficult-to-reach cave near the entrance to the park (which is the forested area in the background) that visitors use elephants to get to. This was the end of the day, and the staff are bringing them home
Khao Phanom Bencha National Park

February 12th 2008
Another awesome national park down south. The pix of the langur monkeys were taken at Ao Ton Sai beach in Krabi. Found a great place to stay in the hills of Krabi called Phanom Bencha Mountain Resort , 075-660501) that had wonderful wooden fan bungalows for 800 baht a night with grand views of an epic pink/white/black limestone crag. The bungalows ar ... read more
Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Khao Phanom Bencha NP

Thai Flag 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
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