Close up of the waterfall

Meditations on Elephant Trekking

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January 27th 2009
I was born in 1979, so transportation in my lifetime has consisted mainly of combustion-engine powered mechanical conveniences. Now, I've done my time on bicycles and skates, skiis and boats, planes and three wheelers, but I've never been put in a position where the only method of transportation was animal. I've only riden a horse once, and the power you can feel in the beast beneath you, and th ... 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