Elephant Ride

Northern Thailand.

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April 26th 2006
Sat. 22nd. April. The courtesy bus leaves us at the quayside in time for the 10:30 ferry to Tran. Just about cool enough on the top deck in the shade. Our VIP bus is waiting to take us back to Bangkok, so we bag the back seats and settle down for the 5 hour journey. The landscape is quite flat and repetitive, with empty fields and little hamlets, with ragamuffin Gilberts running around. We are dr ... 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