The parade of elephants out my front door

Ahh excuse me there's some elephants walking down the street

---

March 6th 2008
Well that's how it started in Luang Prabang, sitting there minding my own business on my balcony overlooking the Mekong and a motorbike cop (straight out of CHIPs this guy was) stops out the front. I noticed that he looked back and took a photo with his mobile phone of the street, being somewhat inquisitive I had a look over the shoulder and coming down the street was a procession of elephants. T ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang

---

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